Aia kekahi poʻe i loko o ka honua o nā haʻuki e nānā i ka ESPN ma ke ʻano he diabolical genetic splicing o ka Illuminati, George Bush a me kekahi mea i ʻoki ʻia mai ka loofah o Chris Berman. (Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au, ʻaʻole like me ka ʻohana Bush, ʻo ka mana o ESPN, ʻoiai ke hoʻopilikia nei, ua hoʻonui nui ʻia.)
Ke hōʻike hou ʻia nei kēia manaʻo me ka lono i ka mea pāʻani NBA mua ʻo John Amaechi i hōʻike leo nui a haʻaheo i ka honua he kāne kāne ʻo ia. Ua kuhikuhi kekahi poʻe ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Amaechi, ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uhi paʻa i ka paia ma ESPN, ke manaʻo nei e hāpai i kāna autobiography hou i paʻi ʻia e–ua kuhi ʻoe iā ia–ESPN Books. E like me ka mea pāʻani Baseball Nui Nui ʻo Jim Traber i haʻi mai iaʻu i ka hālāwai ninaninau ma ka Pōʻalima, "Ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka nūhou, ke hana nei ʻo ESPN i nā nūhou." ʻO ka manaʻo o Traber, me ka hoʻomāʻewaʻewa, he hewa loa ia. ʻO Amaechi i hānau ʻia ma Pelekane ʻo ia ka mea pāʻani NBA mua i puka mai i waho o ke keʻena. He moʻolelo koʻikoʻi kēia me ka nānā ʻole i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa o nā kumu kūʻai kālepa ESPN.
ʻO ka hopena o ka NBA ka mea hōʻoia hou o ka hopena o ka moʻolelo. Ua puka mai ke komisina NBA ʻo David Stern mai kāna bunker germ-free e ʻōlelo ai, "He hui like ʻole kā mākou. ʻO ka nīnau ma ka NBA 'Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pāʻani?' ʻO ia, pau ka nīnau.
He leo maikaʻi loa kēia a me ka lokomaikaʻi, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea pāʻani e like me ka paʻakikī e hāʻawi i kahi pane like. ʻO nā ʻano like ʻole o nā ʻōlelo a ka hoa hui kahiko ʻo Tracy McGrady: "ʻAʻole oʻu manaʻo he aha ʻoe inā ʻoe e hana nei i ka mea āu e hana ai ma ke kahua." Akā ʻike maopopo ʻo Stern a me ka hui ʻo ka hoʻopunipuni hoʻopunipuni ʻaʻole ia he lokahi a kākoʻo paha. ʻO ka pīhoihoi, ʻaʻole i hoʻopuka ʻia ka hōʻike a Amaechi ma NBA.com. ʻO ka haʻuki kekahi o nā kauhale nui hope loa o ka homophobia. He mea paʻakikī maoli ʻo Amaechi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka lumi laka, ka pahu paʻi a me ka pahu o ka mea nona: nā wahi āpau aʻu i lohe ai i nā ʻōlelo homophobic i hoʻohana ʻia e like me ke koma. ʻAʻole wau e hōʻaiʻē i ka manaʻo o Stern he mea ʻole ia. ʻAʻohe aʻu mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻana i ka poʻe e like me Philadelphia 76er Shavlik Randolph hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka papa, nāna i ʻōlelo, "I ka wā ʻaʻole ʻoe e lawe mai i kou male ʻana iaʻu, ua maikaʻi wau." A laila aia ʻo Steven Hunter, nāna i ʻōlelo, “ʻOiaʻiʻo? He kāne kāne maoli ʻo ia? I kēia mau lā ua hōʻike ʻia e hiki i nā kānaka ke ola pālua. Ke nānā nei au i ka TV he nui, no laila ke ʻike nei au i nā mea maʻi kolohe e pili ana i nā kāne male e holo pū ana me nā kāne male kāne a me nā ʻano lapuwale a pau.
ʻAʻohe oʻu minamina wale nō no LeBron James (ʻae, he 22 wale nō), ʻo ia ka mea i ʻōlelo mai, “Ua ʻauʻau ʻoe, aia ʻoe ma ke kaʻa, kamaʻilio ʻoe i nā mea. Me nā hoa hui, pono ʻoe e hilinaʻi. Inā he kāne ʻoe a ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻae ʻo ia ʻoe, ʻaʻole ʻoe hilinaʻi. ʻO ia ke code lumi laka.” E like me kā ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Washington Post ʻo Michael Wilbon i pane aku ai, "ʻAʻole wau e noʻonoʻo nui, akā ʻaʻole wau makemake e nānā nui i nā hopena mai kahi mea pāʻani kinipōpō 22 makahiki me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia… ʻO ka hopena o LeBron e hōʻike wale ana i ka manaʻo ponoʻī o ka lā e pili ana i nā akua pāʻani ʻōpio nona ka hoʻololi ʻana mai ka wā kamaliʻi a hiki i ke kanaka makua i nā hihia he nui loa a hiki i ka hoʻomaha ʻana mai ka hana.
He hōʻailona koʻikoʻi ia o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka homophobia a me ka homoeroticism hoʻopaʻa ʻia-i kahi haʻuki e pili ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka "paʻi haʻahaʻa," e like me ka haʻi ʻana mai o ka poʻe hoʻolaha iā mākou-ʻo ka nui o nā jocks e hele koke i ka makaʻu i nā mea e hiki mai ana i ka ʻauʻau. . I kā mākou kūkākūkā televise ma ka papahana Kanada Outside the Lines, ua koi ʻo Jim Traber ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoa hui kāne kāne… ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i "hoʻāʻo e hoʻopā i koʻu ʻū i ka ʻauʻau." (Ua haʻi mālie wau iā Jim ʻaʻole makemake ka kopa e hoʻopā i kona ʻūhā i ka ʻauʻau.) Pono ʻo Amaechi e haʻi aku i nā hoa o ka Utah Jazz e hoʻōki i ka hoʻomāliʻi ʻana iā lākou iho. I ka nīnau ʻana o kāna hoa hui ʻo Neanderthal, ʻo Greg Ostertag iā Amaechi, "E ke kāne, he kāne kāne ʻoe?" Ua pane aku ʻo Amaechi ma kāna leo Pelekania i ʻoki ʻia, "Greg, ʻaʻohe mea āu e hopohopo ai."
