Mushure mezororo remwedzi mipfumbamwe, joki weredhiyo anovhundutsa Don Imus achadzoka pamhepo muna Zvita. Zvimwe waifunga kuti zvakataurwa naImus achidana timu yebasketball yevakadzi veRutgers University kuti "nappy-headed hos" zvingadai zvakaita kuti asabatike - zvekuti aizowana imba kumahombekombe ekunze kweredhiyo yesatellite?
Asi kwete. Pane kudaro, murume akasanganisa zvisina mutsindo kubvunzurudzwa kweBeltway nerusaruraganda rusaruraganda uye rusaruraganda rusarura achange achidzokera kuhupenyu hwake hwekare, panguva ino achinyadzisa WABC airwaves muNew York uye, pamwe, achibatanidzwa nenyika yose. Kurangwa kwaImus mukutarisisa kunoratidzika semameseji paruoko: Akagamuchira madhora makumi maviri emamiriyoni kubva kuCBS nekuda kwekudimbura chibvumirano chake, akatora zororo remwedzi mipfumbamwe, uye zvino ave kudzokera kune redhiyo yekutengesa.
Nguva zvechokwadi haina kuporesa maronda ose. Deepa Kumar, purofesa wezvidzidzo zvenhau kuRutgers, akati kwandiri nguva pfupi yadarika: โKudzoka kwaImus kunhepfenyuro kunofumura pasina mubvunzo kuti vezvenhau vemakambani vachanyura sei kuita purofiti. Kune vadzidzi nevadzidzisi veRutgers vakaronga kuti Imus adzingwe paCBS Radio, uku kurohwa kumeso. "
Murairidzi webasketball weRutgers C. Vivian Stringer anoti nhasi, โIni handisi kuzokuita mwana, ndakanga ndakashatirwa uye ndichiri kutsamwa zvikuru.
Yatova ngano inotyisa yaiswa pamusoro pekuti sei Imus akarasikirwa nebasa rake pakutanga. Vamwe vakati aive ese Machiavellian machina eAl Sharpton naJesse Jackson. Munyori wezvemitambo Jason Whitlock, semuenzaniso, akavadaidza kuti "magandanga emumba" ekutungamira kuratidzira. Vamwe vakanyora kuti mhirizhonga iyi yaingova basa rezvematongerwo enyika. Sokunyora kwakaita Dick Cavett muNew York Times: โZvinoratidzika zvoupenzi zvikuru sei kubva kure uku. . โฆ
Mune mamwe mazwi, isu hatigone kutora joke. Ichokwadi kuti hapana kushomeka kwemajoki anokatyamadza anoita mamirioni nekurasira pavanhu nekuti ivo vara risiri iro, murume kana mukadzi. Iri ibhizinesi hombe rakavakirwa papfungwa yekuti vamwe vanhu vanhu vashoma pane vamwe. Asi Imus akarova tsinga paakashandisa rudzi urwu rwe "kuseka" kumitambo.
Rangarira kuti Rush Limbaugh akanzwa kudzoreredzwa kukuru kwebasa rake paakati vezvenhau vakawedzera-hyped Philadelphia Eagles mutambi wenhabvu Donovan McNabb kubva mu "kunetsekana kwavo" kuti vaone akabudirira African American quarterback. Mushure mezviuru zvehasha dzekufona uye mae-mail, Limbaugh akarohwa kubva kugigi yemitambo paESPN. Vese Imus naLimbaugh vakavaka maempire parudzi urwu rwebhomba, asi pavakayambuka-kusarurana kwavo nemitambo, mwero mutsva wehasha wakaputika.
Isu tinotengeswa tisingaregi pfungwa yekuti mitambo yedu - mitambo yedu yakakosha - inzvimbo yakachengeteka kubva kurudzi urwu rwekushungurudzwa kwezvematongerwo enyika. Mitambo i "munda wezviroto" apo kushanda nesimba nguva dzose kunosangana nemibayiro. Tinokoshesa pfungwa iyi. Kana vatambi veBasketball veRutgers varamba kusawirirana uye voita fainari yeNCAA - vodaidzwa kuti "nappy-headed hos" nekuda kwedambudziko ravo - zvinomanikidza tsinga-yakanyanya.
