Nge-29 ka-Agasti wonyaka ophelileyo, iToonami yahamba kwihlabathi liphela emva kokwenza a umyalezo okhethekileyo ukubhengeza inkxaso yabo kwiMicimbi yoBomi obuMnyama eyabetha i-chord ngeeNtsundu eziMnyama, uninzi lwazo olwalukho eyilwe nguToonami ukusukela ebuntwaneni . Ukubaluleka kwenkxaso kaToonami yeMicimbi yoBomi obuMnyama ngexesha apho uluntu oluMnyama lwahlangatyezwa ubundlobongela obuchasene noMnyama kwaye imiboniso engenanto yomanyano ayizange ibonakale.
Kulabo abangaqhelananga neToonami, yindawo yenkqubo yasebusuku kakhulu esasaza ikakhulu i-anime yaseJapan kunye nekhathuni yesenzo saseMelika. Yenzelwe iCartoon Network ngo-1997 kwaye okwangoku idlala ngokuBhukuda kwabantu abadala. I-Toonami yaziwa ngokungenisa ngaphakathi i-anime engeniswa kumazwe aseNtshona kunye nokuqinisa olu hlobo lwalusele lufihlekile njenge-pop behemoth.
Njengokuba ndibukele umyalezo, bendizikhumbula iinkumbulo zokuhlala kwam kude kubukele uS Isantya Ghost: Unxweme ukuya kuNxweme kunye nomama wam kunye nokuqhekeka nanini na xa umphathi weqela le-Space Ghost, uZorak, the Inkumbi eyedwa kwiApocalypse , waqhushumba. Ndikhumbule isiqu sam esineentloko ezithambileyo sibambe iinwele ezankqonkqozayo kwaye nditsale ii-curls zam ndibuyele kwi-Sailor Moon's signature buns (odango) kunye neehagu zeebhokhwe.
UToonami wayengumthombo wam wokubaleka kuzo zonke izilingo neembandezelo ze Intombazana emnyama yokufikisa . Yayiyintsika yokhuseleko nentuthuzelo. Yathi yakudlala le ndawo, yandothusa into yokuba uToonami aphinde athathe inxaxheba ebomini bam. Inkqubo ye- Ukubulawa kuka-Ahmaud Arbery, uBreonna Taylor kunye noGeorge Floyd indishiye ndikwimeko yentshabalalo epheleleyo. Indawo inike umzuzu wokufumana kwakhona; Intlanzi yethemba.
Ukubukela i-blockhost ye-animated host, i-TOM, igxeka imibono ye-colorblind engenzi mngeni kwaye icele umngeni kubabukeli bayo endaweni yokuba bacinge ngendlela [abanokulwa ngayo] nxamnye nokungekho sikweni bandishiya ndingathethi. Kodwa yayikukungqinwa ngu-TOM ukuba uMnyama uphila ngokubalulekileyo kwaye NGOKUQHELEKILEYO kubalulekile ukuba ekugqibeleni ndise iinyembezi. Ekubukeleni le ndawo, andiziva ndithambile; Ndaziva ndibonwa.
Ndabuva ubunyani besenzo.
Umyili we-Toonami uJason DeMarco utyhile kwi uthotho lweetweets Isikhuthazo sesi siqwenga sivela kubasebenzi bakaToonami abafuna ukujongana ngqo nentshukumo yaBantu abaMnyama ngokuthe ngqo, kunye nokuveliswa kwayo, yabhalwa kunye, kwaye yahlelwa ngabasebenzi beBlack Toonami.
Thina eToonami siyazi ukuba sinokwenza okungakumbi ngeqonga lethu kodwa besifuna ukucaca ukuba ibhloko yethu encinci imele ntoni, wabhala uDeMarco. Ukulingana, imfesane, uthando kunye namandla sisiseko seenkqubo zethu kunye nomxholo womyalezo esifuna ukuhanjiswa nguToonami. Isigqibo sikaToonami sokuma esidlangalaleni noluntu oluMnyama yayisisenzo esivumelana neenqobo zabo ezisemgangathweni, ezazichasene ngqo nenkolelo eyayibanjelwe ngokubanzi yokuba ezopolitiko azinandawo kwizithuba ze-nerd. Kodwa njengama-nerds amnyama, ubukho bethu nje kwezi ndawo zimhlophe zehegemonic zezopolitiko.
