Utata kaBeyoncé, uMathew Knowles, kubonakala ukuba usebenza kwincwadi enesihloko Ubuhlanga: Ukusuka Emehlweni Omntwana kwaye uphume eza kuthetha ngombandela wombala kudliwanondlebe naye Ebony kwiphephancwadi .
Umbala phakathi koluntu oluntsundu kutsha nje ubuyiselwe kuluntu emva kodliwanondlebe olubi phakathi kweAmara La Negera kunye neQela lesidlo sakusasa. ILa Negera, iAfro-Latina yemvelaphi yaseDominican. U-La Negera uzame ukuthetha ngobuhlanga kunye nebala elijamelene ne-Afro-Latina kwindawo yaseLatin American, kuphela ukuba abuzwe ukuba ngaba konke oko kusentloko yakhe ngabaphathi bamadoda amabini, uCharlemagne kunye no-Dj Envy.
Uthethe ngamava akhe ku Uthando kunye neHip Hop Miami , apho uLa Negera wazama ukufumana uncedo kumvelisi, uElijah Young Hollywood Sarraga. ISarraga watsho ecinga U-La Negra wayenetalente, kodwa kwakufuneka ajonge ngendlela ethile. . . kancinci iBeyoncé, encinci iMacy Grey. USarraga ukwambiza ngokuba yiNdlovukazi yaseNutella.
Ngale nto engqondweni, yayilixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba ii-Knowles zithethe ngamava akhe. Kudliwanondlebe, uthetha ngokukhula eMzantsi kunye nokuleqa abafazi abamhlophe ngenxa yento yakhe yangaphakathi yokulwa nobumnyama.
Xa ndandikhula, umama wayedla ngokuthi, Ungaze uzise intombazana enentloko-ntloko eMnyama endlwini yam. Emazantsi oMzantsi kwi-50s, 60s kunye ne-70s, umthunzi wobumnyama bakho wawuthathwa njengobalulekileyo. Ke mna, ngelishwa, ndikhule ndiwuva lomyalezo.
Ndinesahluko kwincwadi esithetha ngomsindo ocaphukisayo. Ndithetha ngokuya kunyango nokwabelana – ngolunye usuku ndaye ndaphumelela – endandikade ndithandana ikakhulu nabasetyhini abaMhlophe okanye amabala amnyama kakhulu amabhinqa amnyama akhangeleka emhlophe. Ndaye ndacinga xa ndidibana noTina, owayengunkosikazi wam, ukuba wayenguMhlophe. Emva kwexesha ndafumanisa ukuba wayengekho, kwaye eneneni wayehambelana kakhulu noBumnyama bakhe.
Ukungeniswa kuka-Knowles malunga nombala kubalulekile kuba ngumba abantu abaninzi abakwiindawo ezimdaka nezingengabo abamhlophe abangazukujongana nawo elubala. Ihlala ikhokelela kwisahlulo kunye neengxoxo malunga nokuba umbala kunye neepenotype zikwenza njani ungaphezulu okanye ungaphantsi kwalo naluphi na ugqatso, olungumgangatho wobuxoki obekwa kwi-POC. Xa ukhulele kwinkcubeko yabamhlophe, kwaye ayimangalisi into yokuba ukhula uthatha ezo ngcinga zobuhle.
Yiyo loo nto Uvavanyo loDoli isasetyenziselwa ukubonisa ukuba abantwana abancinci bebala bangena njani kwimithombo yeendaba. Nakwiindawo zoluntu okanye kwiziko lombala, kusekho ukuqhubekeka kweembono zobuhlanga. U-Knowles uthetha ngovavanyo lwebhegi lephepha oluqhubeka kwizikolo zabantsundu.
Ndikhulele kwidolophana encinci kwaye andizange ndiye kwisikolo sabantsundu. Ndaya kwisikolo samaKatolika noonongendi abamhlophe de ndayokufika kwibanga lesibhozo, xa ndandingomnye wabantwana abathandathu ukudibanisa iLitchfield Junior High leyo [ngelo xesha] eyayinabafundi abamalunga nama-700 okanye ama-800. Emva koko sidibanise iGadsden High. KwiDyunivesithi yaseTennessee eChattanooga, ndandingomnye wabantu abaNtsundu bokuqala apho. Khange ndiye kwisikolo esimnyama kude kube ngunyaka wam omncinci kwikholeji, xa ndaya kwiYunivesithi yaseFisk.
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Ndandineklasi yokugqibela apho babekhupha khona ibhegi ephepha emdaka, kwaye ukuba umnyama kunengxowa, awunakungena kwiFisk.
I-Knowles ikwavulekile malunga nokuba umbala webala unika njani ithuba kumagcisa amnyama ababhinqileyo: Xa kuziwa kubantu ababhinqileyo abaMnyama, ngoobani abantu abadlala umculo wabo kwipop radio? UMariah Carey, uRihanna, umrepha wasetyhini uNicki Minaj, abantwana bam [uBeyoncé noSolange], kwaye ingaba bafana ngantoni bonke? Impendulo: bonke ulusu olukhanyayo.
Ngaphandle kwempumelelo kaViola Davis, uLupita, u-Issa Rae kunye neqaqobana labasetyhini abamnyama abanolusu abenza uphawu, kusekho ukunqongophala kokumelwa kweWOC emnyama enesikhumba kwiifilimu zothando. Wonke umntu waxes malunga nendlela entle ngayo uLupita, kutheni le nto angaze anyukele kwisikhokelo sothando? Kutheni le nto okokuqala ukuba ngumdla wothando kwi IBlack Panther? Umboniso bhanyabhanya ongasileli kuvavanyo lwebhegi elimdaka ngemibala ephaphazelayo, kodwa ngaphandle ngenxa yeendima zabafazi abamnyama abanesikhumba esimnyama.
Ukujongana nemibala kuthetha ukunyaniseka kukhetho lwethu, indlela esidlala ngayo kubo ngokwethu kunye nokufunda ukuyeka.
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