Umusho Owodwa Okufanele *Mhlawumbe* Uyeke Ukuwusho ku-BIPOC

Amagama Amahle Kakhulu Ezingane

Ukhuluma kahle kakhulu.

I-Newsflash: Lokhu akukhona ukuncoma, futhi ingaba nencazelo elimazayo neyinkinga. Imicabango yokulandelela efana nokuthi, Kungani ukhuluma ‘omhlophe’? noma Awenzi/ukhulume ‘njengabo’ qhubekisela phambili le ngxoxo yokucwasa ngokwebala nakakhulu. Pho kungani I-BIPOC (owaziwa ngoMnyama, Abomdabu kanye Nabantu Bebala) ukhathele ukuzwa lokhu? Nakhu konke odinga ukukwazi.



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Isifundo somlando omfushane kakhulu mayelana nesiNgisi sase-Afrika saseMelika

Asikwazi ukukhuluma ngokuthi lesi sisho siyinkinga kangakanani ngaphandle kokuhlahlela ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukukhuluma kahle kangaka. Ngakho-ke, kufanele siqale ngokuthi kungani abanye bekholelwa ukuthi ukukhuluma Okumnyama kubi uma kuqhathaniswa nokukhuluma okumhlophe kuhle.

Ngakho, kuyini ngempela ukukhuluma Black? Hhayi-ke, wulimi lwayo lwesigodi. I-Ebonics, eyaziwa nangokuthi inkulumo emnyama yaqanjwa 1973 yizazi eziMnyama owayefuna ukunikeza ulimi oluyinkimbinkimbi—olunemithetho yalo ehlukile nohlelo lolimi—igama futhi asuse izincazelo ezingezinhle nezokucwasa ezihambisana nalo. Manje, eyaziwa kabanzi ngokuthi i-African American English (AAE), izazi zezilimi zikholelwa ukuthi lolu limi lwavela ebugqilini nasekuhlukaniseni futhi lwaba indlela yokuxhumana, ukuxhuma kanye nokuziveza.

Indaba ende emfushane: Ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi i-AAE iwulimi lwayo lwesigodi oluyinkimbinkimbi, kunomlando wabantu abangebona Abamnyama abalusho njengelingalungile noma elibi. Kusukela ohlelweni lwezemfundo, okuyinto iyabaqeda amandla abafundi kusukela ekukhulumeni ngalolu limi (ngokwesaba ukuthi ngeke bakwazi ukuxhumana ngendlela efanele esikhathini esizayo) embonini yomculo, eye yacisha kaningi i-hip-hop naphezu kwegalelo layo elikhulu ekuthandeni kwe-pop nemisindo-thatha UBillie Eilish ukugxeka okungalungile kwabaculi be-rap kuye I-Vogue Isembozo sendaba—I-AAE ilinganiswa ngokungalungile nokusho ukuthi umuntu oyikhulumayo—uma kwenzeka ku-BIPOC (sizofika kulokho…)—umpofu, uyingozi futhi/noma akafundile.



Kodwa akubona bonke abantu abamnyama abasebenzisa i-AAE

Isexwayiso se-Spoiler: Akubona bonke abantu abamnyama abasebenzisa i-AAE, futhi akubona bonke abakhuluma i-AAE abaMnyama. Ngakho-ke, ingxoxo ngolimi esekelwe kuphela ohlangeni imane nje iyiphutha. Ukusho kanjalo kudala imibono eyiphutha eyengeziwe kanye nezinkulumo ezicwasayo.

Konke Def , inkampani yabezindaba egxile kwezokuzijabulisa, i-hip-hop, izinkondlo nobulungiswa kwezenhlalo, ibeke esivivinyweni esimhlophe okhulumayo ochungechungeni lwe-YouTube olubizwa ngokuthi. Ingabe Ukukhuluma Okumhlophe Yinto Ngempela? lapho ababungazi babezivala amehlo futhi belalela izwi labantu ukuze banqume ukuthi bamhlophe noma cha. Bashaqeka lapho bebona ezinye zezibikezelo zabo zingasekho nokuthi bathembele kanjani ekutheni umuntu ukhuluma kanjani ukuze abone uhlanga lwakhe.

