Ma kahi kokoke i ʻehā mau makahiki ma hope, hiki i ke kiʻi ke hoʻonui i ka lauoho ma nā ʻāʻī kānalua ʻole. ʻO ia ka makahiki 1968, a ʻo Tommie Smith ka mea mekala gula he 200 mika e kū ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mea lanakila keleawe ʻo John Carlos, ʻo kā lākou mau lima lima ʻeleʻele i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia i ka lewa ma ke kahua mekala ma Mexico City. ʻO lākou nā Trojan Horses of Rage - e lawe ana i ka ʻEleʻele i loko o kēlā pā hale o ka pono a me ka hoʻokamani: nā pāʻani 'Olumepika.
Ke ʻike ka poʻe i kēlā kiʻi, huki ʻia ko lākou mau maka e like me nā mea hoʻokalakupua iā Smith lāua ʻo Carlos, e kū ana me nā pūkini ʻeleʻele, kūlou ko lākou mau poʻo i ka manaʻo hoʻomalu.
ʻAʻole i ʻike nui ʻia ka mea mekala kālā. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ma nā retrospectives mana, a manaʻo ka poʻe iā ia he kiʻi ʻano Forrest Gump, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hōʻike ʻike ʻole i ka mōʻaukala e hoʻopau mau ana ma hope o nā kiʻi kaulana. ʻO ka ʻike wale nō ke kau nei kēia kanaka i ʻike ʻole ʻia i kahi pihi nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā leka O-P-H-R, e kū ana no ka Olympic Project for Human Rights.
ʻO ka poʻe wale nō e ʻike i ke kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kiola i hope i nā hoa lanakila i ka mekala i ko lākou hāpai ʻana i ko lākou mau lima. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa inoa i ka haʻohaʻo a i ʻole ka haʻalulu. I ka manawa i hōʻike ʻia i ka uila uila o ke kipi, ʻoluʻolu kona nānā ʻana, ʻaʻole implacable, pololei kona kua, he hoa koa haʻaheo e kū pū me kona mau kaikunāne.
ʻO ka poʻe i hele ma waho o ka mōʻaukala kūlana e aʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika maoli o kēia mau kāne ʻekolu. Ua makemake lākou e ʻae ʻia nā ʻāina apartheid o ʻApelika Hema a me Rhodesia mai ka ʻOlumepika. Ua makemake lākou i mau kaʻi ʻoi aku o ka ʻApelika. Ua makemake lākou i ka honua e ʻike ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ko lākou kūleʻa i ka manaʻo o ka racism i kēia manawa he moʻolelo. ʻO ka mea mekala kālā me ka ʻili keʻokeʻo, ua kū pū me Smith lāua ʻo Carlos ma nā nīnau a pau a ua ʻae ʻia ma mua o ka heihei, inā ʻo lākou ʻekolu, e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, ʻo lākou ka poʻe ma ka dais.
e kū pū: ʻekolu ʻōpio anti-racists e kū pū ana i ka hakakā.
ʻO kēlā mekala kālā me nā aʻalolo kila a me ka makewai i ka pono, ʻo ia ke kukini Australia ʻo Peter Norman. Ua make ʻo Norman i ka maʻi puʻuwai i ka pule i hala ma ke 64 o kona mau makahiki a ua hoʻomaha ʻia ka Pōʻakahi.
ʻElua mau kānaka i ʻike i ka hohonu a me ka manaʻoʻiʻo o ka lōkahi o Norman, ʻo ia nā mea ʻelua i hana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi pallbearers ma kona hoʻolewa: Tommie Smith lāua ʻo John Carlos. I loko o nā makahiki, ua pili nā kāne ʻekolu, i hui pū ʻia e ka mōʻaukala a me ka ʻino ahi a lākou i alo ai i ka wā i pio ai nā kāmela.