Akā ʻaʻohe oʻu mea e mahalo ai i ka poʻe NBA e hele ana ma waho o ka "code room locker" e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo maoli. Ua haʻi ka hoa hui mua ʻo Michael Doleac i ka Palm Beach Post, “Inā ʻo ia ʻo ia, maikaʻi iā ia. He kanaka akamai ʻo John, he kanaka maikaʻi, he kanaka leʻaleʻa.
ʻO kekahi hoa hui mua, ʻo Grant Hill, i ʻōlelo i ka Associated Press, "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hana ʻo John i kēia, malia paha e hāʻawi ia i ka hōʻoluʻolu a i ʻole ka hilinaʻi ʻana e puka i waho, inā paha lākou e pāʻani a hoʻomaha paha."
Akā ʻo kaʻu mau ʻōlelo punahele mai ke kumu aʻo ʻo Knicks ʻo Isiah Thomas. E ka Haku e kōkua mai iaʻu, ke hoʻomaka nei wau e makemake nui i ke kanaka, he hōʻailona paha ia o ka apocalypse. Ua haʻi ʻo Thomas i ka poʻe paʻi, “Inā [he mea pāʻani kāne kāne ākea] i loko o koʻu keʻena laka, ʻaʻole mākou e pilikia me ia. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo no ka lumi laka o kekahi, akā inā naʻu, ʻaʻohe pilikia o kāua. E hōʻoiaʻiʻo wau ʻaʻohe pilikia…. He hui like ʻole mākou a haʻi mākou i ka ʻae. Haʻaheo mākou i ka ʻokoʻa a ʻaʻohe mea āu e makemake ai i ka moekolohe…ʻaʻohe mea e haʻalele ʻia.
Ma waena o kēia mau hoʻomāinoino ʻia-a lōʻihi hoʻi i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia e ka hui, ua makapō ʻia ʻo Amaechi mai kahi kumu pīhoihoi: ESPN columnist LZ Granderson. Ua kākau ʻo Granderson, he kāne male kāne, "Ua nui wau ma luna o ka poʻe gay. ʻO John Amaechi, ʻo John Amaechi…. ʻIke ʻoe, ʻo ka mea haʻuki i puka mai ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana, kākau ʻo ia i ka haʻi ʻōlelo, a laila lohe ʻo ia i kona wiwo ʻole mai nā kolamu pololei e hoʻāʻo nei e ʻike ʻia 'evolved'…. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo: I ka manawa hea e hoʻomaka ai kekahi? ʻO ia hoʻi, e puka i waho i ka wā e pāʻani ana ʻo ia a hoʻopau i kēia mea hoʻokūkū holoʻokoʻa i hoʻokahi manawa a no nā mea a pau.
He hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻino kēia. ʻO Granderson, ma ke ʻano he kolamu ESPN i uku maikaʻi ʻia, ua palekana ʻo ia i waho o ka lumi lumi. Akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻokoʻa kona ʻano maoli i kēlā me kēia lā mai ka mea nāna e hoʻokele i ka machismo e lanakila ana i ka lumi locker maʻamau. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe mai ka mea haʻuki e hoʻoweliweli i ka manawa e puka mai ai mai ka ʻilihune i loko o kahi hui homophobic hohonu. E like me kā Amaechi i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i ka puka ʻana i ka wā e hana ana, “He mea weliweli. Nānā ʻia kēia poʻe ma ke ʻano he hōkū, ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani NBA. ʻO kēlā me kēia hoʻololi i ia mea e pōʻino ana i ka psychologically, ka naʻau a me ke kālā. " Inā makemake maoli ʻo Granderson e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka homophobia, ma mua paha o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i nā mea pāʻani pāʻani paʻa, pono ʻo ia e hōʻike i nā hana extracurricular a ke kumu pôpeku ʻo Indianapolis Colts ʻo Tony Dungy. ʻO Dungy, ka mea i lilo i ʻApelika-ʻAmelika mua e alakaʻi i kahi hui i ka lanakila Super Bowl, e hoʻopaʻa i kāna Baibala i kahi ʻohi kālā o Malaki no ka Indiana Family Institute. Hoʻopili ʻia ka IFI me James Dobson's Focus on the Family, e hakakā nei e "hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou" i ka "hewa" o ka male kāne.
Pono ʻo Granderson e kiʻi mai ka mea pāʻani NFL mua ʻo Esera Tuaolo, nāna i haʻi i ka Associated Press, "He mea kupanaha ka mea a John i hana ai. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka nui o nā ola āna i hoʻopakele ai ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo…. ʻO ka noho ʻana me kēlā pilikia a me kēlā puʻuwai, nā mea a pau āu e hana ai ma ke ʻano he kanaka paʻa, ke puka ʻoe i waho e hoʻokuʻu maoli ʻoe iā ʻoe iho. "
ʻOiaʻiʻo. Akā, e like me kā mākou e ʻike nei i ka makahiki 2007, ʻaʻole pono ke kūʻokoʻa.
ʻO Dave Zirin ka mea kākau o nā puke e hiki mai ana: "The Muhammad Ali Handbook" (MQ Publications) a me "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports" (Haymarket).
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