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Inā manaʻo ʻoe ʻo ka manaʻo maoli o ka World Series i kēia manawa ʻo ka Houston Astros a me Atlanta Braves e hana nei ma ke kahua, aia paha ʻoe e noho ana ma Texas, Georgia, a i ʻole ma kahi kahua mokulele o ka piliona piliona. I ka honua e waiho nei ma waena o ka poʻe aloha nui a me ka makemake ʻole i ka baseball, ua hōʻike maoli ka hāʻule ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū e hoʻokūkū ana i nā mea hoʻopunipuni e kūʻē i ka poʻe racists me kahi hopena hoʻopilikia e hiki ke hōʻuluʻulu ʻia penei: i ka poʻe i hao ʻia ka lanakila.
A mai manaʻo ʻoe he mea pōhili wale nō kēia. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kali e ʻike i ka mea e hoʻokūkū ana i ka Super Bowl o Pepeluali e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea hoʻokūkū mua loa he homophobia, sexism, a me ka hōʻike hewa ʻana. No nā kau pōpōpō, hockey, a me ka 'Olumepika, ke kau nei au i kaʻu kālā ma ka likelike e hiki mai ana ka moe kolohe, ka like ʻole o ke kālā, a me ka hoʻokae transgender ma laila me nā pāʻoihana no Nike a me ka piliwaiwai.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei au i kēia mau mea a pau i ka hopena o ka mea i ʻike ʻia he hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ka fandom, kahi hoʻoheheʻe pono. ʻO ka Fandom ka hapa nui o ka āpana. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, akā, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻokau i ka ʻino loa o ka tribalism i hoʻomalu i ka hapa nui o ke ola ma waho o ke kahua pāʻani, ka ballpark, a me ke kahua pāʻani mai ka wā i lilo ai ʻo Donald Trump. ke kaʻi o ʻAmelika. Ma mua o ia mea, ua manaʻo nui ʻia nā haʻuki he kīʻaha no ke ʻano, he wahi e wehewehe ai i nā kumu pono, a i ʻole e uku lehelehe i ke ala kiʻekiʻe, inā paha kekahi ma laila a ʻaʻole paha.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻo Trump ponoʻī he hōʻailona o ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana i kēia ʻāina ma mua o ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā lākou, ua hoʻomaka kēia neʻe ʻana i nā haʻuki i nā makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā i ke kālā ʻoihana TV a me nā kāmaʻa. ino hou ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokûkû lima ma waena o nā koleke no nā ʻâlapa pahu pahu. E noʻonoʻo ʻo Trump ʻo ia ka mea hoʻopuʻi i nā ahi e ulu nei, a i ʻole ʻoi aku ka pololei - ma ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i ka poʻe hauʻoli - hoʻāla i nā mea pā. Ua hoʻomaka kēia ʻano hoʻololi o nā haʻuki, fandom, a me ke ola ma ʻAmelika i ka wikiwiki i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1990 i ka ulu ʻana o nā lāʻau hoʻoikaika hoʻokō a me ka uhi mau ʻana o ka National Football League (NFL's) i nā trauma lolo i hoʻomaka ai ka nui o kāna mau mea pāʻani. e hoike.
ʻAʻole naʻe i liʻuliʻu, ua lilo ka uhi uhi o nā ʻano like ʻole i mea pono ʻole e like me ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka honua o Trumpism i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahaheʻe a me ka hana maikaʻi ʻole. nā hewa pilikino i noʻonoʻo maikaʻi ʻia i ka pōpeku a me ka pōʻaleʻa. A ʻo ia mau mea a pau ma mua o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19 i alakaʻi i nā mea haʻuki ʻoihana e ʻike ua hiki i ka manawa e lawe ai lākou i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi no ko lākou olakino kino a me ka noʻonoʻo - inā makemake lākou e ola.
Nā hōkū honua like poʻokela tennis ʻo Naomi Osaka a me 'Olumepika lanakila 'ana i ka ha'uki ʻO Simone Biles ua ʻeha ʻia lākou e ka hoʻokaumaha ʻia e nā hui haʻuki nui nona nā makemake wale nō, ʻo nā mea a pau o ko lākou hopena, me he mea lā he mau waiwai mau loa ia. ʻO nā mea pāʻani pôpeku pro komo ana i ko lakou ola kino.
Ka Hāʻule Classic
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka neʻe ʻana o ka pono i kēia manawa ʻo ia ka World Series i hala iho nei.
