“Indlela abasiveza ngayo kwabezindaba ngiyayizonda. Uyabona umndeni omnyama uthi siyaphanga, ubona umndeni wabelungu uthi ufuna ukudla. Futhi, niyazi, sekuyizinsuku ezinhlanu ngoba iningi labantu BANNYAMA ... Sesiyabona ukuthi abantu abaningi abangasiza basempini njengamanje, balwa ngenye indlela. Futhi manje sebebanike imvume yokwehla bayosidubula. UGeorge Bush akanandaba nabantu abamnyama.”
- Kanye West, ekhuluma nezithameli zethelevishini kuzwelonke ku-NBC
“Asikaze sikubone okufana nalokhu ngaphambilini.” Ngike ngezwa lesi sisho siphindaphindwa kaningi ngabasakazi bezindaba bechaza umonakalo owenziwe yisiphepho uKatrina. Nokho, njengoba ngibuka izithombe zayo yonke leyo mizimba emnyama iguduza emanzini angcolile ezikhukhula, ngabona ukuthi empeleni ngangiyibonile into enjengale ngaphambili. Kwakungonyaka odlule, lapho iSiphepho uJeanne sigadla ngasogwini lwaseHaiti, izwe elinjengeNew Orleans elimpofu nelimnyama. Izikhukhula nodaka lugcine lubulale izinkulungwane zabantu baseHaiti. Abezindaba abalunakanga lolu daba izinsuku ezimbalwa; isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuthola izithombe ezihehayo zezindlu ezicekelwa phansi nezigodi ezigcwele amanzi ezikhukhula. Kwanele ukuthuthukisa izilinganiso isikhashana. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, baqoqa amathuluzi abo futhi baphuma lapho ngokushesha kunokuba ungasho “ukunganaki kobandlululo.”
I-United States yanikeza usizo oluncane kangangokuthi lwalungabalulekile, futhi kungakabiphi sonke lesi sigameko sase sinyamalele ezingqondweni zabaningi baseMelika. Kube nokuncane ukukhala kwentukuthelo ngenxa yokuthi leli zwe alinandaba nokufa kwezinkulungwane zabantu abamnyama, kodwa lichitha amahora amaningi esikhathi sikamabonakude kuyi-Missing Pretty White Girl yakamuva (Ngikholwa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi kwakunguDru Sjodin. , hhayi uNatalie Holloway). Kodwa ukufa kwabantu eHaiti kuyinto eyodwa. Abantu baseMelika bebehlale bekuthola kulula ukukuchitha ukufa kwalabo abavela kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi lapho lawo mazwe egcwele abantu abamnyama. Kepha ubani ongacabanga ukuthi uhulumeni wethu angavumela into elimaza ngokufanayo ukuthi yenzeke kubantu emhlabeni wethu - kubantu abayizakhamizi zaseMelika ezigcwele (ngombono, noma kunjalo)?
Ngena Kanye West. Ikusasa le-hip hop. Iciko elinxephezela ngaphezu kwamakhono alo aphansi kune-stellar njenge-emcee nengqondo yalo ebukhali nothando lobulungisa nokulingana, ingasaphathwa eyobuqhawe bayo. Kunzima ukucabanga noma yimuphi umrepha njengoba u-Tupac Shakur enesibindi sokuxoxa no-Commander-in-Chief ku-TV kazwelonke. Ngokungangabazeki uzohlukunyezwa abaphikisi kwesokudla nakwesobunxele "ngokufaka ipolitiki" ekuqoqweni kwezimali ukusiza izisulu zezikhukhula. Kodwa-ke, angingabazi ukuthi uKanye ubesho lokho iningi lezakhamizi ezimnyama zaseNew Orleans ezikucabangayo njengamanje. Njengoba uKanye esho ku-albhamu yakhe yokugcina, “Ubandlululo lusaphila, basanda kulifihla,” kodwa kusezikhathini zobunzima njengale lapho iMelika iqala khona ukukhombisa imibala yayo yangempela, futhi “abamnyama” abanjalo. yazo.
