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WASHINGTON, DC: UMongameli wase-United States u-Joe Biden wamukele iqoqo labaculi, ababhali, abaculi kanye nabasebenzi bosizo oluphezulu e-White House ngoLwesibili ukuzokwethula izindondo – wabe esentshontsha lo mbukiso ngokuhlekisa mayelana nokuphinda aqokwe.
UBruce Springsteen, uJulia Louis-Dreyfus, uMindy Kaling noGladys Knight babephakathi kwabantu abangama-23 nezinhlangano ezihlonishwayo. Ngenkathi kumenyezelwa umklomelo wenoveli uColson Whitehead, uBiden waphawula ukuthi umbhali we-Underground Railroad kanye ne-The Nickel Boys usevele wawina imiklomelo yePulitzer elandelanayo.
Umongameli, okulindeleke ukuthi amemezele ukuthi uzoqokwa kabusha kule ntwasahlobo, wakuthatha ngokushesha
“Muhle ndoda,” etshela uWhitehead. “Ngifuna ukuzifunela i-back-to-back mina,” engeza, ehlekisa izethameli.
Bekuwumcimbi othokozisayo e-East Room, njengoba abahlonishiwe bephokophele phambili ukuze bathole imiklomelo yabo ngamunye ngamunye. ULouis-Dreyfus, owasakaza incwadi ka-Biden lapho edlala ochungechungeni lwamahlaya oluthi “Veep,” ngokuncokola wehla ngesisindo lapho umongameli ebeka indondo yezobuciko entanyeni yakhe. “Hewu!” ebabaza.
U-Springsteen, nomuntu wakhe wonke umuntu, wayebukeka engahambisani nesudi emnyama. Wanconywa “ngegalelo lakhe elimangalisayo eculweni laseMelika, nangokuba ‘uMphathi.’” Imbongi nombhali uRichard Blanco wamangala egqoke i-teal tuxedo.
UKnight, “indlovukazi yomphefumulo,” ugone umongameli ngesikhathi emfaka indondo entanyeni. U-Jaclyn Sallee, othole indondo egameni leNative America Calling, iphodikasti nohlelo lomsakazo, ujabule ngokuziqhenya. Kanjalo nesazi-mlando senhlalo u-Earl Lewis, okwathi, umongameli, wabhala umlando wase-Afrika yaseMelika futhi “uhlola ukuthi ukuhlukahluka kusiqinisa kanjani isizwe sethu.”
UBiden wenza ihlaya ngokuthi uvule ikhabethe lakhe ukuze athole omunye ohlonishwayo, umklami uVera Wang, ngaphakathi – izingubo zakhe, noma kunjalo – wabe esethi: “Izingubo zakho zihlala zinhle kumkami.”
Izindondo ziyinqwaba yemiklomelo kaBiden yezobuciko nobuntu futhi zabambezeleka ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus. Umongameli umangaze uSir Elton John ngendondo yeNational Humanities ngesikhathi kunomcimbi womculo eWhite House ngoSepthemba odlule. Utshele isixuku ukuthi ubaluleke kangakanani umsebenzi wabo, ekugcineni isiko laseMelika liphila futhi likhumbuza abantu ngomlando wethu, ngisho nezingxenye abangathanda ukuzikhohlwa. Umsebenzi ohlonishwayo uhlanganisa umdanso, ubuciko, ukuklama nomlando, kanye nomculo, ukubhala kanye nokupha abantu.
“Nenza izwe libe ngcono, ulenza libe yindawo engcono,” kusho uBiden etshela isixuku ngaphambi kokuba baye e-White House.
Abahlonishiwe abazange badlale noma bakhulume nezihlwele ngemuva kokuthola izindondo zabo. Kodwa iqembu le-US Marine Corps elivame ukudlalela imicimbi ye-East Room lenze izinombolo ze-orchestra zamaculo e-Springsteen athi “Born to Run” kanye nethi “Born in the USA”
Abamukeli Bendondo Kazwelonke Yobuciko yango-2021:
— UJudith Francisca Baca, umdwebi.
– UFred Eychaner, usomabhizinisi kanye ne-philanthropist.
– UJose Feliciano, umculi.
– Mindy Kaling, umlingisi.
– UGladys Knight, umculi.
– UJulia Louis-Dreyfus, umlingisi.
– U-Antonio Martorell-Cardona, umdwebi.
– UJoan Shigekawa, umdidiyeli wefilimu.
– UBruce Springsteen, umculi.
— UVera Wang, umklami wemfashini.
– I-Billie Holiday Theatre.
— I-International Association of Blacks in Dance.
Abamukeli Bendondo Kazwelonke Yobuntu Yango-2021:
— URichard Blanco, imbongi nombhali.
– UJohnnetta Betsch Cole, isazi se-anthropologist.
– UWalter Isaacson, umbhali.
— U-Earl Lewis, isazi-mlando senhlalo.
– UHenrietta Mann, isifundiswa.
– U-Ann Patchett, umbhali.
– UBryan Stevenson, ummeli wabampofu.
– Amy Tan, umbhali.
– UTara Westover, umbhali.
– UColson Whitehead, umbhali.
– Ukushaya kweNative America.
