Manaʻo wau ʻaʻohe kumu nui o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i nā mea e pili ana i ka pana ʻana iā Michael Brown. ʻO ka mea mua, no ka mea, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ʻo Darren Wilson e ke kiure nui, a ʻo ka hui pū ʻana o hoʻokahi kaukani mea kākau moʻolelo e kuhikuhi ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o kāna mana o nā hanana i kēlā lā ʻAukake, ʻaʻole ia he hopena ʻē aʻe. A ʻo ka lua, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka lua o ka hewa a i ʻole ka hala ʻole o Wilson ma mua o ka pilikia nui: ʻo ia hoʻi, ka hoʻopuka ʻana o kēia ʻīnika aupuni nunui e nānā mai ana iā mākou ma ka maka, a ʻo ka mea a mākou e ʻike ai ke nānā aku iā ia-a ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumu, no ke aha?
No ka mea, he ʻano ʻano lāhui ʻo Rorschach (ʻaʻole anei?) i loko o kēlā me kēia o kēia mau hihia-ʻaʻole wale ʻo Brown akā ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau, mai Trayvon Martin a Sean Bell a Patrick Dorismond a iā Aswan Watson a ma waho aʻe-ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopōʻino. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea like ʻole ke nānā mākou iā lākou he manaʻo. ʻAʻole hiki i ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika keʻokeʻo ke ʻike i nā ʻano i hana ʻia e ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele ʻaʻole hiki ke lilo i mea kuhi wale, ʻaʻole hoʻi he hemahema i kā mākou ʻike. Akā, he astigmatism i kūkulu ʻia e ka lehulehu e makapō i nā mea he nui i ke ala e ʻike pinepine ai ka poʻe ʻeleʻele i ka hoʻokō kānāwai.
ʻAʻole no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hoʻohālikelike olakino, akā e like me kēlā mau hihia ʻē aʻe i hōʻike ʻia ma luna nei, pēlā nō hoʻi i kēia mea i hōʻike ʻia kahi helu keʻokeʻo hoʻopilikia i kekahi mea o kahi maʻi neʻe hou - he reflex kokoke e like me ka mea e alakaʻi ai i nā mākaʻi he nui (a i ʻole. wanna-be police) e ki i kā lākou mau mea kaua i nā kāne ʻeleʻele ma kahi mua. He mea hoʻohālikelike ia e hoʻopololei i ka hanana, pale i ka mea pana, ʻōpala i ka poʻe make me nā ʻōlelo hoʻokalakupua a me nā kiʻi kiʻi. a laila hoole i loaʻa i ka hanana a i ʻole ka pane ponoʻī iā ia mea pili i ka lāhui.
Reflex: No ka hōʻole ʻana he ʻano lāhui e pili ana i ka hoʻouna ʻana i kēlā mau kiʻi phony i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Mike Brown hoʻopāpā me ka pū, a i ʻoleua hala ʻo Darren Wilson i loko o kahi moena o ka haukapila me kāna kumu orbital i puhi ʻia.
Reflex: No ka hōʻole ʻana he ʻano lāhui e pili ana i ka wikiwiki Ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēlā mau kiʻi e ka nui o ka poe i puunaue ia lakou ma ka uia kaiapili, oiai aole lakou, a me ka paakiki o kekahi ke ike i ka like ole o kekahi kanaka eleele a me kekahi.
Reflex: No ka hōʻole ʻana he ʻano lāhui e pili ana i ka wikiwiki o ka poʻe i kūʻai aku i ka moʻolelo ua hoʻouka ʻia ʻo Wilson a hoʻokahe ʻia i ke koko, ʻoiai e hōʻike ana ke wikiō iā ia e kū mālie ana ma kahi o ka pana ʻana me ka ʻole o ka ʻeha, a me ka hōʻike mua no ka hanana ʻAʻole i haʻi aku i kekahi mea i hōʻeha ʻia i ka Luna Wilson, a e like me Wilson i ʻike ʻia he moʻolelo o ka mana-tripping belligerence i ka poʻe āna e launa pū ai, a me ka makemake e hoʻololi i nā kikoʻī o kēlā mau hālāwai pū kekahi.
