Ezopolitiko ezihloniphekileyo kunye ne-Super Male Superhero

I-Black Panther, uMbane oMnyama, uLuka Cage

Mnyama Panther , ULuka Cage , kunye Umbane oMnyama unezinto ezininzi ezifanayo ngokubhekisele kumhlaba abalinganiswa abangena kuwo. Ngexesha lokudalwa kwabalinganiswa, babegcwalisa isithuba sokumelwa kwamadoda amnyama kwiincwadi ezihlekisayo, kwaye xa abalinganiswa bahlengahlengiswa ukuze basebenze ngokubonakalayo loo nto inye yayizaliswa kwakhona.

Ayothusi into yokuba bobathathu abalinganiswa bangabinambumbulu, amadoda anebala elimnyama asebenzela ukwakha uluntu olungcono kubantu babo. Bayinkosi, utitshala, kwaye umntu ujonge ukucoceka igama lakhe-enxibe ubulungisa nembeko ebenza ukuba bobabini bakhuthaze kwaye ngamanye amaxesha batyhafe.

Ezopolitiko ezihloniphekileyo yialbatross exhomekeke kolunye uluntu oluhlelelekileyo. Ukwenza indlela elungileyo yokuhambelana nemigangatho yokugqwesa kunye nesantya esiphindwe kabini soogxa babo abamhlophe. Ngamadoda amnyama, imbali ebhaliweyo yoku inokubonwa kwimisebenzi yabalweli bamalungelo oluntu njenge-W.E.B. UDu Bois kunye noBooker T. Washington. Ijikeleza umbala kunye neklasi. Umbhali Ta-Nehisi Coates wathetha ngaye kwi inqaku Emuva ngo-2014 malunga nomdlali owayesakuba ngumdlali webhasikidi-umhlaziyi wezemidlalo, uCharles Barkley, owenza la magqabaza alandelayo:

Thina njengabantu abamnyama asoze siphumelele, hayi ngenxa yenu bantu abamhlophe, kodwa kungenxa yabanye abantu abamnyama. Xa umnyama, kufuneka ujongane nobubi obuninzi ebomini bakho obuvela kwabanye abantu abamnyama, utshilo uBarkley. Ngesizathu esithile siye sahluthwa ingqondo ukuba sicinge, ukuba awuyongqumbo okanye isilumko, awumnyama ngokwaneleyo. Ukuba uya esikolweni, wenze amabakala amahle, uthethe ngobukrelekrele, kwaye ungaphuli mthetho, awunguye umntu omnyama olungileyo. Kuyimfihlo engcolileyo, emnyama kwindawo emnyama. Baninzi abantu abamnyama abangenangqondo, abangenayo impumelelo. Kungcono ukuwisa umntu omnyama ophumeleleyo phantsi kuba bakrelekrele, bathetha kakuhle, baqhuba kakuhle esikolweni, kwaye bayaphumelela. Yinto nje eqhelekileyo BS eqhubeka xa umnyama, ndoda.

I-Coates ichaza ukuhlonitshwa kwezopolitiko njengokungakwazi ukujonga indawo ebandayo emnyama: isusa yonke imeko yezentlalo nezoqoqosho kumava abantu kwaye endaweni yoko igcina ukuba ii-bootstraps zizinto ezinokunceda ukuhambisa abantu kwintlupheko benyukele elusindisweni. Ayizinanzi zonke izinto ezikwindawo ezingakhathaliyo ukuba umntu omnyama ufundile okanye akafundanga, okanye ukuba umntu omnyama unokufikelela kuloo mfundo. Ithatha wonke umntu obekelwe bucala kwaye ibadibanise, ngokungathi ingcinezelo yabo mayiphathwe njengezipili enye kwenye, kunokujonga ukuba intambo nganye kwibhola iholele njani kula maqela kwindlela yanamhlanje.

Kubantu abamnyama-kunye namadoda amnyama kule meko ithile-ukuzikhusela, ukukhusela imiphakathi yabo, ukukhusela abafazi babo, ukuhlala njengamadoda, yenye yeendlela abanokuphela ngayo ekupheleni kwempuphu. Kwaye xa kufikwa ekuchazeni into egcina umntu omnyama ejonge phantsi, ejonga ulwaphulo mthetho lwabantsundu-ungaze ucinge ngeemeko ezijikelezileyo- yayiyimbuzi yabamhlophe nabamnyama ngokufanayo.

Akwanelanga ukuthi amashumi alithoba anesihlanu kuwo onke amakhulukhulu amaNegro azinzile kwaye aziphethe kakuhle. Amashumi alithoba anesihlanu kufuneka azidibanise ndawonye ukunqanda okanye ukucinezela abahlanu bakhohlakeleyo, utshilo umfundisi omnyama uKelly Miller ngo-1899.

