Pempho la Chikopa Chophatikizira ndi Mtundu Wosamba Likusonkhanitsa Mazana a Zisindikizo

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Mukamaganizira za nsapato za ballet, mtundu wa pinki umabwera m'maganizo. Koma nsapato za ballet pointe zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala zapinki sizigwirizana ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya khungu. Briana Bell, wovina kwa moyo wonse komanso womaliza maphunziro a sekondale posachedwa, akuyesera kusintha izi.

Pa Juni 7, Bell adapita ku Twitter akulimbikitsa anthu kuti asayine pempho lomwe likufuna makampani opanga zovala zovina kuti apereke zovala zophatikizika ndi khungu kwa osewera a BIPOC - makamaka, nsapato za pointe zokhala ndi mithunzi yosiyanasiyana. Mu tweet yake, Bell adagawana kuti ovina akuda nthawi zambiri amayenera "kuphika" nsapato zawo ndi maziko kuti agwirizane ndi khungu lawo. Anzawo azungu, anawonjezera kuti, sasenza mtolo womwewo.

Kwa Bell, vutoli limangodutsa zovuta kuti mupaka utoto nsapato zanu za mtundu wina, adatero mu ulusi wake wa Twitter. "Black ballerinas nthawi zonse amakankhidwira kunja kwa dziko la ballet loyera chifukwa matupi athu sali ngati awo ndipo iyi ndi njira ina yotipangitsa kumva kuti ndife osafunidwa," adatero. "Izi zimapita patsogolo kuposa nsapato. Tsankho ndi tsankho m'gulu la anthu ovina ndizomwe ndikukumana nazo koma zambiri kumeneko. Sizochuluka kupempha nsapato kuti zifanane ndi khungu lathu, choncho chonde tengani masekondi angapo kuti musayine pempholi. " (Zogwirizana: Makampani Odzola Tsopano Ali Ndi Makina Akhungu Ophatikizira Kuposa Kale)

Zowona, makampani ena ovina chitani Pangani nsapato zophatikizira khungu, kuphatikiza Gaynor Minden ndi Freed waku London. Bungwe lomalizali posachedwapa lapatsa nsapato za ballet kwa Tene Ward, wovina ku National Ballet waku Canada, yemwe adachita chidwi atalandira nsapatozo.

"Ndikumva kuthedwa nzeru koma wodala kwambiri kuti izi zikuchitika," a Ward adalemba pambali pa kanema wa Instagram akuyambitsa nsapato zake zatsopano, zomwe zimafanana ndi khungu lakuda pafupifupi. "Zikomo @nationalballet ndi @freedoflondon. Uwu ndi mulingo wovomerezeka komanso kukhala nawo omwe sindinamvepo mdziko la ballet."

Kwa mbali zambiri, komabe, zosankha za nsapato zamtundu wa khungu ndizoperewera. Pempho lomwe Bell adagawana, lomwe linapangidwa zaka ziwiri zapitazo ndi Megan Watson wa ku Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, likuyitanitsa makamaka kampani ya zovala zovina, Capezio - imodzi mwa makampani akuluakulu komanso odziwika bwino a nsapato za ballet pointe - "kuyamba kupanga nsapato za pointe amapangidwira anthu ambiri kuposa omwe ali ndi khungu loyera kapena loyera. "

"Ndiopanga ochepa omwe amapanga nsapato zofiirira," akuwerenga pempholo. "Sikuti pali ballet yochepa chabe, koma chomwe chimakulitsa nkhaniyi ndikuti nthawi zambiri pamakhala nsapato zosiyanasiyana. Ngati simukwanira mthunzi umodzi wa nsapato, mumangomva ngati simuli ."

Chowonadi ndi chakuti, a BIPOC ballerinas akhala akupaka nsapato zawo kwazaka zambiri, ndipo Bell ali kutali ndi wovina woyamba kuti anene za izi. Misty Copeland, wovina wamkulu wakuda wakuda ku American Ballet Theatre, adanenanso zakusowa kosiyanasiyana mu nsapato za pointe. (Zokhudzana: Misty Copeland Akulankhulanso motsutsana ndi Under-Armor CEO's Pro-Trump Statement)

"Pali mauthenga ambiri omwe adatumizidwa kwa anthu amitundu kuyambira pomwe ballet idapangidwa," adatero. Lero mu 2019. "Mukamagula nsapato za pointe kapena ma slippers a ballet, ndipo utoto umatchedwa pinki waku Europe, ndikuganiza kuti umanena zambiri kwa achinyamata - kuti simukuyenerera, simuli nawo, ngakhale sichoncho akunenedwa. "

M'mafunso omwewo, Ingrid Silva, wovina wobadwira ku Brazil yemwe ali ndi Dance Theatre ya Harlem, adanena kuti kupaka utoto kumatha kukhala nthawi yambiri, yokwera mtengo - yomwe akufuna kuti zovala zovina zisangalatse kwambiri kuti ovina a BIPOC asakhalenso nawo. kuchita. "Nditha kungodzuka ndikuvala [nsapato zanga za pointe] ndikuvina, mukudziwa?" adagawana Silva.

Pofika pano, pempho lomwe Bell adagawana lasonkhanitsa anthu opitilira 319,000. Tithokoze iye - komanso Silva, Copeland, ndi ena ovina amtundu wina omwe alankhula kuti akwaniritse zokambiranazi pazaka zambiri - nkhaniyi yomwe yakhala ikuchitika kwanthawi yayitali iyankhidwa. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Capezio, Michael Terlizzi posachedwapa adapereka ndemanga m'malo mwa kampani ya zovala zovina, zomwe zimagwirizana ndi zofooka za mtunduwo.

"Monga kampani yabanja, zofunikira zathu ndizolekerera, kuphatikiza, komanso kukonda anthu onse, ndipo tadzipereka kudziko lovina lopanda tsankho kapena tsankho," akuwerenga chikalatacho. "Ngakhale timapereka ma slippers athu ovala bwino, zovala, ndi zovala m'mitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso mitundu, msika wathu waukulu kwambiri mu nsapato za pointe, mwachilengedwe umakhala pinki."

"Tamva uthenga wa gulu lathu lokonda kuvina lomwe likufuna nsapato za pointe zomwe zimawonetsa mtundu wa khungu lawo," akutero, ndikuwonjeza kuti mitundu iwiri yotchuka yaku Capezio ipezeka pamitundu yosiyanasiyana kuyambira kugwa ya 2019

Kutsatira mapazi a Capezio, kampani yovina Bloch ilonjezanso kupereka nsapato zake mumdima wakuda, wosiyanasiyana: zopereka zomwe zipezeka kumapeto kwa chaka chino."

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