Utata kaVenus noSerena Williams bakholelwa ukuba imfundo yeyona ndlela yokoyisa ubandlululo (Ifoto: ngoncedo lweencwadi zeAtria) Ukugqibela kwam ukubona uLil Man ngasequleni xa ndandiye kukha amanzi. Kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva, amanye amakhwenkwe azingela ehlathini afumana umzimba wakhe ongenabomi ulenga emthini. Zombini izandla zakhe zazinqunyulwe. Kwakungekho uphando olusemthethweni. Akukho namnye owakhe wabuzwa. Akukho mntu wakwaziyo ukungqina ukuba ngubani obulale uLil Man kuba akukho namnye owakha wazama.
Iminyaka engama-60 kuqhubeke, ukubulawa kwenkwenkwana emnyama eneminyaka eli-13 ubudala yiKu Klux Klan eLouisiana kuhlala kuhlala engqondweni kaRichard Williams, njengoko ekhumbula ngokucacileyo kwincwadi yakhe ethi 'Mnyama noMhlophe: Indlela endiyibona ngayo.'
Umnumzana Williams ngoku waziwa kwihlabathi liphela njengotata kaSerena noVenus Williams, indoda engakhange iqeqeshe iintombi zayo ukuba zibe ziimpawu zase-Afrika naseMelika kwimidlalo eyayinabantu abamhlophe, kodwa yabhengeza ukuba bazakuba ziintshatsheli ngaphambi kokuba bazalwe. .
La mabango anesibindi abonakala engenakwenzeka kwilizwe lonke. Abantu zange bandikhathalele de babone ukuba uVenus noSerena banokubetha wonke umntu, uyahleka, xa sithetha phambi kwe-US Open. Kodwa uMnu Williams kwakukudala eyekile ukukhathalela ukuba ilizwe licinga ntoni ngaye.
Ukukhula kunye nomama wakhe kunye noodade wabo abane kwityotyombe elinamagumbi okulala amathathu eShreveport –Louisiana isixeko sesithathu ngobukhulu – ngeminyaka yoo-1940, ulutsha lukaWilliams lwaluqhutywa bubundlobongela obuqatseleyo abuchaza njengobuguqula uninzi lweMelika ibe 'lurhatya. 'Iminqweno yakhe yezemidlalo yaphela xa iqela lamadoda amhlophe lalimncinitha laza laqhuba isinyithi emlenzeni wakhe, kuba wala ukubabiza' Mnumzana 'xa bemkhwaza' n ** ger '. Ngesinye isihlandlo wazifumana egutyungelwe ligazi embindini wesitrato, ezama ukulwa uthotho lwabahlaseli njengoko isihlwele esasikhwaza sihlanganisene ukuba sibukele. (Ifoto: Iincwadi zeAtria)
Njengabanye abaninzi, uMnu.Williams uphendule ngokuba nobuchule kwishishini eliyingozi lokweba imveliso kwiindawo ezinobutyebi zabamhlophe ukuze aqale eyakhe ifama, efumana imali eyoneleyo yokubonelela abantakwabo abalambayo kwinkqubo.
Eyona nto inkulu endakha ndayiva yayikukuba xa umama ahlala esithi unyana wakhe akaze, nkqu nesiqhulo kufanelekile ukuba simkhathaze, utshilo. Yeyona nto ibalaseleyo endiyenzileyo, enkulu kuneentombi zam ezidlala intenetya.
Kodwa ndiziva ngathi ngaloo mihla, kwakubakho ubulungisa obuninzi kunangoku, uMnu Williams uqhubeke. Kuba ngaloo mihla xa abantu babephathwa kakubi, omnye umntu wayenokwenza into. Ndifumene ukweba ngakumbi, ukuba ngcono. Indinike ikratshi, indinike isidima kwaye indinike nesibindi. Ke xa umhlobo wam uLil Man wabulawa nguKu Klux Klan kwaye izandla zakhe zinqunyulwe, ngokuqinisekileyo senza into malunga naloo nto kwaye nam ndizenzile.
Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo uMnu.Williams wayeseSt Louis kumboniso wokuxhasa uMichael Brown, umfana waseFerguson wadutyulwa wabulawa lipolisa ngo-Agasti 9. Abaqhankqalazi ukusukela ngala mini bakholelwa ukuba ityala likaBrown lingumfuziselo wokwahlukana okunzulu ngokobuhlanga kuyo yonke iMelika. Ku Mnumzana Williams, kubekho iinguqu ezifihlakeleyo kule minyaka ingamashumi amathandathu idlulileyo, kodwa emehlweni akhe uninzi belungalunganga.
Kum, umahluko kukuba ukufika kwam, yayiliqela labantu abamhlophe ababephikisana nawe, utsho. Mhlawumbi ezintlanu okanye ezintandathu. Kodwa namhlanje uye wakhathazeka ngamapolisa etsala izixhobo ezizenzekelayo kuwe. Kuyacaphukisa ukuba loo mntwana uthathe imbumbulu. Kwaye ayinguye yedwa. Abafana abamnyama badutyulwa bafe ngaphandle kwesizathu imini yonke, kuyo yonke indawo eMelika. Xa ujonga ubalo lwento eyenzekileyo eMissouri ukusukela nge1929, iyahlekisa ngokwenene. Kwiphondo laseIllinois, kuchasene nomthetho wokubulala umvundla ngaphandle kwexesha. Uya kufumana iinyanga ezintandathu kwaye mhlawumbi ngaphezulu ejele. Kubonakala ngathi ungambulala umntu omnyama imini yonke kwaye akukho nto yenziwe.
Umnumzana Williams ukholelwa ukuba enye yengcambu yingxaki yokuba abantu bahlala bengavumi ukwamkela ubuhlanga. Ucacisa inqaku lakhe ngokundibalisela ibali lomntwana omnyama owayekhubazekile omnyama eShreveport owadutyulwa wabulawa lipolisa.
Amapolisa athi abenompu kwaye ugqirha wathi, 'Hayi ngekhe abenabo. Wayengakwazi ukusebenzisa iingalo zakhe, wayengakwazi ukusebenzisa nto. ’Ndikubona oku ngalo lonke ixesha. Zininzi izinto ezenzekayo kwaye ayilunganga. Yinto embi kakhulu. Kwaye uyazi ntoni? Amapolisa amnyama afumana uqeqesho olufanayo nolwamhlophe kodwa andikaze ndifunde okanye ndibone ipolisa elimnyama lidubula umntu omhlophe. Kodwa ingxaki esinayo kukuba abantu abanokwenza into, abazukuyenza nto. USerena Williams wamkela utata wakhe kunye nodadewabo uVenus kulandela ukuphumelela kwakhe ngo-2012 kumdlalo wokugqibela wabasetyhini eWimbledon. (Ifoto: Leon Neal / Getty)
Kwincwadi yakhe, uMnu. Williams ubhala ukuba xa wayesemtsha wayeqhutywa ngumsindo, ecela umngeni kuKlan ukuba abone ukuba angaya kude kangakanani, de washiya idolophu yakowabo esiya eChicago. Ndiyambuza ukuba ingaba umnqweno wakhe wokubona iintombi zakhe zifikelela encotsheni yeleli yentenetya yinxalenye yokhuthazo lokuqhuba umceli-mngeni wocalucalulo olukhoyo abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba lwalendele nzulu kulo mdlalo.
Abanye abantu bandibona ndinomsindo ngobukhulu babamhlophe kwintenetya, utsho. Andicaphuki. Andifuni nobukhulu. Umama akazange andifundise ngaloo ndlela. Umama wandifundisa ukuthanda wonke umntu kwaye ndiyayenza kwaye yindlela endiya kuhlala ndiyiyo. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba abantu banombono othile ngam nosapho lwam kuba besithetha kakhulu. Khange ndiziyeke tu, kodwa isimilo sam sasijongwa gwenxa. Ndicinga ukuba impumelelo kaVenus noSerena ikhuthaze abantwana abaninzi abamnyama, abantwana abamhlophe, nokuba yintoni. Ugqatso alwenzi kwaye akufuneki lwenze umohluko.