Reflex: No ka hōʻole ʻana he ʻano lāhui e pili ana i nā mea pā Cardinals hoʻohenehene i ka poʻe kūʻē maluhia i ʻākoakoa ma waho o kahi pāʻani pāʻani pāʻani e hāpai i ka pilikia o ka make ʻana o Brown, ma ke kapa ʻana iā lākou he pohihihi a haʻi paha iā lākou no ka poʻe keʻokeʻo wale nō i loaʻa ai i nā ʻeleʻele ke kūʻokoʻa, a i ʻole e "loaʻa i nā hana" a i ʻole "huki i ko lākou pūlule. ,” a i ʻole e hoʻi i ʻApelika.
Reflex: No ka hōʻole ʻana he ʻano lāhui e pili ana i ka hoʻouna kālā ʻana i ke kālā pale a Darren Wilson a laila e wehewehe ana i ka haawina e ka ʻōlelo ʻana He aha ka hana a ka luna i hana ai ma ka wehe ʻana i kahi "savage" e like me Brown mai ke kaiāulu, a i ʻole ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā hana a Wilson ma ke ʻano he "mana holoholona."
Hōʻike: No ka hōʻole ʻana he ʻano lāhui e pili ana i ka pane ʻana i nā hōʻike o ka mauʻu i loko o ke kino ola ʻole o Brown, e like me ko Trayvon ma mua ona, ʻoiai he keʻokeʻo. hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka ʻeleʻele, akā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo i kumu no ke kumu e pono ai mākou e pana ʻia e nā mākaʻi.
Reflex: No ka hōʻole ʻana aia kekahi ʻano lāhui ma hope o ka manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ke poʻo o ka Missouri Highway Patrol, i lawe mai i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā ʻāʻī ma Ferguson, ʻo ia.ke kiola ʻana i nā hōʻailona gang ma ka pahupaʻiwikiō, ʻoiai, he hōʻailona lima ia no ka ʻohana ʻeleʻele i lālā o ia luna; a me ka hōʻole ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa o kēlā mau mea ʻelua.
Reflex: E hōʻole i ka loaʻa ʻole o ka lāhui e pili ana i ke ʻano ʻeleʻele nā mea o ka hana ino—e like me Brown, e like me Trayvon Martin, a me na kakini o na mea e ae—he ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia me ka hoʻohewa ʻoi aku ka weliweli o ke keʻokeʻo ka poe hana hewa, ʻo ka poʻe hope i kapa mau ʻia he ʻano maikaʻi, a mālie, a akamai, a ʻaʻole hiki ke pepehi i nā kānaka he kakini, a ʻokiʻoki i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, a ʻai paha i ko lākou ʻiʻo ma hope o ka mālama ʻana i loko o ka pahu hau no nā pule he nui. .
A ʻo ka mea nui o nā mea a pau, ʻo ka reflex e hōʻole i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ʻano lāhui e pili ana i ka lens e ʻike pinepine ai mākou i ka hoʻokō kānāwai; e hōʻole i ka keʻokeʻo i hoʻohālikelike i ko mākou ʻike i ka mākaʻi a me kā lākou hana ma nā wahi e like me Ferguson, e like me ke keʻokeʻo i loaʻa. na mea a pau e hana me ia mau mea. Hoʻohālikelike ka ʻike lāhui i ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻia ʻana o mākou e nā mākaʻi, a no laila, hoʻohālike i ke ʻano o kā mākou ʻike ʻana iā lākou. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻaʻohe mea a mākou e hana ai e pana ʻia mākou e ka hoʻokō kānāwai: ʻaʻole hele a puni i kahi hale kūʻai pahu nui me nā mea kaua semi-aunoa (ʻoiai ke kū nei i hoʻokahi me ka pu ea make oe inā ʻeleʻele ʻoe); ʻaʻole hoouka ana i na luna elua, ma kahi o St. Louis, he elima wale no la mahope iho o ka make ana o Mike Brown; ʻaʻole e kuhikuhi ana i kahi mea kaua i piha i ʻekolu mau luna a me ke koi ʻana iā lākou - nā mākaʻi - "hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou mau pū;" hana ole pepehi kanaka nui ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma mua o ka lawe ola ʻia ʻana; ʻaʻole e hele ana ma hope o kēlā hanana i hele a puni ke kaona hookahi ma ka lawe ana i ka pu panapana; a ʻaʻole pepehi i kahi cop i mea e hoʻāla ai i kahi "kipi," a laila alakaʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ʻelua mahina e alualu i ka ululāʻau ma mua. ka hopu ʻia ʻana me nā ʻōpala liʻiliʻi.
