Njengomlandeli webhola yomnyazi wabasetyhini, andizange ndicinge ukuba ndingayibona imini xa ibali malunga neqela labasetyhini be-NCAA likhokela usasazo lweendaba zikamabonwakude ngokuhlwa.
Singancoma olu sasazo kuqala hayi kupapasho olubanzi olufanele umdlalo wamanina, kodwa kububi obuhlala buhleli bocalucalulo kunye nesini. Kwakhona, uDon Imus. Kodwa ngoku ekubeni igqala โlokungcangcazelaโ liphulukene nomdlalo wakhe werediyo we-CBS kunye ne-MSNBC simulcast ngokuchaza abadlali beRutgers njenge โhos-headed hos,โ imibuzo embalwa eza engqondweni.
Eyokuqala yile icacileyo: Kwakutheni ukuze uImus agxothwe kwangethuba? Eli gqala lomsasazi lizenzele ikhondo lomsebenzi wobuchwephesha obungalawulekiyo, umthuki othe wajolisa umsindo wakhe ngokuchasene nabantu bazo zonke iintlobo zoluntu. Ngamanye amaxesha loo mibono yayibekwe kwiithagethi zemveli zabagqwesileyo: abafazi, abantsundu kunye namaYuda. U-Imus ude waxelela i-CBS' 60 Minutes emva ngo-1998 ukuba umvelisi ophetheyo uBernard McGuirk wayeqeshelwe ukujongana โneziqhulo ezimbi.โ
Intetho enjalo ifanele ukuba yinxalenye yenkcubeko ye-brash shock jock radio, ke sixelelwa, umjelo weendaba (ndithetha, โimarike ye-nicheโ) ehlala uninzi lweehaki ezihlekisayo nezingenatalente ezifana no-Imus, uHoward Stern, nabanye. U-Imus kunye neqela lakhe lemigulukudu yasemoyeni baphumelela ngokungxola, ukuphoxa; bezemba iindaba zosuku ngawo nawaphi na amathuba anokuvela ekuvezeni imbono yabo emdaka, nembi ngoluntu. Ubukrelekrele obuboniswayo bubandakanya ukubonakaliswa kolutsha kule nto okanye laa pipsqueak, i-crybaby, i-gutless, i-weasel exokayo, ihagu etyebileyo, kunye ne-skunk eyabonwa ngu-Imus ingcolisa indawo kawonke-wonke.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, kuzo zonke ii-jabs zakhe "ezimbi" kumajelo eendaba kunye nokusekwa kwezopolitiko, u-Imus umvukeli werediyo wakha impumelelo yakhe ngokubonelela abantu abangaphakathi eWashington, abantu abadumileyo beendaba kunye nabanye abaqhagamshelwe kwiincwadi zabo, amaphulo, kunye nezinye iiprojekthi. Kwinkcubeko yemithombo yeendaba elawulwa ziingcamango zamaphiko asekunene, i-Imus eneneni yayiyindawo yokukhokela iiDemocrats kunamaRiphabhlikhi, njengoko uPeter Wallsten watshoyo kwiLos Angeles Times nge-13 ka-Epreli.
Ngelishwa ku-Imus (kunye neeDemokhrasi?), I-ringmaster yesiqhelo ekrwada yavuthuza xa isenza ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi. Okokuqala, iqela leRutgers lakhetha ukungathuli. Ekhokelwa ngumqeqeshi uC. Vivian Stringer ukukhusela okunomdla kubadlali bakhe abafundi, amazwi kunye nobuso babadlali beRutgers bakhanya phambi kwabantu baseMerika ekukhanyeni okuhloniphekileyo okubafaneleyo. Ngokucacileyo, uStringer wabeka izithuko ezijoliswe kubadlali bakhe kwimeko yentlalo, njengamagama abonisa ingcinezelo yembali yabantu abamnyama nabasetyhini.
Kwelinye icala, impendulo yeqela yabonakala ivula ivalve kwidama elibonakalayo lokucekisa uluntu ngokutyibilika kunye nomoya okhohlakeleyo wenkcubeko yeendaba zentetho. Uvukelo oluchasene noImus lwakhula ngokukhawuleza. Iinkokeli zamalungelo oluntu zikhokela imigca yepikethi kwizitudiyo ze-CBS kunye ne-MSNBC (nkqu nabanye abasebenzi be-MSNBC baxelwe ukuba bakhalela ukugxothwa kuka-Imus), kwaye ibali lathatha imilinganiselo yentloko. Kwaye ke njengoko ihlala isenza umgca osezantsi wangenelela: IAmerican Express, General Motors, kunye nezinye iinkampani zabhengeza ukuba azisayi kuphinda zibhengeze. Imus kusasa. Kubaphathi be-CBS kunye ne-MSNBC, impikiswano malunga nekamva lomboniso we-Imus, ovelise ngaphezulu kwe-15 yezigidi zeedola kwingeniso yonyaka, ifikelele kwidenouement yayo.
