ʻO Howard Zinn
nei,
hui me kekahi pūʻulu o nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe, ua nīnau iaʻu e kekahi o lākou:
"Ua heluhelu au ma kau puke, HE MOOLELO KANAKA O AMERIKA HUIPUIA, e pili ana i ka
ka pepehi kanaka o na Inia, ka moolelo loihi o ka racism, ka hoomau ana o ka ilihune ma
ʻo ka ʻāina waiwai loa o ka honua, nā kaua naʻaupō. Pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke mālama mai ka noho ʻana
kaawale loa a me ke kaumaha?
ia
ua nīnau pinepine ʻia mai iaʻu ma nā ʻano like ʻole, kekahi o lākou
ʻo ia: "Pehea ʻoe i kaumaha ʻole ai?
ka mea
ʻōlelo ʻaʻole wau? Ma ka liʻiliʻi pōkole. No ka hapa o ke kekona, o ia mau ninau
pouli ko'u manao, a hiki i ko'u manao: ke ola nei ka mea nana ia ninau
hōʻoia o ka noho ʻana o nā kānaka maikaʻi ma nā wahi a pau, ka poʻe e hopohopo nui nei
nā mea ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo wau i ka nui o nā manawa aʻu e kamaʻilio nei ma kahi o kēia ʻāina,
ninau mai kekahi o ke anaina, me ka hoohihia: auhea ka nee ana o na kanaka
i kēia lā? A ʻo ka poʻe e hoʻopuni ana i ka mea nīnau, ʻoiai ma kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma
ʻO Arkansas a i ʻole New Hampshire a i Kaleponi paha, he tausani kānaka!
kekahi
nīnau pinepine iaʻu e nā haumāna: ke lawe nei ʻoe i ko mākou lāhui āpau
nā meʻe - nā Makua Hoʻokumu, Andrew Jackson, ʻAberahama Lincoln, Theodore
Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy. ʻAʻole pono kākou i nā kiʻi aupuni?
ʻOiai,
maikaʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kiʻi mōʻaukala hiki iā mākou ke mahalo a hoʻohālike. Akā no ke aha e paʻa ai
e like me nā hiʻohiʻona o nā kānaka keʻokeʻo waiwai he kanalimakumamālima nāna i haku i ke Kumukānāwai ma ke ʻano he ala o
ke kukulu ana i aupuni nana e hoomalu i ka pono o ko lakou papa—
poʻe kauā, poʻe kālepa, poʻe paʻa paʻa, poʻe manaʻo ʻāina? No ke aha e hoʻomanaʻo ʻole ai i ka
aloha kanaka o William Penn, he colonist mua i kuikahi me ka
ʻO nā India Delaware ma mua o ke kaua ʻana iā lākou e like me nā alakaʻi colonial ʻē aʻe
hana ana? No ke aha i hōʻole ʻole ai ʻo John Woolman, i nā makahiki ma mua o ka Revolution
e uku i ka ʻauhau e kākoʻo i nā kaua Pelekāne, a ua ʻōlelo kūʻē i ka hoʻoluhi ʻana. Kainō
ʻO Kāpena Daniel Shays, ka mea kahiko o ke Kaua Kipi, nāna i alakaʻi i ke kipi o ka poʻe ʻilihune
ka poe mahiai ma Massachusetts Komohana e kue i na auhau hookaumaha a ka poe waiwai
ʻO wai ka mea nāna i hoʻomalu i ka ʻaha ʻōlelo o Massachusetts? No ke aha e hele pū ai me ka
hero-hoʻomana, no ka honua holoʻokoʻa i loko o kā mākou puke moʻolelo, ʻo Andrew Jackson, ka
ka mea hookauwa, ka mea pepehi i na Inikini? ʻO Jackson ka mea hoʻolālā o ke Alanui o
ʻO nā waimaka, i ka wā i make ai ʻo 4000 o 16,000 Cherokees i ko lākou hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana mai ko lākou
ʻāina ma Georgia e hoʻokuke ʻia ma Oklahoma? No ke aha e hoʻololi ʻole ai iā ia ma ke ʻano he kiʻi aupuni me
ʻO John Ross, he aliʻi Cherokee i kūʻē i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana o kona poʻe, nona kāna wahine
make ma ke Ala Waimaka? A i ʻole ke alakaʻi Seminole ʻo Osceola, i hoʻopaʻahao ʻia a
make hope loa no ke alakaʻi ʻana i kahi hoʻouka kaua kūʻē i ka hoʻoneʻe? Pono
