UMongameli waseNew York Knicks uPhil Jackson.I-BRYAN R. SMITH / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty INew York Knicks inokuziqhayisa ngexa elidlulileyo xa kufikwa kumba wokumakisha iNyanga yeMbali eMnyama. AbakwaKnicks babengomnye woovulindlela ekwaphuleni umbala wombala webhola yomnyazi. Ngo-1950, xa babebabini kuphela abadlali base-Afrika nabamaMelika kwi-National Basketball Association, ii-Knicks zathenga ikhontrakthi kaNat Sweetwater Clifton kwi-Harlem Globetrotters kwaye yamenza waba yinxalenye yeqela labo. Ukusukela ngoko, abakwaKnick baqinisekisile ukuba ii-superstars zabo ezimnyama-njengoWalt Frazier, uWillis Reed noPatrick Ewing-babebuso belungelo lokuthengisa.
Ekuhambeni kwexesha, nangona kunjalo, i-Knicks iphuhlise indlebe ye-tin xa isiza kubadlali base-Afrika-baseMelika kwiqela labo nakwiligi. Umnini kaKnicks, uJames Dolan, kutshanje ebenayo UCharles Oakley , oyintandokazi oyintandokazi owayedlalela amaKnick kwiminyaka yoo-1990, waphoswa ngaphandle kweMadison Square Garden ngenxa yokutyhola intetho egxekayo ngaye.
Nangona kunjalo, ezona ziganeko zoyikisayo ezingqonge iqela ziye zabangelwa, ngelishwa, ngumongameli wayo, uPhil Jackson. UJackson waqeshwa ngo-2014 ukuba ajike iqela, elalidlala kakubi kwaye lisindwa ngumvuzo ophezulu. Ukumqesha kunengqiqo. UJackson wabelane ngeentshatsheli ezimbini ze-NBA ngelixa wayedlala noKnick kwiminyaka yee-1970 kwaye waphumelela ubuntshatsheli abali-11 njengomqeqeshi weChicago Bulls kunye neLos Angeles Lakers.
UJackson, othathwa ngokubanzi njenge-basketball enkulu kunye nomqeqeshi wendoda yokucinga, uhlala enika abadlali bakhe iincwadi. Iingcambu zakhe zikaKnicks zamenza ukuba abuyele ekhaya. Nangona kunjalo, okoko elawula iqela, khange abe nakho ukumisa ukungasebenzi kwabo, kwaye, endaweni yokuhlangana namajelo eendaba, uJackson uthathe i-tweeting.
U-Jackson's wokuqala owapapashwa ngobuhlanga uthuli-dliwanondlebe ne-ESPN xa wayechaza iiarhente kunye nabahlobo beenkwenkwezi zikaCleveland Cavaliers uLeBron James njengoJames ilifa . UJames, ofumana izigidi zeedola ngonyaka, wenze inqaku lokuzingqinga nabadlali abamnyama abaxhasayo, kwaye ukuba bachazwe njengeposi yakhe-igama elinxulunyaniswa nolutsha oluntsundu kunye neqela lemigulukudu.
UJackson wayeka ukubiza uJames ngenkwenkwe, kodwa weza kufutshane nokwenza njalo kwihlabathi le-NBA. UJames, owayekhankasela uHillary Clinton ngexesha lonyulo lowama-2016 kwaye waxhasa iMicimbi yaBantu abaMnyama, wala ukuhoya amazwi kaJackson. Kukho umntu ohlala ekuvumela ukuba wazi ukuba kude kangakanani ukuba sihambe njengabantu base-Afrika-baseMerika, waphendula udliwanondlebe olwenze iindaba eziphambili kwilizwe liphela .
Eyona mpazamo mvanje kaJackson yayikwi-tweet malunga nomdlali we-All-Star-caliber kaKnick kuphela, uCarmelo Anthony. U-Anthony ukuphela komdubuli othembekileyo kwiqela, kwaye ukugxila kwakhe kulwaphulo-mthetho kuza ngenxa yokuzikhusela kwakhe. UJackson angathanda ukuthengisa u-Anthony, ongenalo igatya lezorhwebo kwisivumelwano sakhe. Ekugxekeni ukuzikhusela kuka-Anthony, uJackson wamthelekisa nomdlali owayeqeqesha kwi-Continental Basketball Association, ukujonga , Ndifundile ukuba awutshintshi ndawo kwingwe.
Kwakhona, uJackson wabetha inkcazo ethoba isidima ngobuhlanga. Ukufaniswa kwamabala engwe kuvela kwincwadi yeTestamente eNdala kaJeremiya, kwaye nokuba iguqulelwe njani, isicatshulwa senza ubumnyama uphawu olungathandekiyo olumelana notshintsho. Kwinguqulelo yesiNgesi yebhayibhile, isicatshulwa sithi, Ngaba umTopiya angalutshintsha ulusu lwakhe okanye ihlosi amabala alo? Kwi-The New English Bible, amagama athi, Ngaba i-Nubian ingalutshintsha ulusu lwayo okanye amahlosi amabala ayo?
Kule minyaka idlulileyo, abo bacaphula ingwe yamabala engwe zange bawuthandabuze umyalezo wayo wobuhlanga. Abanye bade bayonwabele. Ukusetyenziswa okugqithisileyo kwesi sicatshulwa kuvela kuThomas Dixon Jr., umbhali waseZantsi onencwadi yakhe, Umntu waseClansman , yaba sisiseko sefilimu eyaziwayo ka-D. W. Griffith, u-pro-Ku Klux Klan we-1915, Ukuzalwa kwesizwe. Incwadi yokuqala kwi-Dixon's trilogy trilogy yexesha loKwakhiwa ngokutsha inesihloko esithi, Amabala engwe: A Romance of the White Man's Burden, 1865-1900 .
Ngaba uJackson uyayazi imbali ebangela olu lwimi luhlaselwe ngokobuhlanga? Kukhuselekile ukutsho ukuba akukho gosa limnyama kwi-NBA elinokuthi lenze ezi mpazamo, kwaye kwiligi engama-74 epesenti ye-Afrika-yaseMelika, ukungeva ngethoni okunje kunika ingxaki yobudlelwane noluntu. Into yokugqibela abanokuthi uKnicks bakwazi ukuyifumana yi-franchise ethi abadlali base-Afrika nabaseMelika bayiphephe.
UNicolaus Mills ungusihlalo weSebe loNcwadi kwiKholeji yaseSarah Lawrence. Ungumbhali we NjengeMfazwe Yomnqamlezo Engcwele: eMississippi ngo-1964 — Ukuguqulwa kweNtshukumo yamaLungelo oLuntu eMelika .
