Hellooo. ʻO wau ʻo Mrs. Geoffrey. Noho au ma ko'u hale kaona makamae. I
e nana mai i ka puka aniani i ka la e olinolino ana ma ko makou hale manu he $500. ʻO Martin Luther King
hala ka lā hele. Hoʻopaʻa wau i kaʻu lei emerald $18,000 a Geoffrey i kūʻai ai
i nehinei, ma ka makemake. He nūpepa me nā poʻomanaʻo "Clinton Begins a National
ʻO Dialogue About Race" hāʻule mai koʻu ʻūhā a i ka papahele. He waimaka e puka mai. Oh, God. Will
ʻaihue kēia poʻe ʻeleʻele, ʻulaʻula, melemele i nā kālā paʻakikī a pau kaʻu kāne ʻo Geoffrey
i hoʻoilina mai kona kupuna kāne powa barona? E hoʻopau anei lākou i kā mākou moʻomeheu, ko mākou ala
o ke ola? Pono mākou e kūʻai aku i $ 3 miliona Van Gogh e mālama iā "lākou".
e kau ana i ko lakou mau lima palaualelo?Pahū wau me ka hopohopo. No ka hoʻomaha ʻana i koʻu makaʻu, kāhea wau i ke kaʻa a hoʻokele ʻo ia iaʻu
kaʻu hale kūʻai punahele. Ke noʻonoʻo nei au i ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi mea pipiʻi, kahi kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Pep
Kaʻi ʻo Rally ma. Ke neʻe nei au a me kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku i nā puka makani e nānā he keʻokeʻo ka hapa nui
(no laila adorable) hele nā kula kiʻekiʻe ma. ʻEā, aia kahi hui e hele ana ma hope o a
Hae "Cultural Awareness". He ʻeleʻele lākou a pau. Hoʻopaʻa wau i kaʻu ʻeke a me kaʻu
mea nani. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke makaʻala loa. Hiki i kekahi o lākou ke lele i loko o ka hale kūʻai a
"ʻike moʻomeheu" kaʻu kūpeʻe wati gula $5,000 i loko o kāna ʻeke.A laila kaʻalo aʻela kahi lana i piha i nā haumāna keʻokeʻo nani i ʻaʻahu ʻia me he poʻe Inia. He kaikamahine ma hope
ʻōlelo mai iaʻu ʻaʻole ʻo ia e manaʻo he mau haumāna keʻokeʻo e ʻaʻahu ana me he poʻe India
"ʻike moʻomeheu." 'Ōlelo haʻaheo a leo nui kekahi kaikamahine, "Ua maʻi au
ʻike moʻomeheu. Inā makemake kēia mau kāne keʻokeʻo maikaʻi a me nā keikikāne e ʻaʻahu e like me India, e ʻae
lākou!"Haʻalele wau i ka hale kūʻai, kani mai nā huaʻōlelo "Maʻi au i ka ʻike moʻomeheu".
ko'u mau pepeiao. No ka hoʻomaha iaʻu iho hele wau e ʻike i kēlā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Amistad. Ua manaʻo wau e hiki mai ana
e pili ana i na colonial Pelekania e hoomalu ana i na kai, e hoopio ana a hao wale ma ka inoa o Emepera.
(ʻO koʻu mau kūpuna i waena o lākou, hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohui, me ka haʻaheo.) Akā i koʻu weliweli, nānā wau i ʻekolu hola o
"ʻeleʻele / ʻeleʻele e hakakā nei no ke kūʻokoʻa," (ʻo ia hoʻi, e hoʻāʻo nei e lawe i kā mākou
ʻāina a luku i ko mākou ʻano o ke ola).Makemake au e hoʻōho, "Ua maʻi au i ka ʻike moʻomeheu. Inā makemake ka lāhui keʻokeʻo
e ʻaihue i nā ʻApelika mai ko lākou mau kauhale a kūʻai aku iā lākou i hoʻoluhi, e ʻae iā lākou."