ʻaʻole i hui pū ʻia ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Lincoln me kahi hoʻomanaʻo iā Frederick Douglass, nāna
ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hakakā ʻana i ke kauā? ʻO kēlā crusade, ʻeleʻele
a me nā mea hoʻopau keʻokeʻo, e ulu ana i loko o kahi neʻe aupuni nui, nāna i hoʻoikaika a
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Lincoln i ka hoʻopuka hope ʻana i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻolaha hoʻokuʻu hapa puʻuwai,
a ua hoohuli i ka Ahaolelo e hooholo i na Hoololi 13, 14 a me 15. Lawe
ʻO kekahi meʻe Pelekikena, ʻo Theodore Roosevelt, ka mea kokoke i ka piko o ka
papa inoa luhi o ko kakou Peresidena Nui. Aia no ia ma mauna Rushmore, as
he hoʻomanaʻo mau no ko mākou amnesia mōʻaukala - poina i kāna ʻano hoʻokalakupua, kāna
ka militia, kona aloha i ke kaua. No ke aha e hoʻololi ʻole ai iā ia ma ke ʻano he hero - hāʻawi ʻia, wehe iā ia
mai mauna Rushmore e lawe i kekahi hana - me Mark Twain? Ua loaʻa iā Roosevelt
hoʻomaikaʻi aku i kahi pūkaua ʻAmelika nāna i kauoha i ka pepehi kanaka 1906 i ka makahiki 600,
na wahine, na keiki ma kekahi mokupuni Pilipine. A ua hoʻohewa ʻo Twain i kēia, e like me kāna
hoomau i ke kuhikuhi ana i na hana lokoino i hanaia ma ke kaua Pilipine malalo o ka
slogan "Koʻu ʻāina, pololei a hewa paha".
As
no Woodrow Wilson, e noho ana i wahi ko'iko'i ma ka hale pule o
ʻO ka liberalism ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole anei mākou e hoʻomanaʻo i kāna poʻe mahalo i kona koi ʻana i ka lāhui
hoʻokaʻawale i nā hale federala, ua hoʻopā ʻo ia i ke kahakai Mekiko, hoʻouna i kahi
ka pūʻali koa i Haiti a me ka Dominican Republic, lawe mai i ko mākou ʻāina i loko
ʻO ke kaua o ke Kaua Honua Mua, a hoʻokomo i ka poʻe kūʻē kūʻē i ke kaua i loko o ka hale paʻahao. ʻAʻole anei mākou
e lawe mai i mua ma ke ʻano he meʻe aupuni ʻo Emma Goldman, kekahi o nā mea i hoʻouna ʻia e Wilson
hale paʻahao, a ʻo Helen Keller paha, nāna i ʻōlelo kūʻē i ke kaua? A lawa
hoomana ia John Kennedy, he koa anu i hoomaka i ke kaua huna ma Indochina,
hele pū me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Cuba a lohi i ka hana kūʻē i ka lāhui
kaawale ma ka Hema. ʻAʻole hiki i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele o ka Hema i lawe i ka
alanui, alo i na makai nui o ka Hema, hoomanawanui i ka hahau a me ka pepehi kanaka, a hoala i ka
ʻO ka manaʻo o ka lāhui i ka hope o ka hoʻokele Kennedy a me Johnson
ua hilahila i ke kau ʻana i ke Kānāwai Kuleana Kivila a me ke Kānāwai Pono Koho Balota.
e
ʻaʻole mākou e pani i nā kiʻi o kā mākou Peresidena i lawe pinepine i nā mea āpau
ma luna o ko mākou lumi papa, me nā ʻano like me nā aʻa mauʻu e like me
ʻO Fannie Lou Hamer, ka mea ʻai ʻai ʻo Mississippi? Ua kipaku ʻia ʻo Mrs. Hamer mai ona aku
mahiʻai a hoʻomāinoino ʻia i loko o ka hale paʻahao ma hope o kona komo ʻana i ka hui pono kīwila, akā
ua lilo i leo ʻōlelo no ke kūʻokoʻa. A i ole ia Ella Baker, nona ka olelo a'o naauao a
Ua alakaʻi ke kākoʻo i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ʻōpio ma ka Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Komite, ka lihi kaua o ka Movement ma ka hohonu Hema?
In
ʻO ka makahiki 1992, ka quincentennial o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Columbus i kēia hemisphere,
he mau halawai a puni ka aina e hoolaulea ia Columbus, aka, no ka
ʻo ka manawa mua, e hoʻokūkū i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe maʻamau o ka Mea ʻIke Nui. I
aia ma kahi symposium ma New Jersey kahi aʻu i kuhikuhi ai i nā hewa weliweli
ka poʻe ʻōiwi o Hispaniola i hana ʻia e Columbus a me kona hoa
Paniolo. Ma hope iho, ʻo ke kanaka ʻē aʻe ma luna o ke kahua, ʻo ia
luna o ka New Jersey Columbus Day celebration, i ʻōlelo mai iaʻu: "ʻAʻole ʻoe
hoʻomaopopo - pono mākou nā ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika i kā mākou poʻe koa." Ua pane wau ʻae, ʻo wau
hoʻomaopopo i ka makemake no nā koa, akā no ke aha e koho ai i ka pepehi kanaka a me ka ʻaihue no
he hanohano. No ke aha ʻaʻole ʻo Joe DiMaggio, a i ʻole Toscanini, a i ʻole Fiorello LaGuardia, a i ʻole
ʻO Sacco lāua ʻo Vanzetti? ʻAʻole i hoʻohuli ʻia ke kanaka. Mai alakaʻi hewa ʻoe
nā waiwai i hoʻolilo i nā kauā, Indian-killers, a me nā militarists i poʻe koa
o kā mākou mau puke moʻolelo e hana nei i kēia lā. Ua lohe mākou iā Senatoa John McCain,
ʻoi aku ka nui o kona lilo ʻana i moho pelekikena, i kapa mau ʻia ʻo a
"meʻe kaua". ʻAe, pono kākou e minamina i ko McCain pilikia ma ke ʻano he kaua
pio, hoomanawanui i na hana lokoino e pili ana i ka halepaahao. Akā
pono anei e kapa aku i kekahi kanaka he meʻe i komo i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i kahi mamao
ʻāina, a hoʻolei i nā pōkā ma luna o nā kāne, nā wahine, a me nā keiki e kūʻē nei ka hewa
ka poe hoouka kaua o Amerika?
I
hoʻokahi wale nō leo i loaʻa i ka nūpepa nui i kūʻē i ka
mahalo nui iā McCain - ka mea haku mele, mea kākau moʻolelo, a me BOSTON GLOBE
mea kākau, ʻo James Carroll. Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Carroll i ka "heroism" o McCain,
ke koa, ia Pilipo Berrigan, ka mea i hele i loko o ka hale paʻahao i nā manawa he nui
no ke kūʻē ʻana, ʻo ka mua, ke kaua a McCain i hāʻule ai i nā pōkā, a laila ka
ʻO nā mea kaua nukili weliweli i mālama ʻia e ko mākou aupuni. Ua kākau ʻo Jim Carroll:
"ʻO Berrigan, i loko o ka hale paʻahao, ʻo ia ke kanaka kūʻokoʻa maoli, ʻoiai ʻo McCain e noho paʻa nei
ma ke ʻano noʻonoʻo ʻole o ka hanohano koa. ”…
ko kakou
Ua piha ka ʻāina i ka poʻe koa ʻaʻole he pelekikena a he alakaʻi koa a i ʻole
ʻO nā wizards Wall Street, akā ke hana nei lākou i mea e ola ai ka ʻuhane o
kūʻē i ka pono ʻole a me ke kaua. Manaʻo wau iā Kathy Kelly a me nā mea ʻē aʻe
ka poe o Voices in the Wilderness, ka poe e kue ana i ke kanawai federala
huakaʻi i Iraq i ʻelua mau manawa e lawe mai i ka meaʻai a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā kānaka
ka pilikia ma lalo o nā hoʻopaʻi i kau ʻia e US.
I
E noʻonoʻo hoʻi i nā kaukani o nā haumāna ma luna o hoʻokahi haneli mau kula nui
a puni ka ʻāina e kūʻē nei i ka pili ʻana o kā lākou mau kulanui
ʻaʻahu i hana ʻia e ka sweatshop. Ma ke Kulanui Wesleyan i hala iho nei, ua noho nā haumāna i ka
ke keena o ka peresidena no kanakolu hora a hiki i ka wa i ae aku ai ka hooponopono i na mea a pau
ko lakou koi.
In
ʻO Minneapolis, aia nā kaikuahine ʻehā McDonald, nā nuns a pau, i hele i
halepaahao no ke kue ana i ka hana ana a ka Alliant Corporations
nā mina ʻāina. Manaʻo wau i nā tausani o ka poʻe i hele i Fort
Benning, Georgia, e koi ana e pani i ke kula pepehi kanaka no ka
ʻAmelika. A me ka West Coast longshoremen i komo i ka hana ʻewalu hola
hooki e kūʻē i ka hoʻopaʻi make i kau ʻia iā Mumia Abu-jamal. A pela
nui aku.
We
ʻike nā kānaka a pau - ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻike ʻole ʻia, ka poʻe i loaʻa, pinepine i ka
ʻO nā ala haʻahaʻa loa, ʻōlelo ʻia a hana ʻole paha i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo i kahi ʻano kaulike,
ʻoi aku ka pono, ka hui aloha maluhia. No ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale a me ka pōʻeleʻele, ʻo ia wale nō
pono e hoʻomanaʻo i nā koa i hoʻomanaʻo ʻole ʻia o ka wā i hala, a e nānā a puni mākou
no na koa i ike ole ia o keia wa.