ʻO Corey Dolgon
Ma ʻApelila 16, ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 poʻe
ʻākoakoa e kākoʻo i ka Coalition for Justice (CFJ), he hui
i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kahu mālama ʻo Southampton College (SC).
i kēia manawa "i ʻaelike ʻia" i kahi hoʻokele pilikino
hui. Ke koi nei ka hui i kēlā Koleke
hoʻopau nā luna hoʻoponopono i ka ʻaelike a hoʻihoʻi i nā kahu mālama
limahana o ke kulanui.Ma luna o ʻelua mahina i hala aku nei, ʻo ka SC
Ua hoʻolimalima ka hoʻokele i ka Hui Hoʻokele Laro e
"e lawe" i kāna ʻaelike hui me nā kahu mālama. ʻO ka
ua hāʻawi ʻia nā limahana i hoʻokahi lā hoʻolaha o ka loli a ua
koi ʻia e kau inoa i nā noi no nā hana a lākou i manaʻo ai
lakou i. He hui o na haumana, kumu, limahana, a me
Ua hoʻonohonoho nā lālā o ke kaiāulu e kūʻē i ka SC
ka hookiekie a me ka makemake o Laro
hana hoopau uniona. No ka manawa naʻe,
ʻO nā kahu mālama i nā lole Laro a me nā inoa inoa, ua nalowale
ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe, ke kala haʻawina, a me nā pono ʻē aʻe; ʻē
ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole e launa pū me nā haumāna a i ʻole nā papa kula ʻē aʻe
nā limahana, a, e like me kā George Harney (he kahu ma SC
no 28 makahiki), manaʻo "e like me nā ʻīlio i kipaku ʻia
i na alahele."I ka typical bureaucratic
"suitspeak," ke koi nei ka SC provost i ka
ʻO ka hoʻoholo ʻana he "kūʻokoʻa kālā"—ke kula
ʻaʻole e mālama i ke kālā; makemake wale ia e kiʻi "kekahi
na wai e hookuke aku ia oukou [ka poe kahu]." Aside from
he hōʻailona maopopo, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hana hou aku no ke kālā hoʻokahi
ʻaʻole kūʻokoʻa kālā, e hiki mai ka mālama kālā maoli
i ka wā i pau ai ka ʻaelike uniona i ʻOkakopa 1998. Ma
i kēlā manawa, e koi aku ʻo Laro i nā ʻae e pili ana i kā lākou
haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa ka palena kālā (a lākou i ʻae ai
me ka hoomaopopo wale no e loaa ana ke dala
hope) a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo ka ʻoihana e hoʻopau i ka hui. Ina ka
hoʻoholo ke kulanui e kāpae i ka ʻaelike i kēlā manawa, lākou
ʻaʻohe kuleana e mālama i ka uniona ma ke ʻano he kahu mālama
e lilo i mau limahana Laro. I kēlā me kēia hihia, ka
e loaʻa kālā ke kulanui a nalowale nā kahu.Hoʻopaʻapaʻa pū ka poʻe mālama i ka
ʻO ka hana he mau manaʻo lāhui. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he 17 mau kahu, 12
he poʻe kala (ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a ʻōiwi paha
ʻAmelika) a i ʻole ka poʻe malihini hou loa—ʻo ia wale nō ka pūʻulu pā kula
ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻohe hui ʻē aʻe a i ʻole
Ua "kūʻai 'ia" ka mea hana mai ka limahana SC Physical Plant
a i ʻole kipaku ʻia a, ʻoiai ua ʻae ke kulanui ʻo ia ka pilikia
ʻino ka hoʻokele ʻana, ua paʻa nā luna i kā lākou
nā kūlana me ka emi ʻole o ka uku a me ke kūlana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka
hiki mai ka hoʻoholo i waena o ka hoʻoikaika uniona mai ka
nā kahu mālama e hana i kahi paipu hoʻolaha i nā pae ʻē aʻe
o ka hana ma ka oihana mea kanu kino. I loko o 30 makahiki,
ʻelua wale nō kahu i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ma ka ʻoihana
ʻaʻole hoʻi he kanaka ʻulaʻula kekahi o lākou. Aia wale nō
ʻelua mau kānaka kala i hoʻolimalima ʻia no nā kūlana ma luna o ka kahu mālama.
