Ukuhoxisa kancane kukasomahlaya uBill Cosby ngokuthi ukungqongqoza kwakhe kwabamnyama okuthiwa baziphatha kubi kwakuwukunxusa ukuba kuthathwe izinyathelo hhayi ukuthi bonke abantu abamnyama abampofu babekwe icala, kwenzeke kancane kakhulu. Isiphithiphithi sabanye abashoshozeli bamalungelo, abalweli bokholo abansundu abalandela imithetho, nababhali bengqephu bamamukele ngokukhulu ukudabuka njengesithandwa sabo, futhi abaningi abamnyama bayamjabulela ngokuthi unesibindi sokukhuluma lokho abakubiza ngokuthi, โiqiniso.โ
Kodwa liyini lelo qiniso? Umbiko weCensus okhethekile ngoFebhuwari 1999, mayelana nempumelelo yabamnyama, kanye nemibiko yaminyaka yonke yeNational Urban League's State of Black America yathola ukuthi iningi labantu abamnyama abaphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, izinga labo lokuyeka isikole lingaphezulu kancane kunalaba abamhlophe (hhayi. amaphesenti angamashumi amahlanu njengoba uCosby esho), kanye nenani elikhulu labafundi abamnyama abaphothule esikoleni esiphakeme baya ekolishi. Ucwaningo lwezimo zengqondo zabafundi olwenziwa yiMinority Student Achievement Network, okuyiqembu elisekela imfundo elizinze e-Illinois ngo-2002, lwathola ukuthi abafundi abamnyama babenogqozi, befunda ngokuzikhandla, futhi babezimisele ngokuphothula iziqu njengabamhlophe. Ngisho nasezindaweni ezimpofu kakhulu zabamnyama, inqwaba yezingane ihlala emikhayeni engabondli, enabazali ababili lapho izingane zingazithengisi izidakamizwa, zizihlanganise namaqembu ezigelekeqe, zikhulelwe zisebancane, noma zikhulume amazwi anomsindo angaqondakali.
UCosby ungcono kunanoma ngubani okufanele azi lezi zinto. Uchithe ingxenye enkulu yomsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti elwa no-clown, coon, kanye nesithombe sikamama sabamnyama eHollywood. Ubhale izincwadi ezikhangisa ubuhle nempumelelo yentsha emnyama. Unikeze amathani emali ezinhlanganweni ezisiza abampofu nezemfundo omgomo wabo uwukunikeza izinsiza nokudala amathuba ebutho labamnyama abasha abafuna ukuthuthukisa izimpilo zabo.
Yize uCosby engomunye wabamnyama abaziwa kakhulu abalandeli bemibono engemihle yobuhlanga, akuyena neze yedwa. Naphezu kobufakazi obuningi obuphikisana nalokho, abantu abaningi abansundu bavame ukuzilahla, balulaze futhi baziklolodele. Ngokungacabangi futhi ngokungangabazeki baqamba izinganekwane ezingcolile zezigebengu zezimoto ze-ghetto, izigelekeqe zamaqembu ezigelekeqe, abadubuli ngokushayela, kanye nabathengisi bezidakamizwa okuthiwa baguqula imiphakathi yabamnyama ibe izindawo zempi kanye nezindawo zokubola. Abanye abamnyama emhlabeni we-rap ne-hip-hop babambe iqhaza elijulile ekukhuthazeni le nkolelo-mbono. Izicukuthwane ze-rap zizuze inzuzo yenkosi ngokuthengisa inguqulo yazo yempilo ye-tsotsi. Intsha ehlubukayo yayo yonke imibala ekhipha izigidigidi ukuze izicebise cishe ayinangqondo nhlobo yezinkinga zomphakathi, kanye nokunotha kobuciko nokwengqondo kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu abamnyama. Okudabukisa nakakhulu ukuthi, abanye abantu abamnyama baqhubekisela phambili isisekelo sempilo yezigebengu ngokwenza noma ukuzigcina njengezisulu zobudlova. Ukubulawa kwezingcweti zomculo we-rap u-Tupac Shakur, kanye no-Notorious BIG kube yizinto ezishibhile ezishibhile zabezindaba.
Izinkulumo zikaCosby ezingacatshangelwe kahle aziyona nje intuthuko yamakhanda akhuluma ngesando abamnyama, ngokuqinisekile bebengadingi uCosby ukuthi enze lokho, baphinde baqinisekise ukuthi izinkinga zabamnyama abampofu zizenzele zona futhi azixazululeki. Abaqashi abaningi bayavuma ukuthi ngeke baqashe intsha emnyama ngenxa yokuthi bakholelwa ukuthi bayavilapha, bathanda ubugebengu futhi abanayo imfundo. Osopolitiki abaningi, ngisho nangaphandle kwezaba zokushoda kwesabelomali sombuso kanye nohulumeni wobumbano kanye nokuncishiswa, bamelana kakhulu nemizamo yokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali emisebenzini, ezempilo, nezinhlelo zemfundo kwabampofu kuyilapho belwa impi engapheli yokulwa nezinyathelo zokuqinisekisa.
Ngesikhathi sezinkulumo-mpikiswano eziyisisekelo zikamongameli wentando yeningi, ngaphandle kuka-John Edwards, kanye no-Howard Dean, abangenele ukhetho lobumongameli abamhlophe beDemocratic Alliance babethule ezindabeni ezinjengokutshalwa kwezimali emadolobheni, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabangenamshwalense, ukulungisa izikole zomphakathi ezisemadolobheni angcolile, ukucwasa ngokwebala, isenzo esivumayo, ukuhlukana kwezinhlanga ekugwetshweni ejele, kanye nemithetho yezidakamizwa eyonakaliswe ngokobuhlanga.
Naphezu kokwehla kwezinga lobugebengu, imibono yobuhlanga igxilise ngokujulile inkolelo edumile nethusayo yokuthi ubugebengu eMelika buza kuphela nomuntu wesilisa osemusha, omnyama. Umphumela: abansundu abangaba yisigidi manje bagcinwe emajele aseMelika, iningi labo okungabantu abasha abansundu, futhi isibalo esibalulekile sabo senzelwe amacala angenabo ubudlova, nezidakamizwa ezincane.
Okokugcina, kukhona uCosby uqobo. Ezikhathini ezedlule, u-Cosby uke wahlukunyezwa yilaba abamhlophe nabamnyama abafanayo abamhloniphayo ngokukhuluma kahle mayelana nesenzo sokuqinisekisa, amalungelo omphakathi, kanye namaqhinga akhe ocansi. Unkosikazi wakhe uCamille Cosby wagxekwa ngokuba nesizotha ukuphakamisa ukuthi ukucwasa kungenzeka kube yimbangela yokubulawa kwendodana yabo, u-Ennis Cosby.
U-Cosby akazange asungule inkolelo esetshenziswa ezitolo yokuthi abantu abamnyama abampofu, kanye nabampofu ngokuvamile, bayizitha zabo ezimbi kakhulu. Le nkolelo isinesikhathi eside ikhona. Kodwa uCosby uyisithonjana esaziwayo nesithandekayo, futhi lapho ekhuluma abantu bayalalela. Kulokhu, abakuzwa kuye ngeke kuguqule ukukholelwa kwabo okungekuhle mayelana nabampofu abamnyama. U-Earl Ofari Hutchinson ungumbhali kanye nomlobi. Vakashela isizindalwazi sakhe sezindaba kanye nemibono: www.thehutchinsonreport.com Ungumbhali wencwadi ethi The Crisis in Black and Black (Middle Passage Press).
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