No ʻAmelika keʻokeʻo, ʻo ka mea nui, ʻo nā mākaʻi ka poʻe e kōkua i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kā mākou mau pōpoki mai ka lāʻau, a i ʻole e lawe iā mākou i nā kaʻa kaʻapuni e hōʻike iā mākou i ka hauʻoli o ka lilo ʻana i cop. ʻIke pinepine mākou i nā mākaʻi e like me ke kōkua, ma ke ʻano he mea pale i ko mākou ola a me ko mākou waiwai. Akā ʻaʻole ia ka ʻike ʻeleʻele ma ka nui; a ʻike ka poʻe ʻeleʻele i kēia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike. ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ka hoʻokō kānāwai ma ʻAmelika, e pili ana i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele, ʻo ia kekahi o ka hoʻokaumaha ʻole. ʻAʻole ia he hyperbole a ʻaʻole manaʻo, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Mai nā kauā kauā i nā luna a i ka Black Codes i ka lynching, he ʻoiaʻiʻo. Mai ka nui o nā haunaele keʻokeʻo-ʻeleʻele i hōʻailona i ka hapa mua o ke kenekulia iwakālua (kahi i komo ikaika ai nā mākaʻi) i Watts a Rodney King iā Abner Louima a Amadou Diallo a hiki i ke alahao o ka Central Park 5, he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo. Mai ka pepehi ʻana o ka Oihana Makai o New Orleans iā Adolph Archie iā Henry Glover a hiki i ka pana ʻana o Danziger Bridge ma laila ma hope o Katrina e hoʻomaha-a-frisk ma nā wahi e like me New York, he ʻoiaʻiʻo. A ʻo ka ʻike ʻole o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo i kēia mōʻaukala, ʻaʻole i koi ʻia e aʻo ia mea, a hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia he kamaʻāina ʻike mamao. oleʻike ʻo ia, wehewehe nui e pili ana i ka hewa o ʻAmelika. Pono ka poʻe ʻeleʻele e aʻo i nā mea a pau e pili ana i ka poʻe keʻokeʻo e noho ola. Pono lākou e ʻike i ka mea e hoʻoweliweli iā mākou, he aha ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻāpana reptilian o ko mākou lolo a hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā mākou e manaʻo lākou e hana ʻino iā mākou. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole pono mākou e ʻike i kekahi mea e pili ana iā lākou. ʻAʻole pono mākou e ʻike i ko lākou moʻolelo, ko lākou ʻike, ko lākou manaʻolana a me nā moeʻuhane, a i ʻole ko lakou makaʻu. A hiki iā mākou ke hele pololei me ka poina ʻole i nā mea āpau me ka ʻole o ka hopena. ʻAʻole ia ma ka hoʻāʻo, no laila e ʻōlelo.
