Kunzima ukucinga ukuba nasiphi na esinye isixeko esikhulu esivumela ukuba siphantsi kwengozi ebangelwe minyaka le yiPuerto Rican Day Parade. Emva komngcelele wangeCawa, nge-11 kaJuni, iindlela ezi-Upper East Side ezisecaleni kwendlela nezitalato zazixhonywe phezulu ziziduli zenkunkuma, ngokungathi amawaka abantu ababesenza umngcelele ngabom bazithathela kubo ukulahla inkunkuma ecaleni kwendlela yeFifth neMadison. Ngapha koko, imixholo yamaphephandaba yosuku olulandelayo yanika ingxelo yokuba amadoda amathathu ahlatyiwe ngasekupheleni kwendlela yomngcelele kwaye abafazi abasixhenxe bahlaselwa ngokwesondo kwindawo eseCentral Park liqela lamadoda awayezimase lo mboniso. Ngenye imva kwemini, izitrato zeso sixeko zaphoswa emzimbeni, abemi baso bahlaselwa ngogonyamelo kwaye udumo lwalo lwehlabathi njengendawo ekhuselekileyo yokundwendwela yonakaliswa.
Njengothusayo njengogonyamelo olwalulandela umngcelele, umntu akanakubamba abaququzeleli beparade abanoxanduva lwezenzo zebhombu encinci. Kodwa kusengqiqweni ukubuza ukuba ingaba umngcelele wokungayikhathaleli inkcubeko yaseNew York yaba negalelo kusini na kwimeko engenamthetho. Ukuziphatha kwabaninzi kwabo bebeze kumngcelele, ababecinga ukuba akukho nto yokulahla inkunkuma phantsi kwabo, yayinto embi. Yayiphi ikratshi? Kutheni le nto abantu abaninzi baseNew York bekulungele ukuhlazisa isixeko sabo? Bacinga ntoni abantwana babo, ziziphi izifundo abazifundileyo, xa bebukele abazali babo belahla inkunkuma ecaleni kwendlela?
Lo asingombandela nje wokuziphatha okuhle okanye okubi. Uqoqosho lwaseNew York luxhamla kakhulu kurhwebo olukhulayo lwabakhenkethi. Kunzima ukuthelekelela nabakhenkethi abaza kubuyela esixekweni emva kokubona inkunkuma igcwele phezulu kwiFifth Avenue. Kwaye abane kwabasetyhini abasixhenxe abaxhatshazwa ngokwesondo babengabakhenkethi abavela eYurophu. Idolophu eqhubekayo yedolophu ibalulekile kwimpilo yayo yonke yezoqoqosho. Asinakuvumela iCentral Park, enye yeendawo ezibonisa umdla eNew York, ukuba ibe yindawo yokulahla inkunkuma okanye indawo yolwaphulo-mthetho. Konke oku kuphakamisa umbuzo, Kutheni le nto amapolisa ayengahambisi iisamani zokulahla inkunkuma, okanye ukugcina iliso elibukhali kugonyamelo lwasemva komkhosi?
Ngaphandle kokuba umkhomishinala wamapolisa u-Howard Safir kunye nabezopolitiko base-Hispanic bayakuqonda ukubaluleka kokunyanzeliswa komthetho ngexesha nasemva komngcelele, kusenokwenzeka ukuba lo msitho, owakhe wabonwa njengethuba lokubhiyozela uluntu, uya kuba lihlazo kubo bonke abantu baseNew York.
Ukucoca iAl Sharpton
URudolph Giuliani ufanelwe kukudunyiswa ngemizamo yakhe yakutshanje, ekudala ilindelwe yokudibana namagosa amancinci anyuliweyo eNew York, anjengoMongameli weManhattan Borough uC.Virginia Fields kunye noMongameli waseBronx Borough uFernando Ferrer, kunye nosapho lukaPatrick Dorismond, owadutyulwa amapolisa eManhattan ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. Ngokungafaniyo noMfundisi u-Al Sharpton, amagosa anje ngeNks Fields kunye noMnu Ferrer ngokwenene bamele uluntu oluncinci esixekweni. Bangabapolitiki abonyuliweyo, abaphumeleleyo kwilungelo lokuthethela abemi beedolophu zabo. USodolophu akakwandisi nje kuphela inethiwekhi yabacebisi, kodwa akanakumhoya uMnu Sharpton, ekuphela kwebango lakhe lodumo ngumnqweno wakhe ongonelisiyo wekhamera ye-TV kunye nobudlelwane bakhe obunzulu namanye ama-anti-Semites ahlasele ilizwe. Elinye lamafa kaMnu.Giuliani inokuba kukuthintela abaxakekisi abaphelelwe lixesha abanjengoMnu.Sharpton, abaphumelela kwimpixano kwaye abanamdla kwimpilo-ntle yesiXeko saseNew York.