Ndaye ndaya ku-Hilton George, umseki kunye nosihlalo we-Blerdcon (indawo ephambili ye-Black nerd kunye ne-Convention) -ingqungquthela enqamlezileyo nebandakanya wonke umntu obekelwe bucala ukuba ahlangane, abonwe, kwaye athabathe inxaxheba kwi-geekery yethu edibeneyo -ukuxoxa ngobunzima kaToonami besebenzisa iqonga labo ukuxhasa iMicimbi yaBantu abaMnyama kunye nendlela esi senzo esidibana ngayo naye. Undixelele,
Yayingumyalezo ongacacanga. Yayingacocwanga; kwakungangeniswa manzi. Kwakucacile. Kwakungacelwanga. Khumbula, besingamatsheleli oku. Besingafani, 'Dammit Toonami! Idama lokuDada kwabantu abadala! Sifuna uphume uze kuthetha into! ’Ke ndakuyibona, ndaqala ndacinga ukuba yifilimu yabalandeli. Ndacinga ukuba umntu ubizwa nje ngale nto. Ndilinde ukungafuneki, izoyikiso zamatyala, emva koko ndeva malunga nomnye umntu omangalelwayo ngokulingisa ilizwi likaTOM ngokugqibeleleyo.
Ke ekugqibeleni yaqala ukuseta kum ukuba, 'Owu, khawume umzuzu, ibiyinyani leyo?' [Intetho] inene, inene, ibethe ngamandla. Ayinakufika ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Kwaye kwatsho kamnandi. Bathetha ngenxalenye enkulu yethu kwi-fanbase abasentlungwini ngoku. Kwaye yayiyeyona nto inoxanduva ukuyenza. Yayiyinto enobubele ukuyenza. Kwaye ukusazisa ukuba siyabonwa kwaye siyaviwa, yeyiphi kubantu abasokolayo, abantu abahlaselwayo, abantu abahlelelekileyo, ngama-90 epesenti yomzabalazo andithi?
U-Hilton George ucacise amava e-Blerd ngaphakathi kwe-nerdom:
Uhambo lwe-Black nerd lolokwamkelwa, kunye nokubandakanywa, nokumelwa, kunye nentlonipho; Singabamnyama njani sobabini sibe zii-nerds kwaye sihlonitshwe njengobabini kwaye singabubonisa njani ubumnyama bethu okanye sibufake ubumnyama bethu njengentetho kuhlobo lwethu? Ukuba sinethuba lokubhala okanye ukuba sinethuba lokuyila okanye ukuba sinethuba lokubonisana, singabuzisa njani ubumnyama bethu etafileni? Ngaba singakwazi ukuba yimizimba yethu yonke kwaye sibe zi-nerds ngaxeshanye njengawo wonke umntu? Kwaye ngelishwa, kukho i-quadrant ye-geekspace enje, 'Hayi'
I-Blerds ayinakushiya nje ukuhleleleka ekujongeni idyasi kwaye isondele kwi-nerdom ngokulahla ngokungenankathalo njengabalingane bethu be-caucasian. Umzekelo, ulonwabo olulula ekunikezeleni nge-cosplay kunye nokuthatha umntu oyintsomi kuphazanyiswa lulwazi lwethu lolwaphulo-mthetho oluhlala luhleli lwabantu abaNtsundu nabantsundu. Iicosplayers ezimnyama nezimdaka kufuneka zihlale zine-hyperaware yesinxibo sethu-njengoko inokusetyenziswa njengesixhobo sokuhlazisa ubuntu kunye ukugwetyelwa ukubulala kwethu -Ithintela amandla ethu okuzintywilisela ngokupheleleyo kwi-escapism enikezelwa luvo.
Okuchasene, Mhlophe inika umntu amandla okushenxela kwimpambano yobomi aye kwi-nerody, engenakubalwa, njengegorha kwi-isekai. Indawo kaToonami yakhumbuza ababukeli bayo ukuba ezi zithuba azikho kwisithuba, kwaye ukucinga ngolu hlobo kukuzibandakanya kwinkqubo yobuhlanga.