Ua ʻike mākou a pau i hele mai ka poʻe ʻApelika me ka ʻoluʻolu no ka mea ua lohe lākou i ka nani o ia hana
noho ma na mahiko o Amerika. Ua hele mai kekahi ma ke ʻano he hui kipi nui e luku
ʻO ka democracy, ma ke ala, he manaʻo wale nō ka poʻe keʻokeʻo i hoʻomaopopo, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e
ʻO ko mākou mau kūpuna hoʻokumu i ka wā i hōʻole ai lākou i nā gals a me nā poʻe keʻokeʻo ʻole ke kuleana e kapa ʻia he kanaka
kanakaNui koʻu huhū i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hele au i ka hale nani no ka holoi, hoʻonohonoho, manicure, a
lomilomi. Aia au ma lalo o ka mea hoʻomaloʻo lauoho, e lau ana ma ka puke wahine, heluhelu i nā mea a pau
e pili ana iā Kenny lāua ʻo Bobbi McCaughey i hānau ʻehiku pēpē i ka manawa hoʻokahi. ʻO ia kahi
moʻolelo neʻe. No ke aha mai? No ka mea, he paʻi kūpono ia i ka maka i nā com-les-fem a pau
gals ma laila, mai ka makahiki 1960, ua hōʻole lākou e hoʻokō i kā lākou kuleana i hāʻawi ʻia e ke akua.
moku nāwaliwali. No ka mea, he paʻi ia i ka maka o nā fem-les-coms e loaʻa ana
ʻAʻole lākou e ʻae i kā lākou kuleana i hāʻawi ʻia e ke akua ma ke ʻano he nāwaliwali
moku. No ka mea, ua hoʻihoʻi ke Akua i ka hana hānau. ʻO ka hāpai ʻana ke ala o ke Akua
e hoopiha ana i kela mau ipu kaawale. Kauoha au i ke kaʻa e hoʻouna i makana $10 e hoʻohui
i ka nui o na makana i loaa mua ia McCaugheys mai na makamaka like ole
a me nā keʻena aupuni.ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ke Akua ʻo McCaugheys he Methodist a ʻo ke Akua ʻoiaʻiʻo he ʻāpana
Presbyterian, hapa Episcopal. A ʻaʻole anei ʻo McCaughey he inoa ʻIlelani? ʻAe, e hana wau me
ma hope aku.Anyhoo, ua hoʻomaha wau ma lalo o ka mea maloʻo lauoho, e hele ana i kēia wahine
magazine, i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai kahi wahine keʻokeʻo ʻole e hoʻonāukiuki hou iaʻu. Ke hoʻohana nei kēia wahine i ke ʻano
e paipai i ka hana affirmative. ʻAʻohe mea e kūlou ʻole ai kēia mau wahine kala? ʻAʻole
ʻO ia wale nō, ʻo kēia keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i hoʻolaha ʻia, aʻu i hoʻokomo ai ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia
"kākoʻo i kāna mau hoaaloha," maopopo he hana kipi. ʻO ia
"kū i luna nona iho," he hana wahine, ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ke koi nei ʻo ia,
ʻaʻole e haʻi i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lole. Ma nā hale kūʻai kahi e kūʻai ai ka poʻe keʻokeʻo! Akaka, he hooweliweli
i ke aupuni democracy (ie, moʻomeheu keʻokeʻo). ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole au e hopu ʻia i ka make ma Sears.
Akā inā kūʻai ʻo ia ma Sears, hiki iā Neiman Marcus, Bonwit Teller, a me kaʻu wale nō
hale kūʻai lole ma hope loa?ʻIke loa, makemake kēia wahine e hoʻowalewale a me kā mākou mau keiki kāne a hana i nā pēpē he nui (paha
ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻehiku) a ʻaihue i kā mākou kālā i loaʻa paʻakikī ma ka waiu ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pono a koi ʻia paha
ke kuleana e noho kokoke.Haʻalele au i ka hale nani me ka haʻalulu. Hiki au i ka hale. Lawe mai ke kaikamahine ia'u a
cocktail. A laila hoʻi mai kaʻu kāne ʻo Geoffrey i ka home. Hōʻike mai ʻo ia iaʻu i kona lā. ʻO kā mākou keiki
pilikia ma kāna kula kūʻokoʻa. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Geoffrey i ke poʻo
haku. Hāʻawi lākou i kā mākou keiki i ke kōkua kūikawā, mahalo.Ke haʻi aku nei au iā ia e pili ana i kā Clinton kamaʻilio ma ka lāhui; e pili ana i ka huakaʻi ʻike moʻomeheu,
e pili ana i ka gal i loko o ka makasina e makemake e mare i kā mākou keiki a ʻaihue i kā mākou Renoir a me kā mākou
makapo aina. ʻO Geoffrey, ke ʻōlelo nei au, he aha ka hopena iā mākou? E like me kēlā wahine i loko o ka hale kūʻai
"No ke aha e hiki ʻole ai iā mākou ke ʻaʻahu e like me nā India (a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe a mākou
pepehi ʻia) ma ka inoa o ke kūʻokoʻa a no Chrissakes?"Hoʻomaloʻo ʻo Geoffrey i koʻu mau waimaka. "Naʻaupō," wahi āna, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kaʻu inoa inoa pipi.