Umnumzana Sharpton uphila ngokubonakaliswa kukamabonwakude yedwa. Ukuba semthethweni kwakhe kusekelwe kwikhamera yeTV, hayi kwibhokisi yokuvota. Umntu unethemba lokuba abavelisi kwisitishi sentambo kaTime Warner i-NY1 bayakuthatha isikhokelo kuSodolophu kwaye babize uNksk Fields, Mnu. Ferrer kunye nezinye iinkokheli ezisemthethweni, endaweni kaMnu Sharpton, kwixesha elizayo xa befuna ummeli wamaqela amancinci.
Idolophu encinci yeLigi?
Xa ucinga nge-baseball yeligi encinci, imifanekiso ethile ithi qatha engqondweni: iidolophu ezincinci, amadlelo asezantsi, iidolophu zephondo. Abemi abalungileyo beendawo ezinje ngeNewark kunye neBridgeport, iConn., Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo bayavuya ngamaqela abo amatsha eklabhu encinci. Kodwa sonke siyazi ukuba abo badlali beligi abancinci banokuthanda ukuphelela phi: kwizixeko ezikhulu zeligi. Njengale.
Kodwa ngaba oko kuthetha ukuba isixeko kufuneka sisebenzise izigidi zeedola ukwenza oko kwenzeke? IYankees ngoku inenqanaba eliphantsi le-franchise yeligi eStenen Island, kwaye iiMets zineqela elincinci leeligi ezisekwe okwethutyana eQueens. USodolophu u-Rudolph Giuliani uncedise umrhwebi kwisivumelwano esizise la maqela mabini ukusuka kwi-boonies (apho amaqela ebesoloko eyimvelaphi yesithukuthezi ngokuzingca koluntu) kwiidolophu zangaphandle. Okubi nangakumbi kukuba, uSodolophu, othanda i-baseball, uvumile ukuchitha ngaphezulu kwe- $ 100 yezigidi kwiibhola ezitsha ezitsha eStenen Island naseConey Island. Ibala laseStaten Island lilodwa liza kuxabisa i-71 yezigidi zeedola -xa kwakuqala ukucetywa kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, isixeko besithetha ngokuchitha malunga ne-20 yezigidi zeedola.
Nokuba kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali olukhulu njengalesi sixeko, i-100 yezigidi zeedola ayitshintshi ncam. Umbono wayo yonke loo mali uza kuhlawula amabala emidlalo amancinci amabini, kumaqela adlala kuphela malunga nemihla engama-35 yasekhaya (iStenen Island Yankees kwaye kungekudala izakuba yiBrooklyn Mets idlala kwixesha elifutshane iNew York-Penn League) ibonakala ngathi ayinangqondo. Imibutho yabazali yala maqela mabini ayihluphekanga ncam, nangona oko kungayi kubathintela ekufuneni imali engaphezulu yesixeko yokwakha okanye yokwakha ngokutsha amaziko abo akhoyo.
Ngelixa ixesha lisekhona, isixeko kufanele ukuba siyiqwalasele ngokutsha inkcitho yayo kwibala lezemidlalo. Imali inokuya ekuvuseleleni nasekukhuliseni iipaki zedolophu kunye neendawo eziluhlaza, ezisetyenziswa phantse yonke imihla yonyaka, ngabantu abangaphezulu kwama-5 000 okanye abantu abazakubonisa umdlalo we-baseball yeligi encinci. Esi inokuba sisigqibo seligi enkulu.
