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\u00c7eviri<\/strong>: Liena G\u00fcl<\/strong><\/p>\n Do\u011fum ad\u0131 Garabed Garabedian olan Charles R. Garry, Kara Panter Partisi\u2019ni temsil etmesiyle \u00fcnl\u00fc bir vatanda\u015fl\u0131k haklar\u0131 avukat\u0131yd\u0131. 1909\u2019da Hamidiye Katliam\u0131 sonras\u0131 Osmanl\u0131 \u0130mparatorlu\u011fu\u2019ndan ka\u00e7an Ermeni bir \u00e7iftin o\u011flu olarak d\u00fcnyaya geldi ve Kaliforniya\u2019n\u0131n San Joaquin Vadisi\u2019ndeki k\u0131rsal kasaba Selma\u2019da b\u00fcy\u00fcd\u00fc. Etnik bir Ermeni olu\u015fundan \u00f6t\u00fcr\u00fc ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u0131\u015flanmalar onu hayat\u0131 boyunca haklar\u0131ndan mahrum edilmi\u015fler i\u00e7in sava\u015fan bir adama d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcrd\u00fc.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Charles R. Garry hakk\u0131ndaki bu yaz\u0131; Roger Tartarian taraf\u0131ndan kaleme al\u0131nm\u0131\u015f, 26 A\u011fustos 1991 tarihinde The San Francisco Examiner\u2019da yay\u0131mlanm\u0131\u015f k\u0131sa bir biyografidir.<\/strong><\/p>\n Charles\u2019\u0131n Bir Sava\u015f\u00e7\u0131ya D\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc\u011f\u00fc G\u00fcn<\/p>\n Charles Garry\u2019nin Kara Panterler ya da Chicago Yedilisi gibi radikallerden olu\u015fan bir neslin tutkulu savunucusuna nas\u0131l d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc anlamak i\u00e7in Kaliforniya Selma Lisesi\u2019nde 1920lerde ya\u015fanm\u0131\u015f bir olay\u0131 bilmeniz gerekiyor.<\/p>\n Bobby Seale ve Huey Newton gibi d\u00fczen kar\u015f\u0131t\u0131 aktivistlerin b\u00fcy\u00fck bir \u00e7o\u011funlu\u011funun savunma avukatl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 yapm\u0131\u015f olan Garry, birka\u00e7 g\u00fcn \u00f6nce 82 ya\u015f\u0131nda vefat etti. Kar\u015f\u0131la\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131m biyografilerinden hi\u00e7birinde San Joaquin Vadisi, Kaliforniya\u2019n\u0131n k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck bir \u00e7iftlik kasabas\u0131ndan sessiz ve \u00e7al\u0131\u015fkan bir \u00e7ocu\u011fun d\u0131\u015flanm\u0131\u015flar\u0131n, ezilmi\u015flerin ve kimsenin \u00f6nemsemedi\u011fi davalar\u0131n ate\u015fli ve m\u00fccadeleci savunucusuna d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015f\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcn tam hik\u00e2yesi anlat\u0131lm\u0131yordu.<\/p>\n Charles Garry bu olay\u0131 bana Colonial Williamsburg\u2019daki bir konferans s\u0131ras\u0131nda kendisi anlatt\u0131. Bu sohbetin Amerikan tarihinin kutland\u0131\u011f\u0131 bir mek\u00e2nda ger\u00e7ekle\u015fmi\u015f olmas\u0131n\u0131 hep \u00e7ok dokunakl\u0131 bulmu\u015fumdur. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc anlatt\u0131\u011f\u0131 hik\u00e2ye, s\u00f6zde Amerikan geleneklerinin bir par\u00e7as\u0131 olan adalet ve e\u015fitlik anlay\u0131\u015f\u0131na her a\u00e7\u0131dan ters olan bir \u0131rk ayr\u0131m\u0131 hakk\u0131ndayd\u0131.