E like me nā hanana haʻuki nui i kēia mau lā, ua wehe ʻia me kahi moʻolelo i hana ʻia e ka media. Hōʻike ʻia kēlā mau moʻolelo i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o kahi hōkū (mai ka hāʻule ʻana, ka ʻeha, a i ʻole nā mea hou aku, ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ka hana ʻino i ka home) a i ʻole ka manawa kūpono o ka franchise e lanakila ai i kahi poʻo inoa a no laila e uku i ke kūlanakauhale no kona ʻeha pau ʻole o ka mediocrity a ʻauhau ʻauhau. ʻO ia mau moʻolelo e kōkua i ka helu a me ka holo. Baseball, lilo ka kaulana i kēia mau lā, hilinaʻi ma luna o lākou, ʻoi aku ka hauʻoli i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele "ʻoluʻolu" i mea nui i ka moʻomeheu pop a me ke ʻano o kēia manawa.
ʻO ia ke kumu i pīhoihoi loa ai ka moʻolelo baseball o kēia makahiki - a maikaʻi ma ke ano o ka helu ana. Manaʻo wau he: kumu no ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea ʻino ʻelua. I kēia hihia, ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi o ia mau mea he hui i uhaki i nā lula no ka lanakila ʻana i ke poʻo inoa a i ʻole kahi hui i kūʻai aku i kona lāhui.
ʻEkolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lanakila ka Houston Astros i ka 2017 World Series, me ke kōkua o kahi ʻōnaehana paʻakikī o hoopunipuni, e pili ana i ke kiʻi ʻana i nā wikiō o nā hōʻailona hoʻokani o ka hui kūʻē a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā lākou i kā lākou mau pahu. ʻO nā hoʻopaʻi hope aʻe i hoʻopaʻi ʻia e Major League Baseball (MLB) i hoʻolālā ʻia ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e hōʻino i nā mea e hiki mai ana o Astros ma kekahi ʻano. A i ka manawa i hōʻike ʻia ai ka hui ma ka 2021 World Series, aia me kahi luna hou, ʻo Dusty Baker, kahi koho kūpono loa akā ʻike ʻia nā mea nona ka hui.
ʻO Baker, ma hope o nā mea a pau, he ʻeleʻele a mahalo ʻia no kona kūpaʻa a me ka maikaʻi. Ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani, ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia e Atlanta slugger Hank Aaron. Ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele kahiko, ua makemake nui ʻia ʻo ia e kāna mau mea pāʻani a me ka media. No kahi hui i hoʻopunipuni i ka manawa hope loa, ʻo ia, ʻo ia hoʻi, he kiʻi i ʻike ʻole ʻia a pono loa. (ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole paha Manaʻo slugger Barry Bonds no 10 mau makahiki ma Kapalakiko, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike inā ua hoʻohana ʻo Bonds i nā steroids, ʻo ia hoʻi, no ka liʻiliʻi loa, e hoʻolilo iā ia i mea wahaheʻe a i alakaʻi hoʻopunipuni.)
ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, ʻo ka maikaʻi o Baker i hiki ai i nā mea pā a me nā mea hoʻolaha ke nānā i nā hewa o Astros ma mua o ka lōʻihi o ka nānā ʻana ma mua o ka ka Atlanta Braves. I ka wā i hoʻololi ai ka poʻe Cleveland Indians i ko lākou inoa na Kiai Cleveland a ʻo ka Washington Redskins mua i hāʻule i ko lākou inoa weliweli, ʻo Atlanta a me Major League Baseball. hoʻopakele ʻaʻole wale ka hoʻohana ʻana o kēlā hui i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he racist slur (“Braves”), akā ʻo kona hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻano ʻoki ʻoki tomahawk hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ma waena o kāna mau mea pā i nā kū, ʻo ia ka Pelekikena Trump ma mua hōʻike kaulana ʻia i kona hele ʻana i ka pāʻani ʻehā o ka moʻo.
Inā ʻaʻole paha ʻoe i ʻike i ka mea i hana ʻia akā mālama mau, ua lanakila ka "Braves" i ka Astros, ʻehā pāʻani a ʻelua, e lanakila i ka moʻo. I ka mea i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia i ka wā leʻaleʻa aupuni, ua manaʻo lākou ua ʻoi aku ka racism ma luna o ka hoʻopunipuni ma Trumpist America i kēia manawa o ka neʻe ʻana o ka pono.
Email Slurs
Akā, pehea ke ʻano o ka haʻuki i waiho i ka pōhili i ka lepo, a i kēia manawa ua hala no ka leʻaleʻa aupuni? Hiki i ka manaʻo nui like ʻole ke lanakila i ka anti-vaxx mendacity i ka pôpeku pro?
