Kufuneka simamele xa uLuntu lwase-Afro-Latinx lugxeka kwiindawo eziphakamileyo

Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zetreyila.

ndithandile Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo . Ndicule iindumiso zayo kuphononongo lwam olungenasiphako, kwaye ndalila yonke indawo Ingoma kaMakhulu uClaudia Umonde kunye noKholo. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba ndiyithandile le bhanyabhanya ayithethi ukuba andinakukugxeka ngenxa yokunqongophala kokumelwa kwayo yiAfro-Latinx kunye nokuzithethelela okungalunganga okwenziwe ngabadlali kunye nabasebenzi xa ukugxekwa kwabo kwafika kubo. Kwaye oku kuvela kwi-White Latina, endiyiyo, kwaye ngubani owaziyo ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuphakamisa amazwi e-Afro-Latinx xa becela okungakumbi kuba bangamaLatinx kwaye kufuneka sixhasane kwaye sitshabalalise umbala okhoyo ngaphakathi uluntu lwethu.

Le asiyoncoko intsha, nayo. Imiba yokubala imibala ibisoloko ixhaphake ukusukela ngonaphakade. Ndikhumbula ndibukela iinoveli xa ndandisemncinci nosapho lwam ukubuyela ePuerto Rico kwaye ndizibuza ukuba kutheni wonke umntu efana nam xa abazala bam, oomalume, oomalume kunye notatomkhulu beshiyekile ukuba bome. Babenjalo nje ngeLatinx njengokuba ndandinjalo, kwaye kwandithatha ukuba ndikhule ndiqonda ukuba ubunzulu bobuhlanga kunye nebala zingene njani kuluntu lwaseLatinx nakuwo wonke umsebenzi onzima osadinga ukwenziwa ukuyisusa ingxaki nokwenza utshintsho olunentsingiselo oluphakanyisayo phezulu amazwi eAfro-Latinx.

Uninzi lwentetho yangoku malunga nokusilela koonobumba beAfro-Latinx kwi Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo Enkosi ku Ingcambu ’ s UFelice Leon , Ngubani umfazi omnyama onemvelaphi yaseCuba kunye nomamkeli ophumeleleyo weWebby Award kunye nomvelisi wevidiyo. Kudliwanondlebe lwevidiyo elapha ngezantsi, kukho iimpendulo ezifanelekileyo zokuba ngumlingisi kunye nomlawuli. UMlawuli uJon M. Chu ngokusisiseko wabhengeza ukukhathazeka kwakhe, ndingathi le yincoko efanelekileyo, kwaye uMelissa Barrera, odlala uVanessa, wakuthethelela ukungabikho kwabantu baseAfro-Latinx ngokuthi baninzi abantu baseAfro-Latinx kwinkqubo yophicotho kwaye Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo Qhubeka nje kwaye wakhetha abantu abafanelekileyo kwindima.

Ukuthi le yinto yokuxhamla yinto engekho phantsi. Abantu abafanelekileyo ababenomlingiswa ngamnye? Yiza, bantu abaMhlophe baseLatinx. Kufuneka simise obububhanxa. Kungenxa yokuba ukusuka apho ndimi khona, uthi bekungekho badlali beAfro-Latinx okanye abadlali beqonga abanesikhundla sokubamba ukuthatha indima ebalulekileyo kwaye bakhokele Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo Kwaye kufuneka soneliswe kuphela ngabadanisi abalondolozayo beAfro-Latinx. Kunganjani ngo-HAYI?

Kwaye nkqu nokubandakanya abadlali abayiAfro-Latinx akuyomfuneko ukuba boyise yonke imiba yobuhlanga xa bekwicala lokukhanya xa kuziwa kubantu baseAfro-Latinx. Umzekelo wenqaku: Nina, odlalwa nguLeslie Grace, ngubani ngu I-Afro-Latinx Dominican, kodwa ikwicala elikhanyayo. Uyamangalisa kwindima, kwaye kuhle kakhulu ukumbona efakiwe, kodwa bekungafanelekanga ukuba sinayo kuphela abadlali abanolusu olukhanyayo kwiindima ezibalulekileyo. Siyacela ngaphezu koko.

