M'mawa wina Kugwa kwatha ndinawona zigawenga zankhondo zazikhalidwe zambiri m'chipinda changa chochezera: The Maury Povich Show.
Inali nkhani yochititsa chidwi. Banja lina linali kuyembekezera oyesa abambo a Povich kuti abwere ndi chigamulo chosonyeza ngati mwamunayo ndi bambo wa mwana wa mkazi wake woyembekezera.
Chiweruzo chinadza mu envelopu yosindikizidwa. Povich adagwira zotsatira zake mumlengalenga ndipo adalengeza kuti mwamunayo รขโฌลanalibe chodetsa nkhawa. Ndi mwana wanu, Stewart!.รขโฌ
รขโฌลStewartรขโฌ adatulutsa chigonjetso chankhondo ndikumenya mphepo ndi chibakera. Anakumbatira kwambiri Maury.
Mkazi wa Stewart adatulutsa maso. "Ndinakuuzani kuti ndinu abambo," adatero ndi mawu akumwera momveka bwino, "ndiwe wamkulu [bleep]."
Omvera anabangula.
Maury amakonda kupanga ziwonetsero zake mozungulira mayeso a abambo.
Nthawi yomaliza imene ndinamuona akuchita chimodzi mwa zinthu zimenezi, zinthu zinasintha. Mwamuna wina anagwetsa misozi. Ali pampando akulira mosisima, Maury omwe amatsinzinitsa adakhala ngati akumutonthoza. Mkazi wake analira pamene gulu la anthu linali kukuwa.
Nkhanza zamtunduwu zakhala zofala pawailesi yakanema yamakampani aku America kwa nthawi yayitali.
Povich siwoyamba kapena womaliza wowonetsa wailesi yakanema masana kupanga zowulutsa za ntchito za anthu ochepera komanso osauka ngati zochitika zomvetsa chisoni za chikhalidwe cha anthu. Umu ndi momwe รขโฌลJenny Jonesรขโฌ ndi Sally Jesse Raphael adapanga zokambirana zawo-omwe amatchula mayina ndi momwe Montel Williams adayambira.
Choyipa kwambiri mwina ndi Jerry Springer, yemwe amakonda kunyengerera maanja otsika ndi okonda awo kutsutsana wina ndi mnzake. Pazochitika zamtundu wa Springer, omvera amadumpha "Jerry, Jerry" pomwe opusa amathamangitsana pabwalo. Ogwira ntchito zachitetezo amayikidwa mosamala kuti apewe ziwawa zochulukirapo.
Kenako pali ziwonetsero zenizeni zenizeni, momwe oweruza ang'onoang'ono ndi oweruza akusudzulana amakonda รขโฌลJudge Judyรขโฌ ndi รขโฌลJudge Joe Brownรขโฌ amatsogolera anthu osauka omwe sangalekerere kukangana kowawa. Oweruza pawailesi yakanemawa amaphatikiza milandu ndi zigamulo zawo ndi maphunziro okhudza makhalidwe abwino ndi makhalidwe abwino, kutsagana ndi zigamulo zawo zamalamulo ndi ndemanga zodula ponena za khalidwe losakwanira la anthu apakati ndi kuwalangiza za ubwino wa ntchito, kukhulupirika, udindo wa banja, ndi kulemekeza ulamuliro.
Kodi chikuchitika ndi chiyani pano? Kupitilira paopindulitsa (kwa owulutsa) amakopa chidwi cha anthu ambiri komanso chibadwa chawo, izi ndi makanema ena "enieni" apawailesi yakanema amatenga gawo lonyalanyazidwa mu "chikhalidwe chotchuka" chopangidwa ndi makampani mochedwa. capitalism. Iwo ndi gawo la pulojekiti yowongolera malingaliro a elitist: uinjiniya wa chikhalidwe ndi kulimbikitsa kuvomereza kwaunyinji kwa utsogoleri wotsogola.
Pamodzi ndi zopanga zina zambiri zamakanema amabungwe amafalitsa malingaliro osachepera awiri apakati aulamuliro. Lingaliro loyamba loterolo likunena kuti anthu osauka รขโฌโ- nthawi zonse amakhala anthu ogwira ntchito komanso otsika omwe amachitidwa chipongwe pamasewera omenyana ndi atambala omwe Maury, Jerry, ndi ena onse - amayenera umphawi wawo. komanso kudzipatula komanso kuphwanya malamulo ku America. Wophunzira waku koleji yemwe wasiya kuyamwa pamwambo pa Jerry (Springer), Jenny (Jones), Sally (Jesse-Raphael), Judy (woweruza), ndi Maury et al. si munthu wabwino woti atsatire nkhani ya pulofesa wachingelezi yemwe ali kumanzere kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu, mbiri yakale, kapena nkhani ya pulofesa wachingelezi wokhudza gawo lomwe magulu ankhondo, magulu, mtundu, ndi/kapena kuponderezana kwa amuna ndi akazi kumachititsa kuti pakhale kusalingana ndi masautso mu United States. Gulu lankhondo losatha la anthu opusa, odana, otalikirana, komanso osauka omwe alibe chiyembekezo adawonekera pa kanema wawayilesi ndi Maury ndi abwenzi ake akumenya wophunzirayo kuti akuponderezedwa ndi wina aliyense kapena china chilichonse monga iwowo.
