Ukuphinda ujonge ii-Boondocks 'UMartin Luther King Jr. Isiqendu sokuBuya kukaKumkani ngo-2021

Yeyiphi eyona nto inokuba yimpikiswano yexesha layo lokuqala, ngoJanuwari 15, 2006, IiBoondocks Ukubuya kukaKumkani, isiqendu esibhalwe ngu Iibhokisi Umyili wamahlaya uAaron McGruder kwaye uza kuqhubeka nokuphumelela iMbasa yePeabody ngo-2006.

Ukubuya kukaKumkani sisiqendu esakhelwe kwingqondo kaHuey Freeman malunga nento eyayinokwenzeka ukuba inkokheli yamaLungelo oLuntu uMartin Luther King Jr.yasinda kwilinge lokubulala ngokuchasene nobomi bayo, kodwa yafakwa kwikhoma de kwaba ngu-2000. UKumkani uzifumanisa edidekile yimeko yenkcubeko yase-Afrika-yaseMelika, ethatha i-BET, kwaye uzifumanisa engavisisani ngenxa yeFox News (shocker) ecinga ukuba akathandi ilizwe, ngenxa yokuqhubeka nokuba li-pacifist emva kohlaselo lwango-9/11. Oku kuzisa isibetho esikhulu kuKumkani esidlangalaleni.

Njengoko uHuey kunye noKumkani behamba ngeNkulungwane yama-21 eMnyama eMelika, umbono kaKumkani uza ngokuchasene nehlabathi eliqinisekileyo elikhoyo namhlanje. Konke oku kukhokelela kwelona candelo lidumileyo lesi siqendu, apho uKumkani azama ukwenza intetho phambi kweqela labantu abamnyama baseMelika abaphazanyiswa ngumculo. Emva koko ulahla i-N-word bomb. Okuninzi.

Iziqwengana:

Ingaba yiyo le? Yile nto endiyifumanele bonke abo baphosayo? Ndiphuphe kwakanye. Kwakuliphupha lokuba amakhwenkwe amnyama amnyama kunye namantombazana amnyama amancinci asele emlanjeni wempumelelo, ekhululwe kunxano lwengcinezelo. Kodwa yabona, emva kwamashumi amane eminyaka kamva, yintoni endiyifumeneyo ngaphandle kweqela lezinto ezingenamsebenzi, ezingashukumiyo, ezingenamsebenzi [i-imeyile ikhuselweyo] Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba abanye benu abafuni ukundiva ndisithi lelo lizwi - elona gama libi kulwimi lwesiNgesi. Kodwa yile nto ndiyibonayo ngoku - [imeyile ikhuselwe]

IiBoondocks ngomnye wemiboniso endihlala ndicinga ngayo xa isiza nemiboniso eMnyama ejolise kubaphulaphuli abaMnyama, ngaphandle kokuthandwa kwayo ngabantu abamhlophe. Xa ndibukele esi siqendu, ndiyazi ukuba ngubani lo uthetha noMcGruder, kwaye ndiyabuqonda ubunzima bokwazi ukuba abantu abangaMnyama bayibukele le nto ithethwayo, nabo. Oko bekutshiwo, ndicinga ukuba esi siqendu sihlasela imeko yelizwe, ngakumbi ngexesha lolawulo luka-Bush.

Abantu abaNtsundu babenobungqina obunqongopheleyo kwiindawo zolonwabo, kwaye inethiwekhi kamabonakude ephethwe ngabantu abaNtsundu yayisasaza imifanekiso ethandabuzekayo yabantu abaNtsundu, isasaza ibala elisashukunyiswayo nanamhlanje.

Akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngabantu abaNtsundu abafuna ukujija kwaye babe nexesha elimnandi, kwaye andicingi ukuba ingxelo yesiqendu sikaKumkani ikhuthaza ukuhlonitshwa kwezopolitiko. UMoreso oko yena (kwaye, nyani, uMcGruder) athetha ngayo yindlela apho inkcubeko yaqikelela khona umfanekiso woBumnyama owawusikelw 'umda, kunye nendlela abantu ababamkela ngayo-hayi kuba yayiyinyani yabo, kodwa kuba xa uhlala Ukunyanzeliswa ngombono wokuba ubumnyama yinto, uyifaka ngaphakathi, ngakumbi xa ukukhuthazwa kungakhuthazwa.

Ngelixa amatshantliziyo afana no-Al Sharpton egxeka umboniso wokuba u-King athethe i-N-igama, ubuncinci ugcina eyona nto iphambili kwezopolitiko zakhe ngaphandle kokucoca ubundlobongela. Ngexesha likaMartin Luther King Jr. Day, kuyadinisa kakhulu ukubona ukuba ezopolitiko ezichasene ne-BLM kwaye zisebenzisa impempe yeenja ezinobuhlanga zikwacaphula njani umlweli ongasekhoyo ngokungathi bayavumelana.

Ngelixa lingafezekanga, isiqephu yayikukufowunelwa kwiingalo, enye endicinga ukuba abantu abaninzi bayivile, nkqu ne-satire. Ekupheleni kwesiqendu, sibona iphepha langaphambili lephephandaba likaNovemba 2020 elibonisa ukuba uKing usweleke eVancouver, eBritish Columbia eneminyaka engama-91, kwaye u-Oprah Winfrey usandula kunyulwa njengo-Mongameli wase-United States.

Njengoko uHuey esitsho kwingcaciso yakhe yokugqibela, Kumnandi ukuphupha.

(umfanekiso: Ukudada kwabantu abadala)