KUBALULEKILE UKWAZI. IZIBALO ZOMLANDO ze-LGBTQ: JAMES BALDWIN
UJames Arthur Baldwin wayengunoveli waseMelika, umbhali wemidlalo, umbhali wezindaba, imbongi, kanye nesishoshovu. Izindatshana zakhe, eziqoqwe kokuthi Amanothi Endodana Yomdabu (1955), zihlola ubunkimbinkimbi bokuhlukaniswa kobuhlanga, ubulili, kanye nezigaba emphakathini waseNtshonalanga we-United States phakathi nekhulu lamashumi amabili. U-Baldwin wazalwa ngo-1924 eHarlem, lapho akhuliswa khona ngunina nomshumayeli usingayise, futhi kamuva waba umfundisi omncane/umshumayeli wengane esontweni likaMoya. Washiya i-US eneminyaka engu-24 ukuze ayoziphilisa eParis, ethola isisindo sobandlululo lwaseMelika lwalungenakubekezelelwa. Umsebenzi wakhe wokubhala waqala ukugqama eParis, kanti inoveli yakhe yesibili, Igumbi likaGiovanni, kwaba eyokuqala yakhe ukubhekana ngokusobala nobudlelwano bobulili obufanayo. Umshicileli wakhe ngaleso sikhathi e-Knopf wamtshela:
"...Ngangingu" umbhali we-Negro "nokuthi ngifinyelele" izethameli ezithile. “Ngakho,” bangitshela, “awukwazi ukuhlukanisa lezo zilaleli. Le ncwadi entsha izomosha umsebenzi wakho ngoba awubhali ngezinto ezifanayo nangendlela owawuyiyo ngaphambili futhi ngeke siyishicilele le ncwadi njengendlela yomusa kuwe... Ngakho ngabatshela ukuthi, “Fuck you.” “
(Lokhu kwakungo-1956!) Kamuva, uBaldwin walishiya iParis, ezizwa enesibopho sokuhileleka kakhulu enhlanganweni yamalungelo abantu base-US (nakuba kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi akazange asayine igama elithi 'inhlangano yamalungelo omphakathi,' ayibiza ngokuthi. ngo-1979 “ukuvukela kwakamuva kwesigqila.”). Wabhala ubuntatheli nezindatshana, okuhlanganisa nezinde zezincwadi ezifana nezingenakuqhathaniswa Umlilo Ngokuzayo, efundeka ngokuphuthumayo namuhla. Uphinde wavela emphakathini ngezinkulumo, izingxoxo kanye nezinkulumo-mpikiswano, ekhombisa ubukhona bokukhuluma okungajwayelekile kanye nesitayela sokukhuluma esibeka konke okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe epulpiti kuya enjongweni ehlukile. Le mpikiswano emfushane ngombukiso ka-Dick Cavett mayelana, empeleni, "kungani kufanele kube yinto yomjaho" iyisibonelo esihle.
U-Baldwin wenze konke lokhu ngesikhathi ephumile futhi engaqondile ngokungaqondile (yize enqaba ukuhlonza ilebula elithile kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kwempilo yakhe, esho engxoxweni yakhe yokugcina, “Igama elithi gay belilokhu lingihlikihla ngendlela engafanele. Angikaze ngiqonde kahle ukuthi isho ukuthini.Angifuni ukuzwakala ngikude noma ngikhulumela phansi ngoba empeleni angizizwa kanjalo.Ngizwa sengathi umhlaba ongahlangene nami kancane, lapho ngakhulela khona. Ngangingakaze ngibe sekhaya kuwo.”) Ukuphumela obala kwakhe ngobulili bakhe kwakuvame ukukhungatheka kubalingani bakhe kanye nezitha zakhe ngokufanayo, kodwa ukukhetha ukuhlanganisa okubonakala kuwukuphikisana kwakuyikho konke okwenza uBaldwin waphawuleka kakhulu. Angase abe bukhali ekugxekeni nasekuphawuleni kwakhe amasiko, kodwa abe nesandla esivulekile sokuzinikeza; wayecacelwe amehlo futhi engenazwelo ngomonakalo omangalisayo awubona wenziwe kodwa wenqaba ukungabaza lapho ebhekene nawo; wayeligxeka kakhulu ibandla akhulela kulo kodwa ngezindlela eziningi wabonisa izimiso zalo ezituseka kakhulu ngokuphila nomsebenzi wakhe. Simthanda kakhulu yena nomsebenzi wakhe, futhi sicabanga ukuthi kuningi esingakufunda kuye!
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