Kumitambo yevakadzi, tsinga iyi inonyanya kusvuta. Iri ndiro gore rechimakumi matatu nemashanu rebasa reMurairidzi Stringer. Iri zvakare igore rechimakumi matatu neshanu reChinyorwa IX, mutemo unokosha 35 wakanangana, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, kuenzanisa nzvimbo yekutamba pakati pevarume nevakadzi mumitambo, ichipa vimbiso yemukana wakaenzana uye kuwana kwakaenzana. Kwakanga kuri kukunda kwemafambisirwo ekodzero dzevakadzi nekodzero dzevanhu.
Sekureva kweWomen's Sports Foundation, mukadzi mumwe chete pavatatu vechikoro chesekondari- uye vakadzi vezera rekukoreji vanotora mitambo nhasi. Makore makumi maviri namashanu apfuura, nhamba iyoyo yakanga iri imwe mu27. Ikoko kunokosha, murutivi, nemhaka yokuti vakadzi vaduku vanotamba mitambo kashoma kuti vatambure osteoporosis, hosha dzekudya kana kuti rima rokuora mwoyo. Mutemo uyu wakavandudza hupenyu hwemakumi emamiriyoni emadzimai munyika yose.
Asi kumadzimai, mitambo inoramba iri nzvimbo yekuzvidzwa, kwete kupemberera. Swimsuit nyaya, cheerleaders uye doro-kutengesa sexism inotsanangura vakadzi munyika ye testosterone-yakawedzerwa mitambo. Mukadzi wese akambotamba mitambo, uye murume wese ane mutambi wechikadzi mumhuri, akanzwa mazwi aImus nenzira yakacheka zvakadzama. Akamutsa hofori yakarara: isu isu tinokoshesa mipiro yevakadzi munyika yemitambo. Imus paakananga kuchikwata chebhasikiti chevakadzi cheRutgers chekushungurudza rusaruraganda uye zvepabonde, manzwiro aya akajeka. Kuramba kwake kusina basa kwaigona kunge kwakashanda sechiyeuchidzo chakasimba chenguva apo vakadzi vaduku veRutgers vakasimuka ndokuti zvakakwana zvakakwana.
Asi mushure menguva pfupi yekutonhora-yekuzorora, Imus adzoka. Zvinoshamisa kumuona achibuda mukundi mune zvese izvi, asi kuna Stringer - kunyangwe paine mhirizhonga - hapana kuzvidemba. Anoti akakoshesa mukana uyu wekutaura nyaya yekuti kusundwa kwepabonde kunopinda mumapepanhau makuru.
"Mwari vanoziva kuti ndingade kuhwina mukombe wenyika, uye ndanga ndichitsvaga izvi kwehupenyu hwangu hwese," akadaro Stringer. "Asi, dai ndakapihwa sarudzo - unoshuvira here kutaura nenyika uye kunyatsoita shanduko kana shanduko uye kuita kuti vanhu vanzwe zviri nani, kana kuhwina mukwikwidzi wenyika, kana ndichifanira kusarudza pakati pezviviri izvi - ndingadaro. tora zvakaitika gore rino nekuti vanhu vazhinji vakateerera uye vanhu vazhinji vakakanganiswa chaizvo kupfuura mutambo webasketball ungambove wakamboita. "
Imus zvakare ine maikorofoni. Mubvunzo uchave wekuti akadzidza chero chinhu mumwedzi mipfumbamwe asipo, kana kuti miedzo yaStringer nechikwata chake yaive pasina. Kana kuti zvimwe Cavett akarurama uye isu tese tinofanira kungonyemwerera sezvaanorega ruvengo ruchibhururuka.
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