<\/p>\n Charles Garry\u2019nin San Joaquin Vadi\u2019sinde Ermeni kar\u015f\u0131tl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n tavan yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 bir d\u00f6nemde b\u00fcy\u00fcm\u00fc\u015f olmas\u0131n\u0131n da bu durumda pay\u0131 var. Bug\u00fcn \u2018b\u00fcy\u00fck \u00e7o\u011funlukla di\u011fer az\u0131nl\u0131k kesimler\u2019 yobazlar\u0131n hedefi haline gelmi\u015f olsa da o g\u00fcnlerde Central Valley\u2019de b\u00fcy\u00fcm\u00fc\u015f Ermeni bir anne babadan olma kimse soyadlar\u0131 -ian\u2019la biten insanlar\u0131n s\u00fcrekli maruz kald\u0131\u011f\u0131 a\u015fa\u011f\u0131lanmay\u0131 unutamaz.<\/p>\n Charles Garry, Garabed Garabedian olarak do\u011fmu\u015ftu ve Selma Lisesi\u2019ndeki notlar\u0131 onu mezuniyet konu\u015fmas\u0131 yapmaya en uygun aday haline getirmi\u015fti. Sorun burada ba\u015fl\u0131yordu.<\/p>\n Mezuniyet t\u00f6renine az bir zaman kala, bir g\u00fcn Selma Lisesi\u2019nin m\u00fcd\u00fcr\u00fc gen\u00e7 Garabed\u2019den ailesini g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fmeye \u00e7a\u011f\u0131rmas\u0131n\u0131 istemi\u015f. Garabedian ailesi huzuruna geldi\u011finde de m\u00fcd\u00fcr direkt konuya girmi\u015f.<\/p>\n \u201cBay ve Bayan Garabedian,\u201d demi\u015f, \u201cBilmenizi isterim ki normal \u015fartlarda Garabed\u2019in notlar\u0131na sahip bir \u00f6\u011frenci okula veda konu\u015fmas\u0131n\u0131 yapmaya hak kazan\u0131r. Tabii sizin de anlayaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131z gibi bir Ermeni\u2019nin bunu yapmas\u0131na imk\u00e2n yok.\u201d<\/p>\n Bu y\u00fczden de m\u00fcd\u00fcr, o\u011fullar\u0131n\u0131n hakk\u0131 olan bu onuru daha kabul edilebilir bir etnik k\u00f6kene sahip birine vereceklerini s\u00f6ylemi\u015f. Konu\u015fmac\u0131n\u0131n ad\u0131 Suzy Smith miydi yoksa Jerry Jones muydu tam hat\u0131rlayam\u0131yorum, \u00f6nemli de de\u011fil zaten. Hik\u00e2yenin kalan\u0131 Charles Garry\u2019nin o g\u00fcn Williamsburg\u2019da anlatt\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u015fekilde ilerliyor.<\/p>\n M\u00fcd\u00fcr \u015f\u00fcphesiz, a\u00e7t\u0131\u011f\u0131 derin yaradan bir haber \u00f6ld\u00fc. Tabii ki gen\u00e7 Ermenilere benzer travmalar ya\u015fatan tek \u00f6\u011fretmen o de\u011fildi, ne var ki aradan baz\u0131 istisnai iyi sonu\u00e7lar da \u00e7\u0131km\u0131\u015ft\u0131. Selma Lisesi\u2019ndeki bu \u00f6nyarg\u0131 sayesinde, adaletsizli\u011fe kar\u015f\u0131 toplumun kurban\u0131 oldu\u011funu d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc herkesi seve seve savunacak kadar hassas bir avukat yeti\u015fmi\u015fti.