Inkcubeko yam ingcono kuneNkcubeko yakho
Akumangalisi ukuba Fox News umninimzi uSean Hannity kunye nabanye abagcini be-conservatives bathe phithi kukuchaza ibali njengayo nayiphi na into ngaphandle komzuzu wokuvukela esidlangalaleni ngokuchasene nesifundo setyala kwimidiya ebolileyo. Endaweni yoko umba waba kukuba ngaba umfundisi uAl Sharpton kunye noJesse Jackson bakufanele na ukukhokela uqhanqalazo oluchasene no-Imus. Kwi-NBC's Namhlanje Bonisa, umninimzi uMeredith Viera utyhola u-Sharpton "ngomgangatho ophindwe kabini" malunga namazwi okwabelana ngesondo kumculo we-rap kunye ne-hip-hop, nangona u-Sharpton evuma ukuba wabelana ngeenkxalabo zakhe malunga nolwimi oludelelayo. Abanye abagxeki bakhombe amazwi angaphambili achasene namaSemite nguJackson.
Kodwa i-anti-Imus groundswell ngokucacileyo idlulele ngaphaya kweSharpton kunye noJackson, okanye nayiphi na impembelelo abafanele ukuba nayo ngaphezu kweerapper ezikhohlakeleyo ezifana noSnoop Dogg. Ngokuchaseneyo ne IKansas City Star Uluvo lukambhali wemihlathi uJason Whitlock lokuba uluntu oluntsundu luphinde lwaveza umnqweno walo โwokuzigwagwisa kwixhoba,โ umboniso ka-Imus uchukumise imithambo ngenxa yesizathu esinye esikhulu. Ubuhlanga nokucalulana ngokwesini kusahleli kubububi bentlalo.
Ndiyathandabuza ukuba le nyani yamva iyinyani yeendaba eWhitlock. Kodwa kwikholamu ye-11 ka-Epreli wayehlekisa ngombono wokuba abantu abantsundu banento yokuqhankqalaza kodwa โukuzithiyaโ kwabo. Ehlekisayo, wade waxelela uTucker Carlson weMSNBC ukuba uJackson kunye noSharpton babelingana โnabanqolobi basekhayaโ ngokuzama ukunyanzela i-CBS kunye ne-MSNBC ukuba zigxothe u-Imus.
UWhitlock ubona ukuzithiya โkwi-bitches,โ โhos,โ kunye โnee-niggersโ zolwimi olusetyenziswa kumculo we-rap nowehip-hop. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo intsingiselo yomculo onjalo yahluke lee kwimihla yombutho wamalungelo abantu xa intetho yayiyeyabazalwana noodade, okanye uJames Brown owayecula ingoma ethi, โSay It Loud, Ndimnyama Kwaye Ndineqhayiya.โ Kodwa ngaba uWhitlock ucinga ukuba "ukuzonda" kuthintela abantu abantsundu ukuba bakhuphe ngokucokisekileyo iintengiso ezifunayo, kuba intswela-ngqesho phakathi kwabantsundu iphindwe kabini kunabamhlophe? Ngokwengxelo yeUrban League's 2007 State of Black America, amadoda amnyama asebenzayo asamkela ngaphantsi kwama-75 ekhulwini amadoda amhlophe (kubafazi abamnyama, atsala enye i-$ 5,000 kumvuzo wonyaka). Ngaba imivuzo ephantsi ngolo hlobo ingumphumo wamazwi omculo we<em>rap โabazithiyileyoโ kunye nokungazithembi kwabasebenzi abantsundu?
Ingxoxo kaWhitlock ithetha ukuba yonke imiqobo yeshishini kunye neyenkcubeko yokulingana ngokobuhlanga iphunyeziwe. Kodwa ukuba abantsundu abananto yokoyika ngaphandle kwabo, okanye umculo wabo, ke le yintatheli ezixhasa kwingxoxo yobuhlanga endithandabuzayo ukuba ifuna ukuyenza. Ngenxa yokuba uchaza njani ubunyani bokungalingani kwezentlalo kunye nezoqoqosho abamnyama abaqhubeka bejongene nazo?