Uma abantu becabanga ukuthi lonke iqembu lezenhlalo likhuluma ngendlela ethile, lenza labo abazizwa sengathi bangaphandle (noma kwezinye izimo badayiseke phakathi kwemiphakathi yabo). Cabanga nje ngegama elithi, Awuzenzi/ukhulumi njengabo, elibopha izintambo zabaMnyama, aboMdabu, abase-Asia, besiLatinx noma abanye abantu bemibala ezigabeni okungenzeka bangazihlonzeli. Lokhu kungaholela emiphumeleni eyingozi yenkinga yokuzazi, ukuhlukaniswa nezinkinga zempilo yengqondo.

I-Blaccent Controversy

I-Blaccent—empeleni iphimbo elimnyama elamukelwa abantu abangebona AbaMnyama—igama elisha eliye lasusa impikiswano futhi lashintsha i-AAE yaba umshini wokwenza inzuzo, ukuduma noma ukucabanga ngemibono engemihle. Lesi senzo sibhekwe njengezwi elithi Blackface ngoba silingisa indlela abantu ababona ngayo bonke abantu abaNsundu abakhuluma kodwa futhi lingaklomelisa umuntu ongeyena umuntu oMnyama ngenxa yalokho abantu abaNsundu abajeziselwa kona.

Thatha osaziwayo like U-Ariana Grande , u-Iggy Azalea no-Awkwafina ababizelwe ukusebenzisa i-Blaccent ukuze bazuze imali nokuduma. Baziwa ngokushintsha baye emuva naphambili kusukela ekukhulumeni Okumnyama baye ekusebenziseni amazwi abo avamile, ikakhulukazi uma kuziwa kokuthi basebenzelana nobani noma benzela bani. Ngokwesibonelo, IWashington Post eshicilelwe ukutshuza okujulile endleleni i-Azalea esebenzisa ngayo i-Blaccent kumuntu wakhe womculo.ß

Le nqubo ephindwe kabili idlula osaziwayo abakhulu, noma kunjalo. Engxoxweni yansuku zonke, lapho umuntu ongeyena owoMnyama esebenzisa amagama afana nelithi lit, yas namanye amatemu asuka emiphakathini yabaNsundu, kubhekwa njengento epholile futhi enolaka. Uma amabhrendi nabagqugquzeli besebenzisa lolu limi, kulungile, ngoba badinga ukukhulisa abalandeli babo, bathole inzuzo futhi bahlahlele amahlaya. Pho kungani kungenangqondo uma abantu abaMnyama besebenzisa amagama nolimi abaluqambile? Hhayi-ke, akunjalo.

KULUNGILE, pho kungani Ukhuluma kahle kangaka uyingozi?

Uma uthi ukhuluma kahle kakhulu, ukhuluma noma yini enye ngaphandle kwesiNgisi esifanele esikhulunywa umuntu we-BIPOC ongenamsebenzi , abangafundile noma ighetto . Lesi sisho sibuye sifinyeze ikakhulukazi uma, imvamisa, uncoma umuntu omdala ngokuthile akwenze impilo yakhe yonke. Kucishe kube sengathi ubukela phansi ubuhlakani bomuntu kanye nawo wonke umlando womuntu ngokusekelwe endleleni aphimisa ngayo amagama, ukusebenzisa uhlelo lolimi noma ukuxhumana ukuze akwenze ukhululeke.

Futhi, ake sikhulume iqiniso ngempela lapha, wake wamtshela nini umlungu ukuthi ukhuluma kahle kangaka?

Kodwa kuthiwani ngokushintsha ikhodi? Akufani nje noBlaccent?

Impendulo emfushane: cha. Nakuba i-Blaccent isetshenziselwa inzuzo nokuduma, ukushintsha ikhodi kuyisu lokusinda. I-BIPOC isebenzisa ukushintsha ikhodi ukuze uzizwe ukhululekile kuzilungiselelo ezithile futhi ugweme ukuhlasela okuncane okuzayo. Into yokugcina umuntu we-BIPOC afuna ukuyizwa ikhethiwe futhi iphathwe njengabanye. Abayisebenziseli ukuziqhayisa ngemisebenzi yabo noma ukuhleka usulu ulimi.

Manje kufanele ngithini esikhundleni?

Vele ungasho lutho. Ungagxeki, ulungise noma ushayele umuntu ihlombe ngendlela akhuluma ngayo. Ukukhuluma kahle akumele kulingane nokukhuluma okumhlophe, njengoba nje nokukhuluma uMnyama akumele kubukelwe phansi. Futhi uma ukolunye uhlangothi lwesimo, ungavumeli noma ubani akuphoqe ukuba uzwakale ngendlela ethile ukuze ushweleze kulokho afuna ube yikho.

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