Inkqubo ye- UDallas Mavericks wayeka ukudlala umhobe wesizwe ngaphambi kwayo nayiphi na imidlalo yasekhaya , kwaye ndicinga ukuba sisigqibo esifanelekileyo. UMark Cuban, ongumnini weqela le-NBA, uxelelwe INew York Times , Ibisisigqibo sam, kwaye ndisenze ngoNovemba. Ke kwimidlalo eli-13 iDallas Mavericks ayidlalanga umhobe wesizwe ngexesha lemidlalo yabo yasekhaya. Kwaye akukho peep okanye isikhalazo emehlweni esenziwe… kakuhle, kude kube ngoku.
Uninzi lwamajelo eendaba ezentlalo lubize inyathelo lokungazithandi ilizwe okanye ukuqala kokuwa kwentando yesininzi. Ukubuyela umva kukhokelele kwi-NBA isithi, nge-NPR, [A] amaqela aza kudlala umhobe wesizwe ngokuhambelana nomgaqo-nkqubo weligi ekudala uqhubeka.
Oku kukhokelele ekubeni Mavericks abuyise ikhosi ngokutsho kwesithethi, nangona iCuba ikhuphe eyayo ingxelo apho yathi, [W] sive amazwi abo bangaziva umhobe ubamele. Siva ukuba nabo kufuneka bahlonitshwe kwaye beviwe, kuba khange beviwe. Ithemba lelokuba abo baziva benomdla ngomhobe odlalayo bayakubanomdla wokumamela abo bangaziva ngathi ubamele.
Ngokwenyani, umhobe wesizwe awunashishini kwimisebenzi yethu, emakhaya, okanye kwiindawo zolonwabo. Ngoba? Ngenxa yokuba ubuhlanga bendalo njengesihogo kwaye ipeyinte iMelika njengesizwe esamkela konke xa imbali yethu isitsho ngenye indlela. Kunjalo ngoba. Awundikholelwa? Masiyiqhekeze kancinci kancinci.
Umhobe wesizwe, okanye I-Banner-Spangled Banner, yabhalwa ligqwetha elineminyaka engama-35 ubudala uFrancis Scott Key ngoSeptemba ka-1814. Wagqiba ukungqina ngebhombu yeFort McHenry kwaye waphefumlelwa ukuba abhale umbongo xa wabona iflegi yaseMelika isalusa ngaphezulu kwenqaba emva kohlaselo lwaseBritane. Lo mbongo uza kuguqulwa kamva ube liKhuselo likaFort M’Henry emva koko iThe Star-Spangled Banner.
Uninzi lwexesha xa sisiva i-Star-Spangled Banner ngexesha lemidlalo okanye iminyhadala yoluntu siva iivesi zokuqala apho iintetho eziphambili malunga neebhombu eziqhushumayo emoyeni, zanikela ubungqina ngobusuku ukuba iflegi yethu isekhona kwaye nomhlaba wasimahla kunye nekhaya labo abanesibindi. Yindumasi kunye nako konke, kodwa ayisiyiyo yonke umhobe wesizwe. Kwaye malunga nexesha esithethe ngalo, kwakhona.
Isiqingatha sesibini sendinyana yesithathu sithi, Akukho ndawo yokusabela enokusindisa umqeshwa kunye nekhoboka, kuloyiko lokubaleka okanye kubumnyama bengcwaba. A ukuqesha ngumntu oqeshwe ukwenza umsebenzi ophantsi kwaye ubunini bekhoboka babubukhulu ngelo xesha kwaye enye yemicimbi ephambili yayihlasela amaMelika ngexesha leMfazwe ka-1812. Kwaye konke oko kungenxa yokuba amaBritane athembisa abantu abaMnyama ukuba babalekele xa bebalekile ebukhobokeni kwaye bezokujoyina I-Bhritane Corps yaseColonial Marines.
Uyazi ukuba babenabanini bamakhoboka abamhlophe bonke kwi-tizzy. Babengafuni ukulahlekelwa ngumsebenzi wabo wasimahla okanye amandla abaziva ngathi banabo kubantu abaMnyama, abababona njengepropathi yabo. Ke ukufakwa kukaKey kungabikho ndawo yokubalekela kungasindisa umqeshwa kunye nekhoboka, kuloyiko lokubaleka okanye ubumnyama bengcwaba isalathiso ngqo kunye nokuphathwa gadalala kwabo babalekele ubukhoboka kwaye bakhetha inkululeko.
Okubi nangakumbi, u-Key wayengowobuhlanga. Wenza abantu amakhoboka, bevela kumnini wabanini bamasimi, kwaye wacinga ukuba abantu abakhululekileyo bebala abatshintshi kwaye abathembekanga. Kwaye wathetha esidlangalaleni malunga nendlela abantu abaMnyama baseMelika ababenjalo uhlanga olwahlukileyo noluphantsi lwabantu, apho onke amava engqina ukuba yeyona nto imbi echaphazela indawo esihlala kuyo. Kwenzeka njani ukuba ukuthanda izwe, yinto esifanele siyigcine, okanye sizingce ngayo?
Ke, kwixesha elizayo xa umntu ezama ukukhusela umhobe wesizwe njengenxalenye yembali yethu enkulu, bakhumbuze ukuba ivelaphi kwaye iqale ngubani. Bakhumbuze ukuba ubukhoboka eMelika yeyona nto imbi elizweni lethu, kwaye ubakhumbuze ukuba ayikho enye into yokuthand 'izwe njengokuqinisekisa inkunkuma yobuhlanga efana nomhobe wesizwe ayifumani thuba lokuphinda iphinde ikhanye.
(umfanekiso: Katharine Lotze / imifanekiso kaFetty)
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-UMary Sue unomgaqo-nkqubo ongqongqo ongavumiyo, kodwa ungaphelelanga apho, ukuthukwa kwabantu nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —
