I kekahi manawa he mea paʻakikī ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka poʻe nona nā manaʻo kālai'āina i kūʻē loa i ko lākou manaʻo ponoʻī.
Akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, ʻo ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kahi mea e hōʻole wale i ka ʻae ʻana i nā mea kumu loa o kāu ʻike honua. I kēlā manawa, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kuʻikahi e pili ana i nā kikoʻī o kekahi a i ʻole nā koho kulekele ʻē aʻe, a ʻoi aku hoʻi e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka nohona pili pono.
ʻO kēia ka mea e like ai i kekahi manawa, ke ho'āʻo nei e kūkākūkā i ka pili o ka pono keʻokeʻo me ka poʻe keʻokeʻo. ʻOiai ʻo ia kahi mea i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka poʻe ʻulaʻula a ʻo kekahi o mākou he poʻe keʻokeʻo, ʻaʻole pinepine ʻia ka pono keʻokeʻo e ka hapa nui o mākou.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, hoʻokani ʻia kēia hōʻole ma kekahi o nā ʻano ʻelua: ʻimi paha mākou e hoʻololi i ka manaʻo o ke kūkākūkā i ko mākou kūlana ma ke ʻano he lālā o kekahi hui ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole i manaʻo nui ʻia (no laila, no ka laʻana, ʻo ka poʻe keʻokeʻo i ʻilihune a i ʻole nā papa hana. ke koi nei ma muli o ko lākou hoʻokele waiwai, ʻaʻole lākou e ʻoliʻoli i ka pono lāhui), a i ʻole mākou e hoʻi i ka manaʻo luhi a kaulana e loaʻa i nā mea āpau ka manawa like i kēia, ko mākou meritocracy makapō.
ʻO ka hōʻole ʻana i nā pono ponoʻī he mea ʻole inā ʻaʻole kūpono. ʻO ka ʻae ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ia mau mea, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ua pili kekahi i ke kaʻina hana e hoʻokaumaha ʻia ai a hoʻowahāwahā ʻia paha kekahi. ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻopaʻapaʻa pinepine ʻia "ʻAʻole wau i kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole loa au i loaʻa nā kauā, a pepehi i kekahi poʻe Inia," a i ʻole.
Inā ua ʻohi kekahi i nā pōmaikaʻi o kēlā mau hana pono ʻole i hala (ʻaʻole e ʻōlelo ʻole i ka hoʻokae ʻana i kēia manawa) ma ke kiʻekiʻe ʻana, ma ka politika, ka waiwai a me ka pilikanaka ma mua o ka poʻe ʻulaʻula, no ka laʻana-ʻo ia ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ma ke ʻano he hui ʻoiaʻiʻo i mahalo i ka hoʻokauwā ʻana. ʻO ka pepehi kanaka India a me Jim Crow-a laila inā i hana kekahi i ka hana i lilo i mea pili ʻole.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea i nānā ʻole ʻia, ʻo ka hōʻole ʻana i kāna pono ponoʻī e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻano o ka pono: ʻo ia hoʻi, ka pono o ka hiki ke hōʻole i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kekahi kanaka (he ʻoiaʻiʻo a lākou e kamaʻilio mau nei) a ʻaʻohe hopena pilikanaka ma muli o ka hopena.
ʻAʻole uku ka poʻe keʻokeʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi, no ka hōʻole ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻokalakupua i hoʻolaha mau ʻia e ka poʻe ʻulaʻula, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe mana o ka poʻe hope e hoʻopaʻi i kēlā poʻe hoʻomaloka ma ke koho balota, a ma nā keʻena keʻena, a ma nā kula paha. ka nui o na hihia.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka poʻe o ka waihoʻoluʻu e hōʻole e kūʻai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo keʻokeʻo-ʻo ka "ʻoiaʻiʻo" o ka US ma ke ʻano he "kūlanakauhale ʻālohilohi ma kahi puʻu," a i ʻole ka "ʻoiaʻiʻo" o ka holomua pau ʻole, a i ʻole ka "ʻoiaʻiʻo" o ka holomua ma ka pono—e uku pinepine i ka uku kaumaha: ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou, i kapa ʻia he "poʻe ʻoihana," a i ʻole hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pāʻani ʻana i ke kāleka heihei.
E noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻopiʻi maʻamau o ka paranoia kipi i hoʻolei ʻia i kēlā me kēia kanaka kala, no ka laʻana, ka mea i ʻaʻa e kuhikuhi i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka poʻe koho pāloka like ʻole i hana ʻia ma Florida i ka makahiki 2000, a i ʻole ma nā wahi like ʻole i ka makahiki 2004. , no laila inā ʻōlelo ka poʻe keʻokeʻo he pilikia kekahi mea, ʻo ia nō, a inā hoʻomau ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ʻaʻole, a laila ʻaʻole.
ʻO ka poʻe keʻokeʻo o mākou e noʻonoʻo mau ana, ʻaʻole loa i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka nui o ka hoʻokalakupua, e hana ana i ka molehill mai ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mauna, a i ʻole ke pāʻani ʻana i kā mākou kāleka heihei, ka kāleka hōʻole. , ʻo ia ka mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā poʻe ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe i loaʻa i kekahi manawa ma ko lākou papa ponoʻī.
I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole pili wale ka pōmaikaʻi i ke kālā a me ka waiwai. ʻAʻole ia he mea pili wale i ka wā i hānau ʻia ai ke kanaka me ka puna kālā ʻōlelo ʻōlelo ma ka waha. Akā, ʻo ia ka pono noʻonoʻo i kēlā me kēia lā o ka ʻike ʻana i ka manaʻo o ke ao nei ka mea e paʻa, e wehewehe i ke ʻano maʻamau no nā mea ʻē aʻe, a mālama nui ʻia i ke ʻano nui.
Loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi o ke keʻokeʻo ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā no laila ʻaʻole pono e nānā ʻē aʻe ma mua o kā mākou lāhui ma hope o ke koho balota e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hana.
No laila, no ka laʻana, ʻo kekahi ma hope o kekahi mea haʻi ʻōlelo ma hope o ka pō koho balota, me ka kānalua ʻole, ʻo ka hopena he referendum no "nā waiwai pono," a me ka hopena o ka nui o ka poʻe Kristiano euanelio, ka mea i koho nui iā Pelekikena Bush.
Akā ʻo ka mea i nānā ʻole ʻia e kēia loiloi ʻo ia wale nō ka poʻe euanelio i koho nui e koho hou i ka Pelekikena, aʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i koho e hana ʻē aʻe. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua koho ka poʻe ʻeuanelio ʻeleʻele i ka ʻewalu a hoʻokahi kūʻē iā Bush, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka poʻo kamaʻilio nui, e like me ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hiʻohiʻona keʻokeʻo, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke ʻano o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo, me he mea lā ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau no kēlā me kēia.
Pēlā pū me ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "ka mokuʻāina ʻulaʻula, ka mokuʻāina uliuli". ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka māhele ʻāina ma mua o ka lāhui: ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ma nā mokuʻāina uliuli (me Kaleponi a me New York) i koho no Bush i ka lā koho, ʻoiai ka hapa nui o nā ʻeleʻele a me ka hapa nui o nā poʻe kala ʻē aʻe. ua koho kūʻē nā mokuʻāina ʻulaʻula iā ia.
Akā, ʻo kekahi hapa o ka pono keʻokeʻo, ʻaʻole pono e nānā i ke ʻano o ka ʻano keʻokeʻo (a i ʻole ka ʻae ʻana aia kekahi mea e like me ke ʻano hui keʻokeʻo), a no laila, ʻaʻole i nānā ʻia kēia ʻano lāhui o ka māhele koho balota, a ʻoi aku ka hōʻoluʻolu. ʻO ka manaʻo (no ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ma ka liʻiliʻi loa) ʻaʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma muli o ka noho ʻana.
Akā ʻoi aku ma mua o kēlā. ʻOi aku ka mea nui ma ke ʻano he laʻana o ka pono keʻokeʻo-ʻo ke ʻano pili i ka poʻe keʻokeʻo a pau, ʻaʻole ka poʻe waiwai wale nō-ʻo ia ka hiki ke pale aku i ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻia e nā hana a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i hāʻule i loko o ka hui lāhui like me ʻoe.
ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe o ke kala e halihali i ke kaumaha o ka hōʻole ʻana i nā stereotypes maikaʻi ʻole i nā manawa a pau - i ka wā e ninaninau ai no kahi ʻoihana, e lawe ana i kahi hoʻokolohua maʻamau, a i ʻole ke kaʻa wale ʻana ma ke kaiāulu "hewa", kahi i manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole lākou - ʻaʻole hiki i nā keʻokeʻo ke hopohopo. ʻO nā hana a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e like me mākou, ʻaʻohe mea weliweli, e pili mai iā mākou a i ʻole e koi iā mākou e hōʻoia i ko mākou ʻano ʻokoʻa.
