Dylan Bettencourt
Umsubathi oyi-gymnast waseMelika uSunisa Lee uthe ufuthwe nge-pepper spray ngesikhathi ecwasa ngokwebala emasontweni ambalwa ewine igolide kuma-Olimpiki e-Tokyo.
Lo mlisa oneminyaka eyi-18 ubudala uthe lesi sigameko senzeke ngesikhathi elinde i-Uber ebusuku e-Los Angeles. Imoto ibihamba inabagibeli abebethuka inhlamba yase-Asia. Batshele yena nabangani bakhe ukuthi bonke abantu abangasibo abase-Asia “ababuyele lapho abavela khona” ngaphambi kokuba bafuthe umsubathi nge-pepper spray.
“Bengithukuthele kakhulu, kodwa akukho ebengingakwenza noma ngikulawule ngoba babaleka,” kusho uLee engxoxweni yakhe ne-PopSugar.
“Angibenzanga lutho. Kunzima ngoba bengingafuni ukwenza noma yini engangifaka enkingeni. Ngivele ngakuvumela kwenzeka”.
ULee wakhulela e-Minnesota ngemuva kokuba abazali bakhe befuduke besuka ezindaweni eziseningizimu-nentshonalanga ye-China ngaphambi kokuba azalwe. Ube ngowokuqala oyi-Hmong American ukumela iMelika emqhudelwaneni wama-Olimpiki ngenkathi eqala ukubonakala e-Tokyo ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Abantu abangama-Hmong bayingxenye yomphakathi owasuswa endaweni eseningizimu-nempumalanga ye-Asia, ngemuva kokukhetha ukuchema neMelika phakathi nempi yase-Vietnam.
Abantu base-Asia abahlala eMelika bahlaselwe yinani elikhulayo lokuhlukunyezwa kusukela kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-Covid-19 njengoba kubikwe ukuthelelana okuyizi-4,533 ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala zalo nyaka.
Iqembu le-Stop Asian American Pacific Islander Hate libike ukuthi kungaphezu kokuyizi-9,000 ukuhlaselwa kwabantu base-Asia kusukela ngoNdasa wangonyaka odlule. Le nhlangano, elandela umkhondo futhi ephendule amacala enzondo abhekiswe emphakathini wase-Asia, ithe ayizi-4,548 amacala enzondo abikwe ngowezi-2020 kanti ziyizi-4,522 izigameko ezibikiwe kulo nyaka.
ULee, eqhudelana kuma-Olimpiki akhe okuqala, uhambe nezindondo ezintathu ngemuva kokuwina igolide kuyo yonke imincintiswano, wawina isiliva emncintiswaneni weqembu kanye nokuwina ithusi emncintiswaneni we-uneven bars.
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