Pachinoitika chiri chose apo muratidziri weOlympic anosimudza chibhakera muna 1968 John Carlos anotaura, anogara achiyeuka noruremekedzo menduru yesirivha pachikuva ichocho, mumhanyi mukuru weAustralia Peter Norman. Pazuva iro renhamo, Norman akapfeka chigamba mukubatana nemuhwina menduru yegoridhe Tommie Smith naCarlos, uye akabhadhara mutengo wakashata paakadzokera kumba. Kunyange zvazvo Norman akanga ari murungu, kana kuti zvichida nemhaka yokuti Norman akanga ari murungu, akava mufundisi nokuda kwokushinga kumirira kodzero dzevanhu. Sokutaura kunoita Carlos, โUsambofa wakakanganwa kuti pane imwe nguva Australia yakanga yakaipa seSouth Africa maererano nemitemo yayo yemarudzi.โ Ari right. Panguva iyo pakanga paine mitemo yakanangana nekubvisa hunhu hwezvizvarwa zveAustralia โ zvinowanzonzi maAborigine โ vanhu.
Nhasi, ichiri njanji yechitatu yezvematongerwo enyika yeAustralia kutaura kudada uye kubatana nevanhu veko. Damien Hooper ari kutsvaga izvi nenzira yakaoma. Hooper mutambi wetsiva weOlympic anoita masaisai makuru mukati nekubuda mumhete. The light heavyweight ave kukanganisa kuhwina goridhe mushure mekutumira mutambi wetsiva wekuAmerica ane mukurumbira Marcus Browne. Ari kutyisidzirawo kudzoserwa kumba neAustralia Olympic Committee. Asati arwa naBrowne, chipfeko chemhete chemakore makumi maviri ekuberekwa chaisanganisira T-shirt nhema yakanyorwa neAboriginal Flag. Hooper, wedzinza rekwaunogara, aiziva kuti aityora mutemo weOlympics wekuti โhapana zvematongerwo enyikaโ, uyo unoti unogona kumiririra nyika yako chete kana vatsigiri vemakambani vakatenderwa. (Zvakakosha kuziva kuti vatsigiri vemakambani aya vanosanganisira masangano asina kwaakarerekera ezvematongerwo enyika akaita seDow Chemical, British Petroleum neMcDonalds.)
Mushure memutambo, Hooper haana kuzvidemba achiti, โMunofungei? Ndiri muAboriginal. Ndiri kumiririra tsika yangu, kwete nyika yangu chete asi vanhu vangu vese zvakare. Ndizvo zvandaida kuita uye ndinofara kuti ndakazviita. Ndaingofunga nezvemhuri yangu uye ndizvo zvinonyanya kukosha kwandiri. Tarisa zvazvabva kuita-zvakangoita kuti kuita kwangu kwese kuve nani nerutsigiro rwese kumashure kwangu. Handisi kutaura izvozvo zvachose kuti handina basa (nezve chirango chinogona kuitika), ndiri kungotaura kuti ndinodada nezvandakaita. "
Zuva rakatevera, International Olympic Committee yakaudza Australian Olympic Committee kuti zvirinani vabatane naHooper kana kutarisana nemhedzisiro yacho. Kudzidzira kwechikwata kwakamiswa nenzira yeruzhinji uye Hooper akadanwa kuti asangane nemukuru weOlympic weAustralia Nick Green. Green akabuda kubva kumusangano kuenda zivisa vezvenhau kuti mutambi wetsiva "akamutarisa mumaziso" uye "akakumbira ruregerero zvakanyanya. .... Adzidza chidzidzo uye haachachiiti zvakare. "
Asi chidzidzo chipi chiri kudzidzwa? Chii chiri kudzidziswa kwete kuHooper chete asiwo kuAustralia? Mureza weAboriginal unozivikanwa semureza weAustralia zviri pamutemo, asi hauzivikanwe neInternational Olympic Committee. IOC haina chairi kuita kunze kwekusimbisa hutongi hwayo pamusoro pechikwata cheAustralia, uye izvi zviri kukwevera kuratidzira kumba.
Aimbove shasha yepasi rose, muAustralia/aboriginal boxer, Anthony Mundine Akaudzwa ari Sydney Morning Herald kuti Hooper "akaita chinhu chaicho."
"Ndinomubvisira ngowani yangu nekuda kwechimiro ichocho," Mundine akadaro, "Zvinoda munhu ane mabhora mahombe kuti aite chimiro chakakura kudaro. Ndine musana wake, zuva rose mazuva ese, nekuti ari mugwara. "
Phil Cleary, wezvematongerwo enyika weAustralia uye muratidziri akati, "Kusiyana nemireza yeumambo yakatenderedzwa nevatambi vechidiki vari kuchema, mureza weko hauna nhoroondo yekugara kune dzimwe nyika. Zvinosuruvarisa, ndiko kumiririra kwevanhu vasina nyika, vanhu vane nhoroondo yatisingade kutaura. Kurambidza mureza uyu zvinonzwisa tsitsi zvinosetsa.โ
National Congress yeAustralia First Peoples yakatsigirawo Hooper "nekudada nezvaari uye kwaakabva."
Dare reCongress rakarangarira kuti Cathy Freeman wekuAustralia akahwina menduru yegoridhe yemamita mazana mana akabata mireza miviri zvichitevera kukunda kwaakaita kumitambo ya400 muSydney. Jody Broun, sachigaro weCongress akati, "Handizive nezvechiito chipi zvacho chechikwata cheOlympic apo mifananidzo yaCathy Freeman yakapenya pasi rose mushure mekuhwina kwake menduru yegoridhe yemamita 400. Iyi mifananidzo yakapa simba risingayerike kuvanhu veAborigine uye akaudza chizvarwa chinotevera kuti zvinokwanisika kuti ivo vave vakanyanya kunaka munyika. "
Kushatiswa kwaDamien Hooper kunotumira shoko rakasiyana zvikuru, rinowirirana neizvo Peter Norman akamanikidzirwa kutambura muna 1968. Sokutaura kwakaita Mark Twain, โNhau haidzokorori. Asi zvinoita rhyme. "
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