No ka laʻana, hiki i ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ke hoʻopau i ka hana, holo i nā ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa i ka lepo, ʻoki i nā Savings a me nā hōʻaiʻē i ke kani o nā haneli haneli kālā, ʻoki i nā kihi o ka palekana o ka hana a me ke olakino ma kahi hana, a i ʻole scam miliona mai ka limahana. nā kālā penikala, me ka hopohopo ʻole o ka poʻe ʻē aʻe o ia ʻano hemahema a i ʻole ka hoʻopunipuni maoli ʻia e ʻike ʻia ka poʻe keʻokeʻo me ka kānalua i kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e ʻimi ai e piʻi i luna o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana.
ʻAʻole pono nā kāne keʻokeʻo ma Lexuses (a ʻo Lexi paha?) e hopohopo i ka huki ʻia ʻana e nā mākaʻi no ka kānalua ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i nā palapala e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kā lākou ʻoihana kālā hou loa.
I ka wā i hui pū ai ʻo Martha Stewart e uhi i kahi scam hoʻolei waiwai, ʻaʻole makaʻu nā wahine keʻokeʻo a puni ʻAmelika i ka makaʻu e manaʻo ʻia lākou he mea hoʻopunipuni a me ka predatory ma muli o ka hopena. ʻAʻole hoʻi nā kāne keʻokeʻo mahalo iā Ken Lay.
Inā kuhi hewa ka Peresidena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēlā me kēia ʻelima huaʻōlelo mai kona waha mai, ʻaʻohe o mākou poʻe keʻokeʻo e hopohopo e haʻi kekahi i kona hemahema waha i ka ʻike ʻole keʻokeʻo. Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke manaʻo nei mākou inā he ʻeleʻele kēia Peresidena, a i ʻole Latino a i ʻole ʻAsia Pākīpika ʻAmelika, a i ʻole he ʻōiwi, a hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania me ka maʻamau o ka Pelekikena maoli, ʻaʻohe mea e lele mai kēlā me kēia hui?
No ke aha i hoʻolilo nui ai ka Pelekikena keʻokeʻo o ke Kulanui o Tenesi i kāna waihona kālā e nā miliona, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kālā aupuni no nā moena pipiʻi, nā lako hale a me nā huakaʻi mokulele hoʻolimalima, ʻaʻohe mea i manaʻo ua hiki i ke kula ke koho i kahi ʻeleʻele a i ʻole. brown luna luna nui, akā i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ka Pelekikena ʻeleʻele o ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele o Tennessee State University i ka hoʻokele hewa ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai o ke kula, ua hoʻomaka nā leo ma koʻu ʻāina hānau ʻo Nashville e hāwanawana (a i ʻole e ʻōlelo leo nui) ʻo ia paha ka manawa no TSU e loaʻa ai kahi palapala. Peresidena keokeo?
No ka poe heluhelu i keia poe keokeo, e ninau oukou ia oukou iho, i ka manawa hea ka oukou i manao ai e ku iluna a kala aku no ka hewa i hanaia e kekahi keokeo? ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻo ka manawa hea ʻoe i manaʻo ai he pono e hana i kēia no ka makaʻu inā ʻaʻole ʻoe, e ʻike ʻia kou kaiāulu ma ke ʻano he ʻano ʻino a weliweli, a ma muli paha e hoʻouka ʻia? A i ka manawa hea ka manawa hope i ʻōlelo ai kekahi i ko mākou hōʻole ʻole ʻana i ka poʻe lawehala keʻokeʻo i hoʻopili iā mākou i kā lākou hana hewa?
He aha nā mea pepehi kanaka hou ma Wisconsin e kahi malihini Hmong, nāna i pepehi i ʻeono mau mea hahai holoholona keʻokeʻo i ko lākou kū ʻana iā ia ma kahi kū deer? ʻAʻole wale i ʻoki ʻia nā mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa bumper i loko o nā lā e heluhelu ana, "E mālama i kahi dia, e pana i kahi Hmong," e hōʻike ana he hōʻailona ka mea pana i kahi hui hewa nui, akā ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻo ka Hmong a me nā kaiāulu nui o ʻAsia Hema ma Wisconsin a Ua holo wikiwiki ʻo Minnesota (kahi i hele mai ai ka mea pana) e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho.
ʻO kēia hele ʻana, ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono wale nō no ka mea ʻaʻole e hana pēlā e hoʻopilikia ai i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e like me lākou, ma ke ʻano ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia ke kanaka keʻokeʻo no ka mea pepehi kekahi o kā mākou helu i kekahi manawa.