ʻOiai ʻo Bob Zellner, ka mea hoʻoikaika pono kīwila kaulana a kūloko
kamaʻāina i ka hui ʻo ʻApelila, "Hoʻomanaʻo ke kulanui
o ka Mahiko Hema."ʻO nā Hamptons
he ʻumi a ʻoi aku paha nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale ma ka hikina
ka hope o Long Island a kaulana i ka honua ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻomaha
no ka poe waiwai a kaulana o New York City. No nā makahiki, ka
Ua pakele nā paparazzi o ke kūlanakauhale i ka wela a me ka lepo o
nā kauwela kūlanakauhale e hoʻomaha i ko lākou mau hale miliona miliona ma
nā kahakai moana o ke kahakai hema o Long Island. Eia naʻe,
ʻoiai ua lilo ʻo New York City i wahi paʻakikī loa
ola a puni ka makahiki (ʻilihune, makaʻu i ka hewa, urban blight, etc.),
ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe i hana i ka Hamptons i hoʻokahi makahiki
hale noho. Kokua ma ka hiki ana mai o
ʻO nā hana hou "techno-commuting", aia kahi hale
boom no ka lehulehu yuppie oo e makemake ana
e hānai i kā lākou ʻohana hou i kahi "maʻemaʻe"
'ia ai.ʻO ka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika kūloko a me
Ua lawelawe maʻamau ka poʻe ʻōiwi ʻAmelika i ka
nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka ʻoihana lawelawe e hāʻawi ana i ka hana
kōkua hale, hana mālama aupuni a pilikino, a
"ke keʻena hope" hana leʻaleʻa ma ke ʻano he holoi kīʻaha,
mea holoi lole, a pela aku. Ke ulu nei ka heluna kanaka malihini o Latino
ua hoʻopiha nā limahana i nā niches ma ke ʻano he mau hana ʻāina a me nā kahu hānai
ma nā ʻāina nui a me nā māla waina kūloko, a me nā mea haʻahaʻa loa
uku 'oihana limahana limahana ma ke kuai kuai hana ma
ʻoihana a me nā kaulahao hale kūʻai meaʻai e like me K-Mart a me King Kullen.
Ke ulu nei ka pono no ka uku haʻahaʻa o nā limahana lawelawe
ua mālama i ka hāʻule koke ʻana o ka uku e like me ka helu o
noho haʻahaʻa nā limahana i loaʻa. Eia naʻe, makemake nā ʻoihana hoʻokele
ʻO Laro hiki ke lawe mai i nā haneli o nā limahana hana ʻole
(ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā mea a pau mai ka deindustrialization a hiki i ka pono
reform) mai "up-island" ma Western Suffolk a
Ua hoʻohiki nā kalana ʻo Nassau e hoʻololi i kēia mau hoʻokele waiwai.
No laila, ke ho'āʻo nei nā mea mālama e hoʻohauʻoli i ka hana
kanaka o ka Hamptons i ko lakou paio kūloko a
bellwether no nā hakakā kūloko e hiki mai ana e like me nā mea maikaʻi
ʻO ka uku ʻana i nā ʻoihana lawelawe i koe e pilikia paha inā
ʻAʻole kū ka poʻe i kēia manawa i ka mana o ka manaʻo ʻino a
hoʻoluhi.Ua loaʻa i ka Coalition for Justice
ʻike ʻia i mua o ka Southampton Anti-Bias Task Force nāna
ua hoʻoholo e noiʻi i ka pilikia. ʻO ka hui pū kekahi
e noi ana i ke Komisina Kuleana Kuleana o Suffolk County e nana
ma ke kūlana. I kēia manawa, hoʻomau ka CFJ i kahi lōʻihi
kuʻuna o ke kaiāulu kumu a me ka hoʻoikaika wahi hana e
e pili ana i ke kaomi pololei i ka Administration e hoʻoponopono
ko lakou hopohopo. Ua lilo hoʻi ka hui i kahua kahi
kamaʻilio ākea ka papa a me ka lāhui, ʻaʻole like
aʻe i nā kūkākūkā nui, akā i waena o ka
ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hui. ʻO ʻApelila
hōʻike i lawe mai i nā kakini o nā lālā hou i
e hoʻomaka ana i kahi hoʻolaha palapala i nā mākua o nā haumāna
a he hana pololei a hoʻonaʻauao e laha
ʻike ma nā hanana pā kula āpau. Ma keʻano he lālā kumu hoʻokahi
wehewehe, "he ʻōlelo ʻōlelo ko ke kulanui
kāhea iā ia iho e kūkulu i ka mālama a me ke aloha
kaiāulu." ʻO kēia hoʻoholo [e ʻaelike i nā kahu mālama]
He mea anu a helu ʻole, ʻaʻole mālama a aloha.
"No ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi kaiāulu pono mākou e hui pū e hakakā
ia mau hoʻoholo."ʻO Corey Dolgon ke kōkua
polopeka o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Long Island University.