Umama kaMnu Williams, uJulia ukhulise abantwana bakhe abahlanu bodwa kwintlupheko emva kokushiywa ngumyeni ohlukumezayo. Lonke udliwanondlebe lwethu wayehlala ebhekisa kwiimpawu awazifaka kuye ekukhuleni, emkhuthaza ukuba enze isicwangciso sokwenza zombini iintombi zakhe oosozigidi. I-Tennis yayisisithuthi nje sokubavumela ukuba bafezekise ukhuseleko lwezezimali.
Ndiyabuza ukuba leliphi icandelo lempumelelo yabo elimnike olona lonwabo lukhulu. Undixelela ukuba enye yezona zincomo zakhe wazifumana malunga neentombi zakhe zavela kumrhwebi omhlophe waseMzantsi Carolina owayeneshishini elithumela iimveliso e China.
Undithathe ndambeka endaweni yakhe wathi utshintshe ingqondo ngokuba angulomntu anguye, u Williams uyakhumbula. Undixelele, ‘Iminyaka engama-79 ndileli kodwa wena kunye namantombazana enu ninditshintshile.’ Kwaye ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, laa mfo unikela ngetoni yemali kwiinkqubo ezimnyama zedolophu engaphakathi. Kodwa ndamcela ukuba ayeke ukunikela ngemali. Ndathi, 'Endaweni yokwenza imali, bafundise kwaye ubaqeqeshe ukuze ngenye imini babenakho okwakho, benze okwenzayo.' Kodwa wandijonga wathi, 'andinakuyenza loo nto.' ushwankathela apho ingxaki ilele eMelika namhlanje.
Njengomzali, naxa iintombi zakhe zazisika i-swathes kwisekethe encinci eMelika, uMnu.Williams wayesoloko enyanzelisa ukuba imfundo yabo ithathe indawo ephambili ngexesha lenkundla. Ndifuna ukuba babe namathuba angaze abekho uTata wabo, utshilo.
Ukujonga kwikamva, uMnumzana Williams ukholelwa ekubeni imfundo kuphela kwendlela yokuphelisa ikhethe.
Iqala ekhaya nasezikolweni, utsho. Kodwa okwangoku, baninzi kakhulu abantwana abamnyama abahlelwa njengabangenaxabiso. Ndikhumbula uvavanyo endaluqhuba kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo kwindawo yaseBrentwood eLos Angeles. Ndiqaphele ukuba xa abanye babantwana abancinci beva ingoma ye-rap amatyeli amabini okanye amathathu, banokuwakhumbula onke amagama ayo. Ke ndiyacinga, kufuneka babe ngabantwana abaqaqambe kakhulu. Kodwa ngokwenkqubo yemfundo, babezizidenge. Kuya kufuneka uqale [ukunika] ithuba kubantwana abaphuma kwinto yonke.
Undikhumbuza ukuba indawo yaseLos Angeles iVenus kunye neSerena abakhulele kuyo bezingahlukanga kangako eShreveport, eLouisiana. Iinkundla zikawonke-wonke apho bafunda khona ukudlala zihlala zisasazwa ngeglasi. Kodwa umnumzana Williams wayengutitshala ozimiseleyo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkundla, kwaye ukusukela oko bazalwa wagcwalisa omabini la mantombazana ngenkolelo engagungqiyo yokuba angazuza nantoni na ayifunayo.
Umama akazange andifundise ngokuba upholile, utshilo uMnu Williams. Undifundisile ukuba uyile nto uyamkelayo ukuba uyiyo. Kude kube namhla, ndiyazi ukuba iyinyani leyo. Ke uVenus noSerena bafundiswa ukuba ngabona babalaseleyo, kwaye [basakholelwa] ukuba kunjalo.