Pēlā nō, kokoke i hoʻokahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, i ka wā i pepehi ai kekahi wahine Hmong ma Twin Cities i kāna mau keiki ʻeono, ʻo kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he lāhui a me ka lāhui liʻiliʻi i mua a i waena o ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ka hewa-ua kuhikuhi ʻia ka huhū ma ka lekiō kamaʻilio i ka Hmong ma ke ʻano he hui. , a i ʻole ʻAsia ma ke ʻano ākea, no ka laʻana–akā i kekahi mau makahiki i hala, i ka wā i pepehi ai ʻo Andrea Yates i kāna mau keiki ʻelima ma Texas, a i ʻole i ka wā i make ai ʻo Susan Smith i kāna mau keikikāne ʻelua i loko o ka loko o South Carolina, ʻaʻohe mea i hoʻouka iā ia i kumu hoʻohālike o ka hewa. poe keokeo i keia mau la.
ʻOiai i ka wā i hana ai kekahi ʻōpio keʻokeʻo i ka hewa inaina i ka lāhui, e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma Simi Valley, Kaleponi kahi i hahau ai ʻehā mau ʻōpio keʻokeʻo i ʻelua keiki ʻeleʻele i ka pulp, ʻo ka pane keʻokeʻo ka mea e ʻimi nei e hōʻike i ko lākou kūlanakauhale ʻaʻole racist (e like me inā ʻo ka palapala honua wale nō e hana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana), ma mua o ka manaʻolana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole pēlā ka poʻe keʻokeʻo. ʻAʻole loa e komo ka manaʻo hope i ko lākou manaʻo, a no ke aha?
ʻO ia ke kumu i ka hopena o 9/11, hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i kekahi ma hope o kekahi kanaka keʻokeʻo e koi ana e ʻike, a mālama ʻia e like me ke kūpono no ka nīnau ʻana iā ia, "ʻAuhea nā leo haʻahaʻa i loko o ke kaiāulu Muslim Arab i mākaukau e hoʻohewa i ka hoʻoweliweli," no ka mea ʻumikūmāiwa mai loko o 1.5 biliona Muslim ma ka Honua Honua i lele i nā mokulele i nā hale. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke hoʻomaopopo i ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi o kekahi inā e nīnau lākou, "ʻAuhea nā Kristiano keʻokeʻo haʻahaʻa," ma hope o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Oklahoma a i ʻole kekahi o nā pōʻino o ka hale hoʻomaha.
ʻO ia ke kumu i ka wā e hāpai ʻia ai kēia pilikia, wikiwiki ka poʻe keʻokeʻo e koi aku he "kānaka wale nō," a makemake mākou e noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻo ia, ma mua o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke manaʻoʻiʻo pinepine nei mākou ʻo ka kuhikuhi ʻana i ko mākou ʻano lāhui he racist, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka hui pū ʻana iā mākou me ka pololei ʻole a hōʻemi i ko mākou "kanaka," a i ʻole "ʻAmelika."
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea hoʻohenehene i kēlā kūlana ʻo ia wale nō nā lālā o ka hui nui i loko o kahi hui i hiki ke loaʻa i ka leʻaleʻa o ka nānā ʻana iā mākou iho, a i ʻole ka manaʻo e ʻike ʻia e nā poʻe ʻē aʻe he "kanaka."
ʻO ia ka manaʻo: ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i manaʻo e nānā ʻia lākou pēlā, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe manawa i ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole hiki ke nānā ʻia i kēia lā, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o nā hiʻohiʻona i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana he mea pili ʻole ke kūlana o kā mākou hui a ʻo ia ka manaʻo ua hauʻoli kekahi i ka pono o ka ʻike ʻana i ka honua ma ia ala (a i ʻole, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia kekahi). ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ia ka hopena o kahi hoʻonohonoho pilikanaka, kahi i ʻike ʻia ai kekahi a ʻaʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he kanaka me ka nānā ʻole i nā hana a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i loko o kā lākou hui. Aia kekahi ʻōlelo no kēia hoʻonohonoho.
Pono keʻokeʻo.
A hiki i ka wā e hoʻopau ʻia ai, ʻeli ʻia a hoʻolei ʻia ke aʻa a me ka lālā, ʻaʻole hiki ke kamaʻilio kūpono no ka "colorblindness" a i ʻole ka individualism maʻalahi. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke lawe koʻikoʻi ma ke ʻano he lāhui ke hāpai mākou iā mākou iho i kumu hoʻohālike i nā lāhui ʻē aʻe o ke ʻano o ke kūʻokoʻa a me ke aupuni demokala.
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