Olu luloyiko lwento emnyama emnyama ehlala kubo bonke abakhohlakeleyo kule miboniso. U-Killmonger, ngelixesha lijoni laseMelika, unxibe kwaye waziswa njengenxalenye yesitrato esimnyama saseMelika. Iqela lemigulukudu eli-100 Umbane oMnyama kwaye ke iqela leStokes-Stryker kwi ULuka Cage . Lonke olu lwazi lunamadoda amnyama ahloniphekileyo asebenza ukucoca ezi zitrato okanye ukukhusela uluntu lwabo, kwaye ngelixa umsebenzi ngamnye esazi ngoxinzelelo olukhulu oludlalayo, bachitha ixesha elininzi bezikhusela kweminye imizimba emnyama.

Enye yeenkokheli zamalungelo abantsundu eziqondayo iindlela zoloyiko zezi zimvo yayingu-Ida B. Wells. Wathetha malunga nendlela i-lynching njengendlela yokuthintela ulwaphulo-mthetho kwindawo emnyama yayiyindlela nje yokugcina abantu besoyika: Isizathu sokususa amaNigroes awayezuza ubutyebi kunye nepropathi kwaye ke agcine umdyarho phantsi kwaye agcine i-nigger yoyikiswa.

Ngaphandle komsebenzi owenziweyo wokwenza abalinganiswa abamnyama abanamacala amaninzi kwimiboniso eyahlukeneyo, xa kufikwa kuhlobo lwe-superhero, kusekho ukusilela kwe-nuance. Amadoda amathathu amnyama anobuso kunye namagama akhokelela kwi-franchise yawo ziiparagons zesidima. Bangamadoda amakhulu anebala elimnyama, abanomonde, abanobubele, abanolwazelelelo, abanentlonipho kubafazi babo kwaye basebenzela ukujongela phantsi zonke iitrope zendoda emnyama eyoyikisayo. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo yinto emangalisayo ngokubonakaliswa.

Nangona kunjalo, oku kuyintsikelelo nesiqalekiso. Ngamanye amaxesha bavaleleke kakhulu ekubeni babe ngabasindisi kangangokuba kunqabile ukuba bavunyelwe ukuba bonwabe okanye babe neziphene ezingalunganga okanye babe nomsindo. ULuke Cage akakwazi ukuba ngumlindi wegazi njengoFrank Castle. U-T'Challa ngekhe abe yindoda yamanenekazi okanye abe nemicimbi ngezidakamizwa ezifana noTony Stark. UJefferson akakwazi ukuba yijerk engenamsebenzi njengoOliver Queen. Banobizo oluphezulu. Bamele bakhuthaze bonke abantu abamnyama kwaye babe yiyo yonke into umntu omnyama ekufanele ukuba abe yiyo.

Nguwuphi umthwalo ongafanelekanga ukubeka kubo, kuba ngumthwalo ongafanelekanga ukubeka amadoda amnyama okanye nawuphi na umntu ojongelwe phantsi. Njengomfazi omnyama, ndiyasiqonda isizathu sokuba uLuka Cage emhlabeni ebeya kubakho namhlanje angabi ligorha lokuqesha, ozijongayo. Kuya kufuneka abe yipargon yesidima. Umntu omnyama uqulunqelwe ulwaphulo-mthetho, kunokuba abe sisaphuli mthetho ekufuneka sizikhulule ngokukhusela isixeko saso.

Ndiyavuya ukuba uT’Challa, uLuke, noJefferson bakhona. Ndiyabathanda. Bangabalinganiswa abagqwesileyo, kwaye ngelixa abanye benokubabiza ngokuthi bayadika, ndikwangumlandeli wamandla abo athuleyo, uvelwano kunye nokulunga kwabo. Ndiyathanda ukuba nabo njengabalinganiswa amakhwenkwe amnyama amnyama anokujonga kubo. Kwaye badityaniswa nabalinganiswa abamnyama abanamandla ngokumangalisayo kwaye benyanzelisa.

Kodwa ayingabo bonke abantu abantsundu kunye namanye amaqhawe anyanzelekileyo ekufuneka ephawule zonke iibhokisi zokulunga. Ngokukodwa xa kusasazwa, iindaba ziyakhawuleza ukusebenzisa nayiphi na imbali yolwaphulo-mthetho ukususa naluphi na uhlobo lovelwano okanye ingqumbo malunga nokudutyulwa komntu omnyama ongaxhobanga.

Inxalenye yento endiyikhumbulayo inothando ngenene ngayo Xena: Iqhawe leNkosazana njengomntwana ukuba uXena wayeseluhambeni lokukhulula awaziyo ukuba alunakuphela. Ukuba akanakuze akwenze ngokupheleleyo ukuba ngumkhosi wemfazwe, kodwa wayeza kuzama kunjalo. Ukujongana needemon zakhe kwaye, ngamanye amaxesha, isohlwayo sakhe sasiyimfuneko. Kuyafana noBo Dennis kwi Intombazana Elahlekileyo— Inxalenye yokuba sisuccubus yayikukuba wabulala abantu abaninzi ngengozi. Umnqweno wakhe wokwenza okulungileyo wakhelwe phezu kokwenza oko. Akuzange kubathintele ekubeni ngamagorha.

Isithuba apho amaqhawe amnyama namdaka kufuneka abenakho ukuhlala khona. Sidinga igumbi lokuba ngama-anti-heroes, ama-villains, nayo yonke into ephakathi.

(umfanekiso: Netflix / Disney / I-CW)