UMat Green uhamba kwisiXeko saseLong Island, eQueens Ihlabathi Phambi Kweenyawo Zakho .Ukuzonwabisa kweGreenwich INew York sesona sixeko sikhulu eMelika. Abantu abazizigidi eziyi-8.5 bahlala kwiibhanki ezintlanu ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-6,000 zezitalato. UMat Green uzihambile zonke. Kwamthatha iminyaka emithandathu ukuyenza. Ngoku ka Ihlabathi Phambi Kweenyawo Zakho I-documentary ebangel 'umdla ngohambo lwakhe ukusuka kwizibane eziqaqambileyo ze-Broadway ukuya kumanxweme aseConey Island ukuya kwiigadi zemifuno ezifihliweyo zeSouth Bronx, usenokungagqibi. Endleleni, usithatha kukhenketho lwemithi enamagqabi, sintyiloza iintaka kunye neebalo zaselunini ngokungafaniyo nesikhe sathatha ngaphambili okanye esiza kuphinda sikuthathe kwakhona. ENew York, eNew York, yidolophu entle. Lo mboniso bhanyabhanya ungqina ngathi akukho namnye.
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Ukuphonononga iipaki kunye namangcwaba kunye nezikhumbuzo zembali yesixeko yinto ebendisoloko ndifuna ukuyenza ngokwam, kodwa andizange ndibenexesha, amandla okanye inkululeko. UGreen wazinikezela ezo nkxalabo kwakudala. Akanayo ngaphezulu, akukho zindleko kwaye akanoxanduva. Yakuba yinjineli ehlawulwe kakuhle, wonge imali yakhe, wayeka umsebenzi, kwaye wachitha iminyaka elishumi edlulileyo efuna ukonwabisa. Ngaphambi kokuba afike eNew York, wahamba esuka e-East Coast waya e-Oregon.
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Ngoku iNew York yiyo yonke into ayifunayo ukuze azigcine enomdla ebomini. Akanagumbi, akahlawuli rhafu, kwaye uxhomekeke kububele babantu angabaziyo, uhlala naphi na apho abantu banobubele bamnika igumbi, ibhedi, okanye isidlo. Ngamanye amaxesha ababuki zindwendwe bakhe banxibelelana naye ngebhlog yakhe. Abanye bamnika igumbi kunye nebhodi endaweni yokufumana izilwanyana ezihleli izinja zabo kunye neekati. Akucaci gca ukuba uzimisele ukungqina ukuba unxibe kakhulu isikhumba sesihlangu. Andilazi ngokupheleleyo inqaku layo yonke into, utsho. Ndiluhlobo lokufunda njengokuba ndiqhubeka. Kodwa ukuphanda zonke izitrato eNew York kuzalisekisa umnqweno onzulu kwaye kumenza azive ebalulekile ngendlela ethile engaphathekiyo angakwaziyo ukuyichaza. Bangaphi abantu abanokutsho?
Into ayifumanisayo yonke imihla yenza amava angapheliyo awabelana nawo ngenzondelelo engapheliyo. INew York sisixeko esitshintsha rhoqo kunye nesityhilelo. Kukho into ejikeleze yonke ikona. Uhamba kuyo yonke ibhulorho kwaye ujikeleza nayo yonke itonela, undwendwela izindlu zesikhungu kunye neecawe zaseBhaptizi, eveza imbali efunda izinto ezimangalisayo zokwakha kunye neesampulu ezahlukeneyo zabantu abavela kuzo zonke iindlela zobomi. Wonke umntu unomdla nje ngale nto ayenzayo njengoko ebonakala ngathi ngabo. Abavuseleli basesitratweni, abantwana abanomdla, abasebenzi bezokwakha, abaxeli-thamsanqa, wonke umntu unombuzo kuMat Green. Ngaba uzityebi ngokuzimeleyo? Ubuza indoda elorini kwindlela engenanto entlango kwiStaten Island. Hayi, uyaphendula, ndizimele ndedwa ekhaya.
Kuyamangalisa ukuba abantu abancinci baseNew York bazi malunga nesixeko abahlala kuso. Uyabazi ubumelwane apho uthandaza khona, uthenga khona, utye khona, undwendwele oogqirha bakho kunye noogqirha bamazinyo kunye nezicoci ezomileyo. Abamelwane ongahlali kubo baba yinto engenamsebenzi. Kwi Ihlabathi Phambi Kweenyawo Zakho uwafumana onke. Kufuphi naseWall Street, ufumana imarike yamakhoboka eyisixeko. Ukuhambahamba phakathi kwamangcwaba esixeko, ufumana amangcwaba ka-Alexander Hamilton, uJackie Robinson, uHarry Houdini, u-Emma Lazarus, obhale lo mbongo kwi-Statue of Liberty. Kwiikhonkrithi zekhonkrithi zaseQueens kunye neBronx, ufumana imidiliya yeediliya, umkhiwane kunye neentyatyambo. EBrooklyn, umthi obomvu waseCalifornia. Ngethamsanqa, akazange akhe aphangiwe, asongelwe, okanye asengozini. Xa izinto ziba nexhala, kuhlala kukho umntu onegumbi lokuhlambela.
Ngaxa lithile, uGreen ubuyela edolophini yakowabo eVirginia kutyelelo olufutshane nabazali bakhe — abantu abalungileyo abavuma ukuba obu ayibubo ubomi ababebukhethele unyana wabo, kodwa banelisekile kulwazi lokuba wonwabile esenza kanye le nto ukwenza nangona engenzi dime ukuyenza. Abanye bethu banesizathu esihle sokonwaba, nathi. Ikhokelwe, yafotwa kwaye yahlelwa nguJeremy Workman, ukhenketho olukhokelayo lwaseNew York Ihlabathi Phambi Kweenyawo Zakho Isivumela ukuba sibone izinto, sifunde izinto kwaye sibone icala lobomi kanye phantsi kweempumlo zethu esingazange sazi ukuba zikhona. Kukuvula amehlo-kwaye uzuze ukuzonwabisa okuhle, nako.