Hiki iā mākou ke noho naʻaupō i ka nui o ka hana hewa a nā mākaʻi, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ʻo ia ka moeʻuhane paranoid fever o ka "kāleka-kāleka" kolohe ʻole e pāʻani ana i nā poʻe kala, e like me kā mākou i hana ai ma hope o ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo ʻo OJ Simpson. I ka pane ʻana o ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele i kēlā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo me ka hōʻoluʻolu cathartic-ʻaʻole no ka mea ua manaʻo lākou he hewa ʻole ʻo Simpson akā no ka mea ua manaʻo lākou ua lawa nā nīnau i hāpai ʻia e pili ana i nā mākaʻi i ka hihia e lūlū i nā kānalua kūpono-ua manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā poʻe keʻokeʻo ua nalowale ʻo ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele i kāna hui. noonoo. Pehea la lakouhiki paha manaʻoʻiʻo e kanu ka LAPD i nā hōʻike no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻopololei a hoʻomāʻona i ka hihia kūʻē i ka mea i hoʻopiʻi hewa? I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, inā mākou e hoʻolohe (akā ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole mākou), inā mākou e pane. ʻO ia ka manawa i haki ai ka hōʻino ma ka māhele ʻo Ramparts o ke kūlanakauhale, me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka nui o nā mākaʻi i loko o hoʻokahi haneli mau hihia o ka hewa, ʻo ia hoʻi, i hoʻokahi hanana, ke kī ʻana i kahi lālā hui ma kahi ākea ākea a laila kau i kahi mea kaua ma luna ona e hana ai i ka hanana. ʻike ʻia he pale ponoʻī. No laila ke waiho ʻana i ka hewa a i ʻole ka hala ʻole o OJ, ʻaʻole ia he mea noʻonoʻo no ka ʻeleʻele ʻo Angelenos (a me ʻAmelika) e hāʻawi i kekahi e like me Mark Fuhrman ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana o kāna racism i kēlā hihia.
Manaʻo wau ʻo kēia, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea āpau, ke kumu o ko mākou pilikia i ka wā e pili ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale lāhui ma kēia ʻāina. ʻO ka hiki ʻole o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ke lohe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻeleʻele—ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻike he hoʻokahi a he ʻokoʻa ia mai kā mākou ponoʻī—e aneane hiki ʻole ke neʻe i mua. Akā, pehea lā mākou e manaʻo ai e hilinaʻi ka poʻe ʻeleʻele i ka hoʻokō kānāwai a i ʻole e nānā iā ia ma nā ʻōlelo like ʻole a me ka manaʻo ʻole i hana ʻia e ka hapa nui o mākou? Ua lilo ke kānāwai i mea kauaku nā kino ʻeleʻele, ʻaʻole ia he pale i manaʻo ʻia e pale aku iā lākou, a no ka manawa lōʻihi loa.
Ma kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ka moʻolelo mele a Jill Nelson i ka makahiki 2000 e pili ana i ka hana hoʻomāinoino a nā mākaʻi, ua hoʻomanaʻo mai ka mea akamai ʻo Robin DG Kelley iā mākou i ka palapala kikoʻī. ; a i loko o ka wā colonial, ʻaʻole i nānā wale nā mākaʻi i ke ʻano o ka hana hoʻomāinoino i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele, akā ua hana ikaika lākou i ka hoʻopaʻa ikaika ʻana i nā kipi a me nā kipi. Ma hope mai, ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana, hoʻokuʻu pinepine ʻia nā paʻahao ʻeleʻele i loko o nā lima o ka poʻe lynch a kū ʻia ko lākou mau kino ma luna o nā kumulāʻau, puhi ʻia me nā kukui, ʻoki ʻia nā ʻāpana kino a hāʻawi ʻia i mea hoʻomanaʻo. Ma ke kūlanakauhale a me ke kūlanakauhale, ma ke kūkulu ʻākau a me ke kūkulu hema, kū nā mākaʻi a i ʻole i komo ikaika i nā pogrom e kūʻē i nā kaiāulu ʻAmelika ʻAmelika: ma Wilmington, North Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, New York City, Akron a me Birmingham, e inoa wale i kekahi. I loko o kekahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūʻē ʻeleʻele koʻikoʻi ma East St. Louis, Illinois, i ka makahiki 1917, ua pana aku nā mākaʻi i nā ʻeleʻele make ma ke alanui ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hana ʻino i manaʻo ʻia i nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i neʻe mai ka Deep South e ʻimi i nā hana. Hoʻokahi haneri a me kanalima ka poʻe i make, a he kanakolukumamāiwa mau keiki i ʻeha nā iwi poʻo a hoʻolei ʻia ko lākou mau kino i loko o ke ahi i hoʻonoho ʻia e nā poʻe keʻokeʻo. I nā makahiki 1920, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hapalua o nā poʻe ʻeleʻele a pau i pepehi ʻia e nā keʻokeʻo, ua pepehi ʻia e nā mākaʻi keʻokeʻo.