"ʻAʻohe mea e hiki ke hōʻemi i ka nui o ka waiwai i hiki iā mākou ke hōʻiliʻili
ma o koʻu hoʻoilina a me nā ʻano hoʻopunipuni makeke kūʻai like ʻole, ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka maikaʻi
nā kānāwai mai ka makahiki Reagan Bush.""ʻOiaʻiʻo?," ʻōhumu wau. "Smerf," wahi a Geoffrey. Hele mākou ma ko mākou
hale maikaʻi, hoʻomaʻamaʻa māmā nā manamana lima i kā mākou waiwai: ke pākaukau liʻiliʻi i loko o ka hale waihona puke,
$55,000; ka pehu i ulana lima ma ka hale lole, $300,000. Auwe. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Geoffrey iaʻu
e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka nui o nā mea. 'Ōleloʻo Geoffreyʻaʻoleʻoe e loaʻa kālā, ponoʻoe
ia. 'Ōleloʻo Geoffrey "Ua hoʻi ka maikaʻi. He aha ka maikaʻi o nā kānaka a ināʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa
ʻo ia, makemake lākou e loaʻa iā mākou. Ua like ia me ka hana affirmative a me ka moʻomeheu
ʻike.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kuleana i kahi ala kūpono o ke ola. Pono ʻoe. Geoffrey
ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole pili i ka pono kīwila, ka ʻike moʻomeheu, a i ʻole ka hana affirmative no ka mea
aia lākou ma ka ʻaoʻao. E pili ana inā pono e mālama ʻia nā mea keʻokeʻo ʻole
keʻokeʻo, a no laila he kanaka. ʻAʻole lākou. Inā manaʻo ke Akua ʻaʻole keʻokeʻo
Pono nā kānaka i ka meaʻai a me nā lole a me kahi Van Gogh, ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea ma ia ala.Hauʻoli wau i kēia manawa. Ke loaʻa nei kā mākou keiki i ke kōkua e pono ai ʻo ia e lilo i ʻoihana e hiki mai ana
he loio panakō pono ʻo ia. A ʻaʻole pono mākou e kūʻai aku i ka Matisse.No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana, hoʻolei mākou i kahi pāʻina lole no ko mākou mau hoaaloha a pau—ʻo ka .05 kūpono
pakeneka o ka heluna kanaka. Hele mai nā kānaka a pau me he mea lā ʻaʻole kūpono ke ʻano
ma ʻaneʻi a ʻo wai ka mea e pono ai ke hehi ʻia: ʻO ke kauā, nā kauā uku, nā India, nā poʻe koi kīwila
nā kuleana, ka poʻe hōʻole i nā moku nāwaliwali, ka "ʻike moʻomeheu"—
ʻo kēlā me kēia mea. Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ʻākoakoa mākou ma ka lumi hoʻokani pila hikina a hula i ka pō. ʻO koʻu
ʻO ka punahele ka "Hokussy Pokussy." E hele ana penei:Hoʻokomo ʻoe i kāu pūnana hua i loko
ʻaihue mākou i kāu pūnana hua
Hoʻokomo i kekahi i loko o kā mākou ʻeke
Hoʻolilo i ke koena e pili ana
ʻAʻole mākou i loko o ka poki
He mea hoʻohenehene ka pono kaulike
No laila ʻoe e hoʻopakele iā mākouHoʻokomo ʻoe i kāu ʻauhau
Lawe mākou i kā mākou ʻauhau ʻauhau
Hoʻohewa i nā makuahine pono
ʻAʻohe mea nāna e hoʻomaopopo
ʻO nā keʻokeʻo waiwai ʻaʻole ʻoe e pulu
No ka mea, e hoʻokomo mākou iā ʻoe i loko o ka poki
ʻO ia ka mea e pili ana.Hoʻokomo mākou i kā mākou ʻoihana
Ho'āʻo ʻoe e kipaku iā lākou
Hoʻouna mākou i nā mākaʻi i loko
E hoʻolaha iā lākou a pau
ʻO ka ʻike moʻomeheu ka mea maʻi iā mākou
ʻAʻole ʻoe e koho i kā mākou ʻeke
E mālama mākou iā ʻoe i waho.ʻAe.
Mahalo i ka poʻe heluhelu no nā hoʻolaha Sears a me ka ʻike e pili ana i ka McCaughey's; mahalo iā a
ʻO ke kiʻi paʻi kiʻi Doug Beekman no ka pauku mua a me ka mele i "Hokussy Pokussy." I
Ua lohe 'ia ka 'ōlelo 'ike mo'omeheu i loko o ka hale kū'ai kīhini maika'i i ka wā a
hui pōpeku kula kiʻekiʻe.