ʻO ʻOkakopa i hala, ʻo Jon Gruden, kaulana kaulana no ka mediocrity keʻokeʻo maikaʻi, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kaʻi poʻo o ka Las Vegas Raiders ma hope o kahi trove of emails ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia he mea maʻa like ʻole o nā slurs. Ua ʻike ʻia kēlā mau leka uila i ka wā e noiʻi ana nā loio i ka hana hoʻomāinoino ma ka Washington Football Team (ʻo kēlā mau Redskins mua). Ua hoʻololi ʻia nā leka uila Gruden i 10 mau makahiki i hala aku nei me Bruce Allen, a laila ka pelekikena o ka hui ʻo Wakinekona i ka wā i lilo ai ʻo Gruden i mea loiloi haʻuki ESPN. Nui nā ʻōlelo hōʻino lāhui a me ka homophobic i kēlā mau hoʻololi ʻano kahiko, keʻokeʻo, ʻano frat-boy.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Allen a ke hoʻopiʻi nei ʻo Gruden i ka NFL a me kāna komisina, ʻo Roger Goodell, no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kēlā mau leka uila ma kahi hoʻāʻo, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e hoʻohuli i ka manaʻo mai nā hewa o ka hui a me Goodell ponoʻī. ʻAʻole ia he manaʻo mamao loa i kēia manawa o nā kipi. ʻO wai ka mea ʻike i ka hana hewa ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, lāhui, a me ke kālā e hoʻomau nei i ka hūnā i kēia lā?
ʻAʻole paha ia akā, inā ʻo ka Super Bowl e hiki mai ana, e ʻōlelo, ʻo ka Raiders a i ʻole kēlā hui Washington i kapa hou ʻia e kūʻē i ka Green Bay Packers, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokūkū i ka World Series ma ke ʻano he "mea liʻiliʻi o ʻelua mau hewa" (a i ʻole nui o na mea ino elua?) hanana. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manaʻo nui i nalowale iā Gruden i kāna hana ʻo ia ka prevarications kūikawā o ka quarterback hoʻohālike mua o ka Packers, ʻo Aaron Rodgers. Ua hoʻopunipuni ʻo ia e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna mau lāʻau maʻi Covid, waiho i nā hoa kime, nā mea pā, a me nā mea hoʻolaha haʻuki.
ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mea hoʻopuka haʻuki punahele i kaumaha nui i ke kumuhana. Ka Washington PostʻO Sally Jenkins kakau iho la:
"Ua ʻike ʻo ka Haku he mea hoʻolālā ʻo Rodgers me ka pôpeku, akā ʻo nā hana ʻalo a pau, narcissistic, contrived neʻe. 'ʻAe, ua lapaʻau ʻia au,' i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, no laila, i ka wā i nīnau ʻia ai i ka preseason inā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia. He wahaheʻe kēlā me ka waiho ʻole. A ʻaʻole hoʻokahi wahaheʻe wale nō akā he hoʻopunipuni i kēlā me kēia lā me kahi charade ʻano ʻino. I nā manawa he nui ua hele ʻo ia i nā hālāwai nūhou postgame - ʻo ia ka mea e paʻa paʻa loa, nā hana fetid - unmasked. A aia kekahi mau nīnau e pili ana i ka mahu a me ka sauna a me nā lumi hoʻomaha.
ʻO Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ka hōkū o ka National Basketball Association makaʻu ʻO ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e Rodgers i ke kiʻi ponoʻī o nā mea pāʻani pro, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, e ʻōlelo ana
"ʻO kēia manaʻo he maʻi maʻi ia o ka poʻe ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, he wahaheʻe wale nō ia… Inā nui loa ka maʻi kano, a laila pehea lā e loaʻa ai ka poʻe i ka Covid a hoʻolaha i ka Covid a, ʻo ka mea pōʻino, e make ana iā Covid?"
E like me kā Jabbar i kuhikuhi ai,
"ʻAʻole pili kēlā mau ʻōlelo ʻelua. Ua hoʻoholo nā helu helu mai nā kumu he nui ma kahi o 97% o ka poʻe i mālama ʻia i ka haukapila a i make paha i nā mahina i hala aku nei ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. ʻO ka Ua loaʻa iā CDC ʻo ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia he 11 ka nui o ka make ma mua o ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Inā manaʻo ʻo ia he wahaheʻe kēlā, he aha kāna mau hōʻike hilinaʻi? ʻAʻohe.
ʻO ka mea leʻaleʻa: Rodgers hoʻāʻo hoʻi e lilo i mea hoʻokipa hou o ka hōʻike pāʻani TV ʻO Ieopadi, he hana kūpono āna i hoʻokomo koke ai… ʻē, pilikia.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole i "ala" pono ka pôpeku pro, ʻoiai ke kūpaʻa mau ʻana o Colin Kaepernick, ka quarterback o San Francisco 49ers. Ma mua o ke koho ʻia ʻana o Trump i pelekikena, ua hāʻule ʻo ia i lalo i ke kuli i ka wā o ke mele aupuni e kūʻē i ka hana hoʻomāinoino a me ka hoʻomāinoino lāhui ma kēia ʻāina. Ua ulu wale kona kiʻekiʻe mai ia manawa, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke loaʻa hou kahi hana ma ka NFL. ʻOiaʻiʻo, i kēia Pepeluali, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kou manawa ma ka puke hou paʻi wale ʻia e pili ana i ka hopena o Kaepernick i ko kākou honua a i ʻole ka mea hou Nā Wāwī Kelepona i kona ola ma mua o ka nānā 'ana i ka Super Bowl.