Akā ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Kelley: I ka makahiki 1943 ua hui pū nā mākaʻi keʻokeʻo ma Detroit me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe o ko lākou mau hoa lāhui, e kūʻē ana i nā ʻeleʻele i ʻaʻa e neʻe i loko o nā hale aupuni keʻokeʻo ma mua, a make ʻumikūmāhiku. I nā makahiki 1960 a me nā makahiki 70 mua i pepehi ʻia e nā mākaʻi ma luna o ʻelua mau lālā o ka Black Panther Party, me ka poʻe e like me Mark Clark lāua ʻo Fred Hampton ma Chicago, e hiamoe ana ma ko lākou mau moena i ka manawa i hoʻouka ʻia ai ko lākou hale. I ka makahiki 1985, ua hoʻokō ka luna kānāwai o Philadelphia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā lālā o ka hui MOVE, me ka hoʻopā ʻana i ko lākou mau hale lālani mai nā helikopter mākaʻi mokuʻāina, make he ʻumikūmākahi, me ʻelima mau keiki, luku aku i kanaonokūmākahi mau hale a waiho i nā haneli home ʻole.
He liʻiliʻi wale nō kēia o nā moʻolelo i hiki ke haʻi ʻia, a ʻo Kelley i hana ai i kāna heluhelu ʻana i ka moʻolelo kupaianaha - a no ka hapa nui o nā keʻokeʻo, ʻaʻole mākou ʻike maoli i kekahi o lākou. Akā ʻo lākou a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me lākou he mau hanana i puhi ʻia i loko o ka hoʻomanaʻo kelepona o ʻAmelika ʻeleʻele. ʻAʻole loaʻa iā lākou ka maikaʻi o ka poina, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke pilikia e hoʻomanaʻo, a i ʻole ke aʻo ʻana i kēia mau mea ma kahi mua. ʻO Bull Connor, Sheriff Jim Clark, Hope Cecil Price: ʻaʻole kēia mau mea mamao loa no ka hapa nui o nā poʻe ʻeleʻele. Pehea lākou? Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe e lawe nei i nā ʻeleʻele i hana ʻia e nā kāne e like me lākou. A ʻoiai he kakaikahi o mākou e manaʻo e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa i ka poʻe Iudaio no ka mālama ʻana i nā manaʻo ʻoluʻolu no ka poʻe Kelemania i nā makahiki he kanahiku ma hope mai - e maopopo iā mākou ka pau ʻole o ka hilinaʻi, ka makaʻala, a me ka huhū - ʻike mākou he paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo i ka moʻolelo like- embedded logic of black trepidation and hoowahawaha no ka hoʻokō kānāwai ma keia ʻāina. A ʻo ia nō, ʻoiai ua lōʻihi loa nā ʻike maikaʻi ʻole o ka poʻe ʻeleʻele me nā mākaʻi ma mua o ka manawa o ko Hitler mau makahiki he ʻumikumamālua Reich, a ʻoiai ʻaʻole i pau kēlā mau ʻike i kanahiku makahiki aku nei, a i ʻole he kanahiku lā i hala aku nei, a i ʻole he kanahiku minuke.