<\/p>\n Fakat ya\u015fayaca\u011f\u0131 g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fckler bununla kalmam\u0131\u015ft\u0131. Fresno\u2019lu bir psikolog olan arkada\u015f\u0131 Doktor Loretta Haroian, Charles Garry\u2019nin Stanford \u00dcniversitesi\u2019ne gitmeyi istedi\u011fini ve okul harc\u0131n\u0131 biriktirmek i\u00e7in San Francisco\u2019daki bir kuru temizleme d\u00fckkan\u0131nda \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131ndan s\u00f6z etti. Birikimleri 1,500$\u2019\u0131 buldu\u011funda, i\u015f vereni paras\u0131n\u0131 artt\u0131rmak i\u00e7in borsaya girmesinin ak\u0131ll\u0131 olaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 s\u00f6ylemi\u015f. 1929 Wall Street \u0130flas\u0131 y\u00fcz\u00fcnden t\u00fcm paras\u0131 hi\u00e7 olmu\u015f.<\/p>\n Bu y\u00fczden Charles Garry hukuk diplomas\u0131n\u0131 sabahlar\u0131 bir kuru temizlemeci ve \u00fct\u00fcc\u00fc olarak \u00e7al\u0131\u015f\u0131rken gitti\u011fi ak\u015fam okulundan alm\u0131\u015f. Harioan\u2019\u0131n dedi\u011fine g\u00f6re Chicago Yedilisi\u2019yle olan ili\u015fi\u011finin ard\u0131ndan Harvard\u2019da ders vermesi i\u00e7in davet edilmi\u015f ama bu teklifi geri \u00e7evirmi\u015f. Haroian bunun nedenini sordu\u011funda da \u201cBeni ne diye istesinler ki?\u201d diye yan\u0131tlam\u0131\u015f, \u201c\u00dcniversite mezunu bile de\u011filim. Ben yaln\u0131zca bir ak\u015fam okulu avukat\u0131y\u0131m.\u201d<\/p>\n Garry otobiyografisini yazd\u0131\u011f\u0131nda, ad\u0131n\u0131 \u201cMahkeme Salonundaki D\u00f6v\u00fc\u015f\u00e7\u00fc\u201d koydu. \u0130\u00e7inde bulundu\u011fu durum ne kadar gerektiriyorsa o kadar sert olabilen bir avukat i\u00e7in olduk\u00e7a uygun bir ba\u015fl\u0131kt\u0131 bu.<\/p>\n Haroian\u2019\u0131n hat\u0131rlad\u0131\u011f\u0131na g\u00f6re bir keresinde Garry, m\u00fcvekkiline kar\u015f\u0131 \u00f6nyarg\u0131l\u0131 bir yarg\u0131c\u0131n \u00f6n\u00fcne \u00e7\u0131km\u0131\u015f. A\u00e7\u0131k mahkemenin ortas\u0131nda temizlemecide k\u0131yafet getir g\u00f6t\u00fcr\u00fc yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 zamanlardan bahsetmi\u015f ve bu i\u015fi yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00f6nemde genelevlerin soka\u011f\u0131na ne kadar sipari\u015f ta\u015f\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131ndan s\u00f6z etmi\u015f, \u201cO mekanlardan baz\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131n kime ait oldu\u011funu \u00e7ok iyi hat\u0131rl\u0131yorum,\u201d diye eklemi\u015f.<\/p>\n Say\u0131n yarg\u0131\u00e7 ne demek istedi\u011fini anlam\u0131\u015f ve bir anda tavr\u0131n\u0131 de\u011fi\u015ftirmi\u015f. Sert bir oyun takti\u011fi oldu\u011fu \u015f\u00fcphesiz ama Charles Garry kartlar\u0131n\u0131 bu \u015fekilde oynad\u0131\u011f\u0131nda amac\u0131 her zaman, kendisinin Selma Lisesi\u2019nde hi\u00e7 bulamad\u0131\u011f\u0131 o \u00f6zg\u00fcrl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc birine vermek oluyordu.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"garabedkid_cedc6abd-755c-49ee-a6c2-80f7fa7a7045_large\"](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/hyetert.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/garabedkid_cedc6abd-755c-49ee-a6c2-80f7fa7a7045_large.jpg?resize=479%2C359&ssl=1\")
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