Ngokuphathelele yonke intetho emalunga ne-โhos,โ nokuba ivela ku-Don Imus okanye ku-Snoop Dog, zonke zisikwe kwilaphu elinye lokungahloniphi abantu basetyhini. Kwimeko yabasetyhini bakaRutgers, babengengobantu abanolwazi, abanamandla e-Washington politicos, kodwa nje iqela labasetyhini abaselula abaphumeleleyo. Amaqhawe eembaleki. Koku bangqineke bengajoliswanga kakuhle kumdlali odumileyo weendaba. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba abadlali beRutgers bebengengoogqirha bexesha elizayo okanye iiprodigies zomculo, kunye neembaleki ezinkulu? Kuthekani ukuba bebeyi-hoopster ebotshelelwe kwizihlunu kunye ne-tattoo "amantombazana arhabaxa?" Ngaba kuya kulunga ke ukubabeka kwindawo emdaka yoluntu apho abasasazi bakanomathotholo abakhohlakeleyo banokuzisebenzisa ekujoliseni kwabo? Ngaba ngokwenene kukho abafazi abathile: nabaphi na abafazi: ngubani ofanelwe ukubizwa ngokuba ngama-bitches kunye nama-hos?
Okanye, ukubizwa ngokuba "linenekazi elicocayo?" Leyo yindlela uImus awayekhe wayichaza ngayo ENew York Times intatheli uGwen Ifill. Yayiyi-jab yobuhlanga. Kwakhona yayiyi-elitist. Ngaba sinokuzibuza ukuba zingaphi iintatheli ze-Times ezinokuthi zibongoze umphathi wazo malunga neendlela ezingakumbi zokunxibelelana ngomnxeba ukuba โamanenekazi acocayoโ akaligcinanga igumbi labo leendaba elihlonelwayo ekubeni libe yindawo yokulahla indawo engenakuhlalwa? Mhlawumbi inokuba yinto encinci ukuba ezo bhaskithi zichitha inkunkuma kwindawo yokutshintsha amangcwaba zicinga ntoni ngayo yonke le nto?
Imozulu Yentiyo Engapheliyo
Ngelishwa, umbuzo omkhulu ovela kwingxabano ye-Imus okwangoku awunayo impendulo eyanelisayo. Kutheni kwinkcubeko yemidiya egcwele inzondo yasekunene kukucocwa kwendlu kuphela kwi-Imus? Ayiko-Rush Limbaugh kuphela ezihlekisayo nge-"Halfrican American" ebhekisa kuBarack Obama. Okanye ugxeko lwefashoni yalo nyaka uphelileyo ngumsasazi kanomathotholo uNeal Boortz, owathi ngelo xesha uCynthia McKinney weNkongolokazi uCynthia McKinney weenwele ezintsha โzeghetto slutโ. Yimozulu engapheliyo yobutshaba kunye nezithuko, ukungahloniphi okuhlekisayo kunye nokuhlambalaza ngokwesini kunye ne-xenophobic cheerleading kwimfazwe ebulele amakhulu amawaka. Ngama-moralists kanomathotholo ahloniphekileyo alindele ukuthathwa ngokungqongqo njengoko echaza (okanye icacisa?) imilinganiselo evumelekileyo yokuthuthunjiswa. Yingqondo encinci, izimo zengqondo ezigxekayo, ingqiqo ye-pundit yokuba akukho nto ifanele ukuphupha ngayo, ifutshane naleyo inika imbuyekezo ngokukhawuleza kwi-paycheck.
UMichael Harrison, umpapashi we Izithethi, iphephancwadi loshishino lwerediyo yentetho, ekuqaleni wathi u-Imus unokusinda kwiifowuni zokudutshulwa kwakhe yi-CBS kunye ne-MSNBC ukuba wayeka ukuxolisa kakhulu. Ngamanye amazwi, u-Brand Imus wayemalunga nomfanekiso we-contrarian, i-cowboy "evukelayo" ebetha impumlo yakhe kuzo zonke iiholo ze-prissy zokuchaneka kwezopolitiko ezifuna ukwenza isigqibo malunga nokuba yintoni enokuthi ithethiwe emoyeni. Ukugrumba kakhulu kungonakalisa uphawu, ngoko ke yixhalabele abahlalutyi beshishini abanjalo.
Yintoni encinci dreariness. Lo ngummeli ocingayo wenkcubeko yemithombo yeendaba ogxininiso lwemyopic kumanqaku kunye neenzuzo zimfamekisa kwinyani enkulu yokuba ishishini leentetho lobuchwephesha lizaliswe ziibrendi ezincanyathiselwe kuqala kwi-sludge. Nokuba yi-Brand Imus okanye i-Brand War on Terror, konke kutyibilika ezantsi kwithambeka ukuya kwindawo emfiliba apho iingxoxo ezakhayo, ukucinga okukhanyisiweyo malunga nobuhlanga kunye nesini, kunye nethemba lekamva lomntu lidibana nombono weshishini kuphela njengemveliso yamaxesha athile. abanye bacinga ngeengeniso zentengiso.
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