Hiki paha iā mākou, i kēia manawa wale nō, e ʻae i kā mākou hui makapō? E ʻae aku aia nā mea e hana nei, a ua lōʻihi loa ia, ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike ʻole? Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokuʻu i ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole, lōʻihi wale nō e loaʻa ai nā ʻike e pono ai e pili ana i ke kaiāulu a mākou e kaʻana nei? Manaʻo kekahi i ka mea e pono ai mākou e hoʻolohe ʻole akā e hoʻolohe maoli lohe ʻO nā leo o nā mākua ʻeleʻele, makaʻu i ka wā aʻe e hele ai kā lākou keiki i waho o ka puka, ʻo ia ka mea hope loa, a ʻo nā mea āpau no ka mea - he luna a i ʻole kahi kiaʻi ponoʻī - ʻike iā lākou he pōʻino, me ka mahalo ʻole, e like me ke kiʻi ʻana i kā lākou pū? Hiki iā mākou ke lohe i kēlā me ka ʻole o ka pivoting i ke kumuhana ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu (no mākou) o ka hewa ʻeleʻele a i ʻole nā home makua hoʻokahi? Me ka pale ʻole ʻana i ka makaʻu maoli a hoʻomaopopo ʻia i ka hana hoʻomāinoino a nā mākaʻi me nā haʻiʻōlelo e pili ana i ka pōʻino o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka noʻonoʻo pōʻino - ʻoi aku ka hoʻohenehene i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai kahi poʻe i ʻike ʻia iā mākou iho he mau pōʻino mau o nā kāne ʻeleʻele nui?
Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā mea āpau a mākou e manaʻo ai e pili ana i nā kaiāulu ʻeleʻele (ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea hiki ke komo i kahi thimble, haʻi ʻia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo) a noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana i ke ola e like me ke ʻano o ka makaʻu o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. e hauʻoli i kā lākou mau moeʻuhane e like me kā Freddie Kreuger i hana ai i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni? ʻO ka hōʻike kino o ka mea e hōʻailona ai i kahi kaiāulu he ʻino, he kula ʻino, ʻaʻole no kekahi mea oe ua hana maoli, akā, no ka waihoʻoluʻu o kou ʻili? ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia he kaumaha inconsequential e amo. E hele i ke ola, i kēlā me kēia lā, pono e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana i ʻole e hoʻoweliweli i ka poʻe keʻokeʻo, a i ʻole e hoʻāla i ko mākou hoʻowahāwahā-e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka lole, a pehea e hele ai a pehea e kamaʻilio ai a pehea e pane ai. i kahi mākaʻi (ʻaʻole no kou makemake e ʻoluʻolu, akā no kou makemake e ʻike hou i kou makuahine) hana; a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o nā hana a kekahi kanaka keʻokeʻo i loaʻa i kēia ʻāina. ʻO ka ʻike ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he maʻi maʻi moʻomeheu like ia me ka lepera o kēia wā.
A laila hiki paha iā mākou ke hoʻolilo i kekahi mau minuke e noʻonoʻo i ka hana o kēia i ke keiki ʻeleʻele ʻōpio, a pehea ka ʻokoʻa mai ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o nā keiki keʻokeʻo. E noʻonoʻo pehea ʻoe e pane aku ai i ka honua inā haʻi kēlā honua iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia lā a ma nā ʻano miliona ma mua o ka ʻaina awakea i kou weliweli, weliweli kou kaiāulu, a me ke ʻano maʻi o kou ʻohana. No ka mea, ʻo ia kā mākou e haʻi aku nei i nā poʻe ʻeleʻele i kēlā me kēia lā. I kēlā me kēia manawa e kāhea aku nā mākaʻi i ka poʻe i hoʻohiki ʻia e pale i nā holoholona, no ka mea, ua makemake kekahi luna Ferguson e hana ma ke kāmela - ʻaʻohe kānalua e kamaʻilio ana no nā mea hou aʻe ma ke kaʻina hana - haʻi mākou iā lākou i kēia. I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e ʻimi