Ma ka hau lahilahi
ʻO ka neʻe ʻana o ka moʻomeheu o nā haʻuki liʻiliʻi koʻikoʻi i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia i ka mea keʻokeʻo a ʻoi loa ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa o kēlā mau liona, ʻo ka National Hockey League. I ʻOkakopa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna kau hope loa e pili ana i hoʻokahi haunaele kahiko a me kahi mea hou o kahi hou, e pili ana i ka hui like.
Ke kauo nei ka hoopaapaa kahiko no na makahiki, ka inoa slur-ish a me ka logo o ka Chicago Blackhawks. ʻO ka mea hou e pili ana i ka uhi uhi ʻO ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i ka mea pāʻani ʻōpio e kahi kaʻi, he moʻolelo haʻalulu i loko o kahi haʻuki kūʻokoʻa, macho, a me nā lehelehe. ʻO ka hui a me ka liki i ka wā mua haʻi kahaha i nā hoʻopiʻi no kahi hanana i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka makahiki 2010. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i kekahi mea, e like me ka mea maʻamau… a hiki i ka, ʻoiaʻiʻo, huli aʻe aka, no ka pono o ka lealea a me ka lanakila, ua noho malie.
i ka nīnauele kupaianaha me Rick Westhead o TSN's SportsCentre, ka mea i pepehiia, ka mea pâʻani Blackhawk kahiko ʻo Kyle Beach, i ʻōlelo:
“He mea ola au. A ʻike wau ʻaʻole wau wale nō. ʻIke wau ʻaʻole wau wale nō, kāne a wahine paha. A kanu au i keia no 10 makahiki, 11 makahiki. A ua luku mai iaʻu mai loko mai. A makemake au e ʻike nā kānaka a pau ma ka honua haʻuki a ma ka honua ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō. Inā loaʻa kēia mau mea iā ʻoe, pono ʻoe e ʻōlelo. "
Inā ʻōlelo ʻo Kyle Beach ma mua, ua kōkua paha ʻo ia iā Jonathan Martin, he mea pāʻani pôpeku nona nā pilikia noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka homophobic a me ka racist hoʻomāinoino o kahi hoa hui. ʻO Martin wale nō i kēia manawa e hiki mai ana me kona mau pono noʻonoʻo. ʻO kona ʻenemi, ʻO Richie Incognito, he kulanui lōʻihi a me ka mōʻaukala pro o ka hana ʻino, akā ʻo kona nui - 6-4, 322 paona - a ʻo kona akamai i hiki ai iā ia ke ulu e like me kona ʻike ʻana ma nā blotters mākaʻi a ua manaʻo ʻia e kekahi o kona mau hoa he mea pāʻani lepo loa. ma ka liki.
He moʻolelo ko kēia moʻolelo. He mea hoʻonāwaliwali. Lanakila ke kanaka ino. Ua kipaku ʻia ʻo Martin mai ka pôpeku pro ma 2015 i ka makahiki 26, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia kāna talena mua. I kēia manawa, aia ʻo Incognito, 38, i ka liona, kahi kākoʻo Trump e pāʻani nei no ka Las Vegas Raiders. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo inā e haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna kumu mua, ʻo Jon Gruden?
Akā, ma mua o kou hoʻonāwaliwali, e noʻonoʻo i kēia ʻO ke aʻo ʻana o ke Kulanui o Ohio State ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole i emi iho ma mua o ka hapalua o ka poʻe ʻAmelika i noiʻi ʻia e manaʻo "ʻo ka haʻuki e aʻo ai i ke aloha ʻāina, ka mahalo i ka pūʻali koa, a pehea e lilo ai i ʻAmelika." ʻO ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo ana i kēlā ʻano he "kāne, heterosexuals, Christians, a me Republicans ... nā hui i loaʻa i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua ʻoluʻolu i ko lākou kūlana, a no laila he mau manaʻo maikaʻi e pili ana i kēia mau waiwai."
Malia paha aia kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma waho a me ka manaʻolana no ka haʻuki. Inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokuke aku i ka poʻe hoʻoheheʻe pono mai ke kahua, malia paha hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kahi pāʻani kinipōpō hou.
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