Eitt af \u00fev\u00ed sem er hva\u00f0 erfi\u00f0ast vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 st\u00edga \u00fat fyrir m\u00f6rk \u00f6ryggisins, er a\u00f0 horfast \u00ed augu vi\u00f0 eigin barnaskap og einfaldleika. \u00cd jan\u00faar dvaldi \u00e9g \u00ed Detroit og var neyddur til a\u00f0 horfast \u00ed augu vi\u00f0 forr\u00e9ttindi m\u00edn og rasisma \u00e1 algj\u00f6rlega n\u00fdjan h\u00e1tt. \u00c9g g\u00e6ti skrifa\u00f0 l\u00e6r\u00f0a kafla um ungbarnadau\u00f0a \u00ed f\u00e1t\u00e6krahverfum \u00ed BNA, misbeytingu valds af hendi l\u00f6greglunnar, spillta stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lamenn, kyn\u00fe\u00e1ttamisr\u00e9tti, s\u00e1larmor\u00f0 \u00e1 samkynhneig\u00f0um og margt fleira sem \u00e9g s\u00e1 me\u00f0 eigin augum \u00fear sem \u00e9g heims\u00f3tti heilsug\u00e6slu, barnasp\u00edtala, ge\u00f0deildir, skrifstofu borgarstj\u00f3ra og t\u00f3k \u00ed hendina \u00e1 einhverjum spilltasta stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lamanni BNA, heims\u00f3tti f\u00e9lagsm\u00e1la\u00fej\u00f3nustu, gistiheimili fyrir heimilislausa og r\u00e6ddi vi\u00f0 kirkjugesti og presta \u00ed jafnt sv\u00f6rtum og hv\u00edtum kirkjum \u00ed \u00feessu r\u00edkasta landi heims. \u00c9g var enda rei\u00f0ur fyrstu fj\u00f3ra dagana, \u00e9g kalla\u00f0i samnemendur m\u00edna f\u00edfl, fyrir a\u00f0 taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed svona samf\u00e9lagi og breg\u00f0ast ekki vi\u00f0. \u00c9g benti \u00feeim \u00e1 a\u00f0 ungbarnadau\u00f0i \u00ed Detroit v\u00e6ri sj\u00f6 sinnum meiri en \u00ed m\u00ednu heimalandi, \u00e9g hneyksla\u00f0ist \u00e1 misskiptingunni \u00ed sk\u00f3lakerfinu sem vi\u00f0 heyr\u00f0um um fr\u00e1 sk\u00f3lastj\u00f3rum almenningssk\u00f3la \u00ed borginni og svo m\u00e6tti lengi telja.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 var ekki fyrr en \u00e1 fj\u00f3r\u00f0a degi a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00feor\u00f0i a\u00f0 horfast \u00ed augu vi\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfan mig og m\u00ednar a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur \u00ed besta landi \u00ed heimi. \u00c9g hugsa\u00f0i til \u00feess a\u00f0 au\u00f0ur sumra \u00cdslendinga er bygg\u00f0ur \u00e1 atvinnulausum s\u00edmam\u00f6nnum \u00ed Austur-Evr\u00f3pu, m\u00e9r var\u00f0 hugsa\u00f0 til \u00feess hvernig stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lamenn \u00e1 \u00cdslandi eins og Gunnlaugur M. Sigmundsson hafa selt sj\u00e1lfum s\u00e9r r\u00edkiseignir. M\u00e9r var\u00f0 hugsa\u00f0 til \u00feess hvernig stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lamenn \u00e1 \u00cdslandi sem a\u00f0hyllast j\u00f6fnu\u00f0 hafa uppi st\u00f3rar hugmyndir um a\u00f0 innleysa milljar\u00f0ahagna\u00f0 \u00ed orkuveitum \u00ed f\u00e1t\u00e6kustu l\u00f6ndum heims. Vissulega er Detroit \u00cdslendinga ekki sta\u00f0sett \u00ed Nor\u00f0ur-Atlantshafi, okkar Detroit er \u00ed B\u00falgar\u00edu.<\/p>\n
En hugsa\u00f0i \u00e9g, vi\u00f0 vorum alla vega ekki \u00fer\u00e6lahaldarar, vi\u00f0 fluttum ekki millj\u00f3nir manna fr\u00e1 heimkynnum s\u00ednum. S\u00fa hugsun var\u00f0i ekki lengi, \u00e1 African-American safninu \u00ed Detroit eru fl\u00f6gg nokkurra st\u00f3rt\u00e6kra Evr\u00f3pu\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a \u00ed \u00feessum \u00f3manneskjulegustu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0flutningum s\u00f6gunnar, \u00fear m\u00e1tti sj\u00e1 b\u00e6\u00f0i danska og s\u00e6nska f\u00e1nann. \u00c9g hef lesi\u00f0 m\u00e9r til s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00fe\u00e1, b\u00e6\u00f0i s\u00e6nska og danska kr\u00fanan bygg\u00f0u fj\u00e1rm\u00e1laveldi sitt \u00e1 \u00fer\u00e6laflutningum yfir Atlantshafi\u00f0. Skyndilega f\u00e9kk fr\u00e1sagan um endurheimt Gu\u00f0r\u00ed\u00f0ar S\u00edmonard\u00f3ttur \u00far \u00e1nau\u00f0inni \u00ed Als\u00edr n\u00fdja v\u00eddd. Au\u00f0vita\u00f0 var danski konungurinn me\u00f0 \u00fer\u00e6lakaupmenn \u00e1 s\u00ednum sn\u00e6rum.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g vil \u00fev\u00ed me\u00f0 \u00feessari f\u00e6rslu bi\u00f0ja fermingarb\u00f6rn s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1ra \u00ed Vatnask\u00f3gi afs\u00f6kunar. Ef fr\u00e6\u00f0arinn ykkar sag\u00f0i ykkur s\u00f6gu Gu\u00f0r\u00ed\u00f0ar \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 hugsanlega ekki sagan \u00f6ll. Vi\u00f0 vorum ekki saklaus f\u00f3rnarl\u00f6mb \u00fer\u00e6lahaldara, heldur hluti konungsveldis sem var \u00ed bransanum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eitt af \u00fev\u00ed sem er hva\u00f0 erfi\u00f0ast vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 st\u00edga \u00fat fyrir m\u00f6rk \u00f6ryggisins, er a\u00f0 horfast \u00ed augu vi\u00f0 eigin barnaskap og einfaldleika. \u00cd jan\u00faar dvaldi \u00e9g \u00ed Detroit og var neyddur til a\u00f0 horfast \u00ed augu vi\u00f0 forr\u00e9ttindi m\u00edn og rasisma \u00e1 algj\u00f6rlega n\u00fdjan h\u00e1tt. \u00c9g g\u00e6ti skrifa\u00f0 l\u00e6r\u00f0a kafla um ungbarnadau\u00f0a \u00ed … Continue reading Einfaldur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[98,108,118,124],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-lgbtqi","tag-my-studies","tag-politics","tag-racism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}