nei i ke ala e kū mau ai nā mākaʻi a hoʻopaʻapaʻa i nā kāne ʻeleʻele ʻōpio, ʻoiai ma nā hihia āpau i ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole lākou i hana hewa, haʻi mākou iā lākou i kēia. I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e haʻalele ai i nā ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa o nā kula o ko mākou lāhui, ka mea e hoʻolilo i ka ʻeleʻele a me ka ʻeleʻele i nā lumi papa i alakaʻi ʻia e nā kumu ʻike liʻiliʻi loa, a ma kahi e mālama ʻia ai lākou e like me nā poʻe paʻahao ma mua o nā keiki e manaʻo nei e aʻo, haʻi mākou iā lākou i kēia. I kēlā me kēia manawa a Bill O'Reilly e pontificates e pili ana i ka "moʻomeheu ʻeleʻele" a i kēlā me kēia manawa e haʻi aku ai ʻo Barack Obama i nā kāne ʻeleʻele - akā. wale no ʻeleʻele—e lilo i mau makua kāne maikaʻi aʻe, ke haʻi aku nei mākou iā lākou i kēia: he kīnā ʻole lākou, he pathological kūikawā, he puʻupuʻu maʻi maʻi o ka decrepitude pono e makaʻu ʻia, hoʻowahāwahā ʻia, nānā ʻia, hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻolei ʻia. ʻO ka pahu kani mau o ka negativity ua maʻamau i kēia manawa a lilo ia i ke kua o kēlā me kēia kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele i mālama ʻia i nā keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻeleʻele. Ua like ia me ke ʻano o ka lele ʻana o kou kuli i ka wā e paʻi ai ke kauka iā ia me kēlā mea hāmare liʻiliʻi i ka wā o ka nānā ʻana: he reflex i kēia manawa instinctual, automatic, unnoonding.
A ke hoʻohālike nei mākou e hiki i kekahi ke noʻonoʻo i kēia mau mea-ʻo ka nui o mākou e hiki ai-a hiki naʻe ke hana pono i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ma ka hana, ka mākeke hale, nā kula a i ʻole ma nā alanui; hiki iā mākou, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ke nānā aku i ke kaiāulu ʻeleʻele nui ma ke ʻano he maelstrom chaotic o ka hewa, ʻoiai e hoʻokele mau ana, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, e mālama i ka poʻe noi hōʻaiʻē ʻeleʻele, nā mea noi hana, nā haumāna a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he kanaka. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻa i ka nila ma waena o ko mākou mau manaʻo nui e like me ka poʻe ʻAmelika a me kā mākou mau manaʻo hohonu hohonu e pili ana i nā ʻāpana ākea o ko mākou lāhui.
Akā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou; a i loko o kēia mau manawa—nā manawa e like me nā mea i hoʻolako ʻia e nā hanana ma Ferguson—e hōʻike ʻia nā palena o kā mākou kūpaʻa i kēlā ʻAmelika makemake. Aia i loko o nā manawa e like me kēia i ka wā i wehe ʻia ai ka awāwa ma waena o kā mākou ʻike ponoʻī o ke ao nei - ʻo ia iho e wehe ʻia e nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole o ke ala a mākou i ʻike ai - ʻaneʻane hiki ʻole ke hoʻopili. Akā, pono mākou e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou, ma mua o ka hana ʻana o ke koʻikoʻi o kā mākou maʻi neʻe hou i ka pōʻino mau a hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia i ko mākou kino hui.
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*Robin DG Kelley, “Slangin' Rocks…Palestinian Style,” ma Hoʻomāinoino Makai: He Anthology, Jill Nelson, ed., (New York, WW Norton, 2000), 21-59.
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Ua ʻike au i kekahi kanaka hoʻomāʻewaʻewa pōhaku nāna i hoʻomāinoino i kahi ʻelemakule a ʻaihue i kekahi mau Swishers e ʻolokaʻa hou aʻe a laila hoʻoholo e hoʻonui i kāna ʻano hana ʻino me kahi mākaʻi. Ua pono anei ia Michael Brown ke make? ʻAʻole. Akā, ua make nō ʻo ia. Poino? ʻAe. Martyr no kekahi kumu. ʻAʻole…ʻaʻole loa.