Iqiniso liwukuthi, u-Kanye West akazange "afake ipolitiki" into embi. UGeorge W. Bush wenza. Isiphepho saba yinkinga yezombangazwe uBush wesibili wanquma ukuthi kukhona okubalulekile okubaluleke kakhulu kunokuthuthukisa izinyathelo zokuvimbela eNew Orleans; njengokuncishiswa kwentela kosozigidigidi kanye nokuqalisa impi embi, yama impiriyali ngokumelene nabantu base-Iraq. ISiphepho u-Ivan sakwenza kwacaca ukuthi iNew Orleans yayingakulungele ukubhekana nenhlekelele enjalo uma ingenzeka. Ukube uBush angaba yingxenye yesikhulu uFidel Castro. Uhulumeni waseCuba ukwazile ukukhipha abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi, futhi akazange alahlekelwe ngisho nempilo eyodwa ngenxa yeSiphepho u-Ivan.
Eqinisweni, ngingathi uKanye ubephana kakhulu. UBush, nabanye abadlali kulolu daba, abamane “bangabi nandaba” nabantu abamnyama. Sekuyiminyaka bengabacindezeli abakhuthele base-Afrika baseMelika. Njengombusi waseTexas, uBush akazange ahlangane nesitifiketi sokufa angasithandi. Ngenxa yalokho, nguyena uqobo obhekene nokubulawa kwenqwaba yamadoda amnyama. Umbusi waseMississippi uHaley Barbour uxwayise ngokuthi bonke “abaphangi” bazobhekana “nabo ngonya.” Lona yindoda ehlanganiswe neCouncil of Conservative Citizens, iqembu elisungulwe kuMkhandlu Wezakhamuzi Ezimhlophe ngesikhathi samalungelo omphakathi. Lawa bekungamaqembu azibophezele ekulondolozeni u-Jim Crow futhi abe nokuxhumana okusondelene nobulungu obugqagqene ne-Ku Klux Klan. Futhi uMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseNew Orleans awudingi umyalo “wokudubula ukubulala” ovela kumbusi ukuze uhlasele abantu abamnyama. INew Orleans ihlezi iphakathi kwamadolobha aphezulu ngenani lezikhalazo zezakhamizi ngonya lwamaphoyisa. Ngenyanga edlule nje, kwashona indoda emnyama egama layo linguRaymond Robair ngemuva kokuba amaphoyisa emlethe esibhedlela. Ofakazi babone amaphoyisa emshaya ngesihluku, emshiya ephuke izimbambo ezine kanye nobende.
Kodwa ungalindeli ukuthi abezindaba abajwayelekile bakutshele noma yini embi ngoMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseNew Orleans. Isikhathi sabo cishe sizosetshenziswa ezindabeni ezingenabufakazi ezidlala ukwesaba okudumile kwabamhlophe ngabansundu - izindaba ezimayelana nezixhwanguxhwangu zasendle, ezimnyama ezibandakanya ukweba, ukubulala, ukudlwengula, ngisho nokudla inyama yabantu. Abantu abamhlophe bazowudla njengoswidi, futhi izilinganiso zizokhuphuka ngokufanele. Esikhathini lapho sihlaselwa yizithombe eziningi nezitatimende ezibonakala ziklanyelwe ukuletha okubi kakhulu kithi, kuqabula kakhulu ukubona umuntu ofana no-Kanye West esukuma ebiza ifosholo. Asenze isiqiniseko sokuthi usenawo umsebenzi asazobuyela kuwona ngemuva kokushunqa uthuli. Okokuqala kufanele sinikele ngemali emizamweni yokusiza, kodwa futhi kungaba umqondo omuhle i-albhamu entsha ka-Kanye, ethi, Late Registration. Kuyinto yakudala.
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