Ua kākau maikaʻi ʻia ka backlash i hoʻomanawanui ʻia e Smith lāua ʻo Carlos. ʻAʻole i ʻike nui ʻia nā hana ponoʻī a Norman. He pariah ʻo ia ma ka honua ʻOlumepika o Australia, ʻoiai ʻo ia he poʻokela aupuni ʻelima mau manawa ma ka 200 mika. Ua makemake ʻo ia e aʻo i nā pae kiʻekiʻe loa, akā ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻonaʻauao kino, ka mea i loaʻa i ka papa inoa ʻeleʻele.
E like me kā John Carlos i ʻōlelo ai, "ʻO wau a me Tommie i loaʻa kekahi i kekahi i ko mākou hoʻi ʻana i ka home. I ka hoʻi ʻana o Petero i ka hale, pono ʻo ia e hana me kahi lāhui ma kāna iho. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kānalua, ʻaʻole i hōʻole ʻo ia i luna me mākou no kahi kumu a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻōlelo 'E kala mai' no kona komo ʻana. He hōʻike ia ʻo wai ke kanaka. " “
I ka hiki ʻana mai o ka 'Olumepika 2000 i Sydney, ua hoʻokuke loa ʻia ʻo Norman mai nā ʻahaʻaina, ʻoiai ke kanaka ʻike ʻole ʻia. Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i kēlā manawa me ka mea kākau haʻuki ʻo Mike Wise, ua haʻalele ʻo Norman i ka ʻawaʻawa a ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i kāna ostracism me ka haʻaheo e like me kēlā pihi solidarity mai 1968. "Ua hana wau i ka mea aʻu i manaʻoʻiʻo ai he pololei," wahi āna iā Wise. "Ua nīnau au i kā lākou makemake iaʻu e kōkua. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ke kumu i ʻae ʻole ʻia ai kahi kanaka ʻeleʻele e inu i ka punawai hoʻokahi a i ʻole e noho i loko o ka kaʻa like a i ʻole e hele i nā kula like me ke kanaka keʻokeʻo. ʻO ia wale nō ka hewa o ka lehulehu ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i koʻu wahi i noho ai, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻowahāwahā wau ia.
ʻAʻole ʻo Norman i ʻauwana i ke ola haʻahaʻa. I ka wehe ʻia ʻana o kahi kiʻi kiʻi o Smith lāua ʻo Carlos i ka makahiki i hala ma Kaleponi, ua haʻalele ʻia ʻo Norman, ua hakahaka ka paepae mekala kālā i hiki i kekahi ke kū ma kona wahi. Ua kūʻē ʻo Smith lāua ʻo Carlos iā ia, me ka manaʻo ua hānai ia i ka manaʻo wahaheʻe o Noremana ma ke ʻano he kālai'āina. Akā ʻo Norman ponoʻī ka mea i huakaʻi mai Australia i Kaleponi no ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻōlelo, "Aloha wau i kēlā manaʻo. Hiki i kēlā me kēia ke kū i luna a kū i kahi mea
manaʻoʻiʻo lākou.
ʻAʻole i wehewehe ʻo Norman iā ia iho ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā ia iho, nā hana puke, a i ʻole ke kaapuni haʻiʻōlelo - ma muli o ka haʻaheo haʻaheo ʻo ia he ʻāpana o kahi neʻe i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua ona. Ma ka hāʻawi hauʻoli ʻana i kona hanohano ponoʻī i ka maikaʻi nui, ua loaʻa iā Norman ke aloha a me ka mahalo o kona mau hoa.
E like me kā Carlos i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i ka hala koke ʻana o ke kanaka i kapa ʻia e kāna mau keiki ʻo ʻAnakala Pete, "ʻO Peter kahi ʻāpana o koʻu ola. I ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kelepona iaʻu, ua kīkē ka makani mai oʻu aku. ʻO wau kona kaikunāne. ʻO ia koʻu kaikunāne. ʻO ia wale nō kāu e ʻike ai.
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