"I kēlā me kēia manawa a Bill O'Reilly i pontificates e pili ana i ka 'moʻomeheu ʻeleʻele' a i kēlā me kēia manawa e haʻi aku ai ʻo Barack Obama i nā kāne ʻeleʻele - akā he mau kāne ʻeleʻele wale nō - e lilo i mau makua kāne maikaʻi aʻe, ke haʻi aku nei mākou iā lākou i kēia: he kīnā ʻole lākou, he pathological kūʻokoʻa. e makaʻu ʻia, e hoʻowahāwahā ʻia, e nānā ʻia, e hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻolei ʻia." ʻO wai ka "mākou" ma kēia ʻōlelo? ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻo O'Reilly a ʻo Obama noʻu a i ʻole no nā US-o-ʻAmelika ʻē aʻe aʻu i ʻike ai. Ma waho aʻe o kēlā mea semantic, ʻo Obama kēia aʻu a me nā poʻe hema ʻē aʻe (Adolph Reed, Je., Glen Ford, Bruce Dixon, Juan Santos, Alexander Cockburn, Doug Henwood, Pam Martens… hoʻomau ka papa inoa) i ʻōlelo aku iā ʻoe kekahi "Progressives for Obama" mai ka lā hoʻokahi. He mea ʻawaʻawa kāu pane, ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, a no ka hapa nui ua paʻa ia ma nā wahi kī hema-liberal e like me The Nation. No ka mea, he aha kona waiwai, ʻaʻole ʻo "ka poʻe hema barbiturate" wale nō (kāu huaʻōlelo) ka mea i ʻike i ka moho ʻo Obama he mākaʻikaʻi no ka papa kuʻuna a me nā hierarchies lāhui. E ʻike iā Larissa MacFarquhar i ka hōʻike hohonu o Mei 2007 iā Obama ma ke ʻano he "hohonu conservative" - ʻo kēia i loko o ka centrist, liberal liberal New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/05/07/the-conciliator Ua loaʻa pono iā Kauka Reed mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana. ʻO ka loiloi ʻo Adolph Reed i ka makahiki 1996 no Obama, ma hope koke iho o ka lanakila ʻana o ia
ʻO ka heihei senate mua o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Illinois: “Ma Chicago, no ka laʻana, ua ʻike mua mākou i ka ʻano hou o nā leo communitarian ʻeleʻele i paʻa i ke kumu; ʻo kekahi o lākou, he laumania
ʻO ka loio ʻo Harvard me nā palapala hōʻoia maikaʻi ʻole a me nā kālai'āina neoliberal vacuous-to-repressive, ua lanakila ʻo ia i kahi noho senate mokuʻāina ma kahi kumu nui i ka hoʻokumu liberal a me nā honua hoʻomohala. ʻO kāna laina bootstrap fundamentally ua palupalu ʻia e kahi patina o ka ʻōlelo a
kaiaulu ʻoiaʻiʻo, kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hālāwai ʻana i loko o nā lumi kuke, nā hoʻonā liʻiliʻi i nā pilikia pilikanaka, a me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kaʻina hana.
ma luna o ka papahana - kahi e hui ai ka politika ʻike me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana o ka papa waena o ka wā kahiko ma ka makemake i ke ʻano ma mua o ka waiwai. Manaʻo wau ʻo kāna ilk ka nalu o ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka politika ʻeleʻele US,
e like me ia ma Haiti a ma na wahi e ae a ka International Monetary Fund i hooulu ai. I kēia manawa ʻaʻole i kū ka pane ʻeleʻele i ka paʻakikī. mākou
pono e hana maikaʻi.
[ʻO ia ka Obama aʻu i nānā pono ai ma Chicago a me Springfield, 1998-2005 BTW — PS]
— “The Curse of Community,” Village Voice, Ianuali 16, 1996—paʻi hou ʻia ma Reed,
Nā memo papa: Ke hoʻohālikelike nei ma ke ʻano he Politics a me nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano o ʻAmelika
(Ka Paʻi Hou, 2000)
Hana hewa nā kānaka, ʻoiaʻiʻo.