Njengengcali ekuchaseni ubuNnyama kwiindawo zabalandeli, umbhali uStitch, endikhe ndathetha naye, ebebazi kakuhle ubuhlanga obuqhenqethayo kwaye obuhlala bungathintelwa kwi-nerdom, obenza umyalezo kaToonami ube nefuthe:
Ndikhumbula ndibukele ikliphu ndaza ndabuza ngokuvakalayo ukuba 'Ngaba yinyani le?' Kaninzi-ninzi ngenxa yokuba yayingalindelwanga. Ndikhule kunye noToonami njengophakathi kunye nolutsha kwaye yayiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo kum. Emva phayaa, ndandiphethe ubugcisa kunye neyona nto ibalaseleyo (kodwa inde kakhulu) yeembali zamathambo / abalinganiswa endibathandayo. Zange khe ndiyicinge kakuhle loo nto… ukuba singabethwa kukungavisisani nokuba phandle kwaye iTwnami / aBantu abaDada baziva benyanzelekile ukuba bangayamkeli nje kuphela abalandeli bayo abaMnyama kunye Impembelelo ibhloko yeprogram ebinayo kuthi kwiminyaka edlulileyo , Kodwa ukuba noSteve Blum njengo-TOM, sisebenzise elo thuba ukusixhasa .
Izithuba ezingaqhelekanga ze-Anime ziyaziwa ngokuchaseneyo nabalandeli abaMnyama-jonga iimpendulo ezinobutshaba Mnyama Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo- kwaye ke oko kwakuthetha lukhulu kum ukubona i (icon) yentsimbi kumdlalo, bonisa inkxaso kwaye sinomdla kwezi fandoms. Nam, ndikhale kancinci. Khange ndikwazi ukuzibamba!
UHilton George, Stitch, kwaye mna kuqala ndijonge umyalezo ngenqanaba elisempilweni lokuthandabuza. Kodwa xa ukuqonda ukuba indawo leyo yayinyanisile kwaye iimvakalelo ezichaziweyo zazinyanisekile, yavakala kwinqanaba leemvakalelo. Okwalo mzuzu, uToonami wabeka phambili kuthi ngaphezulu kwamanqaku kunye noluntu izimvo. Basebenzise iqonga labo esidlangalaleni ukuthatha indawo enesibindi kunye nemfuneko yokulwa ubuhlanga kwinkqubo ebonakalisa ngokumangalisayo umanyano lwabalandeli bayo abaMnyama; Isiseko sabalandeli ebesithembekile kuToonami ukusukela ngo-1997.
Ukwazi ukuba ixesha lethu lokunyaniseka ixesha elide kwakungelolize. Ukwazi ukuba uthando lwethu aluzange lufunyanwe kuphela kodwa lubuyisiwe. Kwakunzulu.
Ukuqhubela phambili, ndiyathemba ukubona uToonami eqhubeka nokuxhasa uluntu oluNtsundu ngokucela umngeni kushishino lwe-anime ukuba luguquke ukubonisa ubutyebi besiseko sabalandeli babo abaMnyama. Enye indlela yokufezekisa oku kukumilisela inyathelo elifanayo INtloko yeNkokeli emnyama eNamandla yeNetflix Oko kuya kugxila ekwandiseni amazwi abaDali abaMnyama, italente eMnyama, kunye nabaphulaphuli abaMnyama. U-Hilton George ucebise ukuba u-Toonami afikelele koovulindlela abamnyama be-anime njengo Carl Carl, umvelisi we Iibhokisi , okanye uArthell Isom, umseki weqela Isitudiyo sokuqala esikhulu sabanini abamnyama eJapan , Ukwahlulahlula uluhlu lwazo lwe-anime.
Ukuhamba ukusuka kwiingxelo zobumbano ukuya kwizenzo zenguqu kuqinisekisa ukuba umyalezo kaToonami obhengeza inkxaso yobomi babantsundu uqhubekeka ngonaphakade.
… Kungenxa yokuba abaBomi abaMnyama bayabaluleka kwaye BAYOKWENZA NGOKUHLE. -THOM
(umfanekiso obonisiweyo: Toonami)