Zoonadi, Maury ndi Jerry samachita ziwonetsero za kupanda chilungamo komwe kumayambitsa anthu omwe amawonekera pamagawo awo. Oweruza a Judy ndi a Joe Brown ndi akuluakulu a Khothi Lachisudzulo sakuweruza pa nkhani ya kusiya zandale ndi zachuma pakati pa mzinda wamkati kapena kudalirana kwamakampani komwe kumawononga ntchito, mabanja, ndi madera.
Onse amapindula, komabe, kuchokera ku zovuta zaumwini ndi zamagulu ndi machitidwe osimidwa ndi odziwononga omwe ali ofala mwachibadwa pakati pa "osagwira ntchito" anthu omwe amakhala kumbali yolakwika ya mphamvu ndi machitidwe awa.
Lingaliro lachiwiri laulamuliro รขโฌลophunzitsidwaรขโฌ la Maury ndi Jerry et al. amakhulupirira kuti anthu wamba ndi opusa kwambiri, onyansa, ankhanza, odzikonda, okonda chidwi, komanso osadziwa kuti akhulupirire kuti ali ndi mphamvu zilizonse mu รขโฌลdemokalaseรขโฌ ku America.
Wanzeru wakumanzere komanso wotsutsa Noam Chomsky mwina sakanagwidwa atafa akuwonera Maury Povich ngati angathandize. Monga anzeru ambiri akumanzere (ndinaphatikizirapo), amatenga nawo gawo pazofalitsa zazikulu makamaka kudzera m'nkhani zake zapamwamba komanso ndemanga: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, ndi Washington Post etc. Chosangalatsa ndichakuti Maury. , Jerry, ndi ena onse ndi ofalitsa abwino kwambiri a lingaliro lakuti Chomsky amaika moyenerera pamtima pa ntchito yolemekezeka yolamulira maganizo a gulu lamakampani: "anthu omwe akuyenera kuyendetsa chiwonetserochi" power elite) akuyenera รขโฌลkuchita izi popanda kusokonezedwa ndi unyinji wa anthu, omwe alibe bizinesi pabwalo la anthuรขโฌ (Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World [New York, NY: Metropolitan Mabuku, 2005], p. 21).
"Palibe bizinesi m'bwalo la anthu" รขโฌยฆkupatula ochita masewera okwiya komanso omvetsa chisoni omwe akuyenera kukhala pansi pa mapiramidi aku America.
Unyinji wa anthu womwe umapezeka pa Maury ndi Jerry (onse pa siteji komanso mwa omvera) ndiwoposa kungokhala osayenera kulamulira. Ndichisonyezero chamakono cha anthu omvetsa chisoni, osalamulirika, ndi achibwana รขโฌลguluรขโฌ รขโฌโoopsa ndi onse รขโฌลopanda abwanaรขโฌ ndi รขโฌลchilombo chamutu wambiriรขโฌ รขโฌรขรขโฌรขรขโฌรขรขโฌรขรขโฌรขรขโฌรขรขโฌรขรขรขรขรขรขรขรขรขรข omwe anthu olemekezeka amanena kuti amawaona. akamafotokoza za anthu wamba. Uwu ndi umboni wa lingaliro lapamwamba la olamulira ankhanza komanso odzikonda kuti nzika wamba ndi yosayenerera kukhala ndi ufulu ndipo nthawi zonse iyenera kuyang'aniridwa, kukakamizidwa, ndi kuyendetsedwa kuchokera kumwamba. Uwu ndi umboni wa chiphunzitso cholemekezeka cha bourgeois kuti รขโฌลchirengedwe chaumunthuรขโฌ chimakhala choyipa, chachiwawa, chosagwirizana, komanso chankhanza. Makamaka m'munsi mwa piramidi yomwe imadziwika kuti yozikidwa pa chikhalidwe cha anthu, mfundoyi ikunena kuti, anthu ambiri otukuka amapangidwa ndi umbuli komanso zopondereza. Anthu osayamika amenewo ayenera kulamulidwa kuti apindule nawo komanso ubwino wa anthu ndi ambuye achifundo, owona patali, omwe amawaganizira kuti sadaipitsidwe ndi nkhanza zamkati zaumunthu.
Kunena zowona, sizongochitika za masana kuti malingaliro otsogolawa amawonekera masiku ano pawailesi yakanema. Malingaliro oponderezawa amapezeka ponseponse m'njira zosiyanasiyana (makamaka m'masewero aupandu) m'mitundu yonse ya "chikhalidwe chodziwika bwino" chopangidwa ndi makampani aku America, "ndi zotulukapo zaulamuliro zomwe zimayenera kuganiziridwa mozama ndi otsutsa omwe akupita patsogolo komanso omenyera ufulu wawo. Amakongoletsa zomwe zili m'masewero ndi nthabwala zambiri komanso ziwonetsero zabodza zachitetezo monga zowulutsa mowopsa zokomera kuponderezana รขโฌลCOPS.
Mwachindunji, รขโฌลkupanga chilolezo [chaunyinjiรขโฌ chokhudza kuchuluka kodabwitsa kwa chuma cha America ndi mphamvu zake zimachitikanso chimodzimodzi mโzoulutsa nkhani komanso mโnkhani ndi mโnkhani zofalitsa nkhani zomwe zimadetsa nkhawa anthu ambiri otsutsa komanso omenyera ufulu wawo. .
Paul Street ([imelo ndiotetezedwa]) ndi mlembi wa Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (www.paradigmpublishers.com) ndi Segregated Schools: Educational Apartheid in the Post-Civil Rights Era (New York, NY: Routledge, 2005).
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