Akunjengabantu abangakhange babonise ukungabikho kwe-Afro-Latinx Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, nokuba yeyiphi. Ingxoxo malunga ne-White Latinx okanye i-White-pass-cast ibikho ukusukela ngoJuni wonyaka ophelileyo. U-Quiara Alegría Hudes, umbhali we Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo , zombini inqanaba kunye neenguqulelo zefilimu, babizelwa ukungabikho kweyantlukwano xa kufikwa kubalinganiswa beAfro-Latinx, ngokunjalo noLin-Manuel Miranda. Kwaye iimpendulo zabo xa bebizwa ngaphandle bazive ngathi bamamele kwaye bathembisa ukwenza ngcono. Kunyaka nakwimovie yonke kamva, kuyothusa ukuba yonke imveliso ayibonakali ilungiselelwe ngeempendulo ezilungileyo zoku kugxekwa.

Ukurola kwi-Twitter, kukho intetho enkulu kakhulu malunga nesidingo sokumelwa okungaphezulu kweAfro-Latinx kwi Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, endiza kuyibandakanya emva kwesi sibhengezo senkonzo yoluntu yabantu abamhlophe baseLatinx. Jonga, ekuphela kwendlela esinokwenza ngayo izinto zibengcono, ekuphela kwendlela esinokuthi sihlangane ngayo njengoluntu lokwenyani, kukwamkela ilungelo lethu. Kungoko kuphela apho siya kuthi sikwazi ukuxhasa usapho lwethu lwe-Afro-Latinx xa bejamelene nombala kwindawo esihlala kuyo nakwimithombo yeendaba esiyisebenzisayo.

Ke, akusekho sizathu. Akusekho, Oo bakhetha owona mdlali ubalaseleyo kwindima yakhe kwaye akukho namnye kubo owayengu-Afro-Latinx. Akukho nanye kuloo nkunkuma. Kungenxa yokuba kukho italente yeAfro-Latinx phaya ilungele ukuya kwenza abantu abakhangeleka ngathi bazive bebonakala. Abanye abalindanga kwaye baya phambili kwaye benza umxholo wabo, esifanele siwubukele kwaye siwuphakamise. Phuma Ikheli nguJeanette Dilone kunye Yam ngaphezulu kwi-HBO Max, okanye IiVampire vs. iBronx Ngaphezulu kwiNetflix. Zontathu iziqwenga ezifanelwe luthando ngakumbi kumabali abawathethayo kunye noluntu abajolise kulo.

Kwaye ukuze sicace gca, kwaye oku kungalahleki kumazwi am okanye umyalezo, abantu ababekelwe bucala banokuyonwabela into kwaye babe besayigxeka -thetha ukuba ndingayonwabela Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo NjengoLatina ngelixa sibonisa amanyathelo ekufuneka siwenzile kunye nabantu baseAfro-Latinx abasadinga ukumelwa kwindawo esihlala kuyo. Zombini zinokubakho kwindawo enye, kwaye sinokucela ngaphezulu. Yile ndlela utshintsho kunye nokukhula kwenzeka ngayo. Kwaye yindlela esidibana ngayo ngokwenyani njengabantu baseLatinx.

Kude kube lelo xesha, nazi ii-tweets zam endizithandayo kunye nemisonto eqhubeka nengxoxo kunye nentetho emelwe yiAfro-Latinx Kwiindawo eziphakamileyo :

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Ngaba ufuna amanye amabali anje? Yiba ngumbhalisi kwaye uxhase indawo!

-UMary Sue unomgaqo-nkqubo ongqongqo ongavumiyo, kodwa ungaphelelanga apho, ukuthukwa kwabantu nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —