Source: Pakuhi
Kokoke lakou a pau i Isolatoes, aole i ike i ka aina like o na kanaka, aka, e noho ana kela a me keia Isolato ma ka aina okoa iho. Eia naʻe, i hui pū ʻia me hoʻokahi keel, nani maoli kēia mau Isolatoes!
- Melville, ma luna o ka hui o ka Pequod ma ʻO Moby-Dick
I nā manawa like ʻole o koʻu ola, ua noho mehameha wau, akā a hiki i kēia makahiki i hala, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo kaʻawale. Ua hoʻokaʻawale wau iaʻu iho, ʻoiai ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēlā koho e ka maʻi maʻi i ʻoki i ka hapa nui o ka lole kaiapuni kahi aʻu i noho ai a ua hana wau i nā makahiki he nui me ke kōkua mai nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana.
I ka makahiki 1976, i koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e noho ma ka ʻākau o Kaleponi, ʻo ka poʻe aʻu i ʻike ai ʻo koʻu mau mākua, aia lākou ma ke 60 mau makahiki a he ʻāpana o ka neʻe ʻana i ka ʻāina. ʻO ke kaiāulu mua aʻu i komo ai, ʻo ia ka ʻohana o nā lawehala a me nā lawehala, pono lākou e ola i nā mākaʻi, nā ʻaihue a me kā lākou mau daimonio.
A laila, ma hope o koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e aʻo ma ke Kulanui ʻo Sonoma State i ka makahiki 1981, ua komo wau i loko o ka honua hoʻonaʻauao nona nā pōʻino a me nā pono ponoʻī. Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā pōmaikaʻi: ke keʻena, kelepona, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lolouila, ka fax, ka mīkini Xerox, a me ka hale waihona puke, ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻohana ai, koe wale nō nā haumāna i ka pule hoʻokolokolo hope.
ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo no kahi kaiāulu naʻauao wau. Kakaikahi ka poe akamai ma SSU. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻohe makemake o ke kumu i ka hana noiʻi a kākau i nā puke a me nā ʻatikala, ʻoiai aia nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like me Sterling Bennett nāna i aʻo i ka Kelemānia, kākau moʻolelo, nā mea kākau aloha e like me Goethe lāua ʻo Schiller a kono mai iaʻu e hui pū i kahi hui kākau kāne.
Ua lele au i ka manawa kūpono. ʻOiai wau i kākau a paʻi ʻia ma ka San Francisco Chronicle a me ka Santa Rosa Press Democrat ʻaʻole au i ʻike i nā wahine, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Alex Madrigal lāua ʻo Pat Holt, nāna i hoʻoponopono i kaʻu hana a ʻike ua paʻi ʻia.
Ua noho a hana ko'u mau hoa naauao ma Nu Ioka, Boston, a me Chicago. Ua nānā au i kā lākou mau puke a nīnauele iā lākou no ka paʻi ʻana, a no laila ua hoʻokumu i kahi kaiāulu lōʻihi me ke kōkua o ke kelepona a me ka lawelawe leka US. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia poʻe naʻauao a me nā mea kākau i hana ʻino i nā makahiki 1960 a me 1970. Ua hoohaunaele au ma na alanui me lakou, ua hele i ka halepaahao me lakou, ua kakau a puunaue i na palapala me lakou, ua hele i na halawai me lakou, a i kekahi manawa, ua kamailio no ka hookahuli aupuni a me ka hoopau ana i ke aupuni kapitalista.
He mau hoa keia mau kane a me na wahine. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou koʻu mau hoaaloha pili loa, ʻoiai ke noho nei lākou he mau tausani mile mai aʻu aku. Ke leka uila au iā lākou a kamaʻilio paha iā lākou ma kaʻu kelepona ʻaʻole pono iaʻu e wehewehe iā lākou, a i ʻole e hoʻomanaʻo iā lākou i kā mākou mau moeʻuhane a me nā hakakā. I kekahi manawa, hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi lākou ma mua oʻu.
I ka lā, nānā mākou i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni like Ke kaua o Algiers a kukakuka, a heluhelu ia Che a me Mao a wehewehe i ko laua mau manao. Ua puhi mākou i ka mauʻu a ua hailuku mākou a hoʻokuʻu i ka waikawa a holo a huakaʻi i ʻEnelani, Farani a me Mekiko a ua pili mākou i kahi ʻano kaiāulu honua o nā pio a me nā malihini. Ua hakakā pū nō hoʻi mākou ma waena o mākou iho, i kekahi manawa ua mālama kekahi i kekahi me he mau ʻenemi lā, a ua haʻalele mākou i ka male a me ka pilina, nā kamaʻāina a me nā hui.
Ua male au mai ka makahiki 1977 a hiki i ka makahiki 2000 i ka wā i haʻalele ai māua me kaʻu wahine, a ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā mākou nā manawa o ka pilina a me ka pilina, ua manaʻo pinepine wau me ka mehameha. ʻO koʻu hoaaloha, ʻo Bill Barich, ka mea i noho mua ma Kapalakiko a ke noho nei ʻo ia ma Dublin me kahi wahine Irish, ua haʻi mai iaʻu i kekahi manawa i ka pilina ma mua, ua manaʻo ʻo ia me ka mehameha. Ua liuliu ko'u hoomaopopo ana i kona manao. I ka wā mua ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e hiki i kekahi ke manaʻo mehameha a noho pū i kahi hale a me kahi moena me kekahi kanaka. Ua aʻo au i ke ala paʻakikī, ma ka hāʻule ʻana i ka male aloha ʻole ma muli o koʻu makaʻu i ka noho hoʻokahi. Ua oi aku ko'u manao mehameha ma mua o ko'u noho kaawale ana.
Hoʻomaopopo wau ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke kaupaona ʻana i nā mea e like me ka "ʻoi aʻe" a me ka "emi." He manaʻo ko lākou, akā, ʻo ka loneli ka mea a Otis Redding i hoʻomaopopo ai a hōʻike mele ma kāna mele, "Dock of the Bay," a i kāna hīmeni ʻana, "ʻaʻole e haʻalele kēia mehameha iaʻu." Hiki i ka loneli ke lilo i hoa pili mau. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo Herman Melville a hoʻopaʻa i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "the American paradox" e pili ana i ka noho kaʻawale a me ka federation.
In ʻO Moby-Dick wehewehe ʻo ia i nā luina o luna o ka moku koholā, ka ʻO Pequod ma ke ʻano he "isolatoes." He huaʻōlelo Melvillian maikaʻi, "isolatoes."
Ua wehewehe ʻo Melville ʻaʻole i ʻike ka poʻe luina i "ka ʻāina maʻamau o nā kānaka," e noho ana kēlā me kēia kanaka ma kahi "konitineta kaʻawale o kona ʻāina," akā naʻe "ua hui pū ʻia ma ke kili hoʻokahi."
ʻO nā mea hoʻokaʻawale mua ma ka palapala ʻAmelika ʻaʻole nā lālā o ka moku ma ka Pequod, a i ʻole ke kāpena moku, ʻo ʻAhaba, a i ʻole ʻIsemaʻela, ka mea haʻi moʻolelo a me ke ola hoʻokahi. ʻO Natty Bumppo a James Fenimore Cooper, i kapa ʻia ʻo "pathfinder" a ʻo "Leatherstocking," ʻo ia ka isolato mua. He kanaka keokeo, he haole, he hahai holoholona, he Inikini pepehi kanaka, he paionia, aohe makua, aohe wahine, aohe keiki. Na Paionia a i loko o ʻelima mau puke moʻolelo ʻē aʻe kahi i noho hoʻokahi ai ʻo ia ma ka ululāʻau a me nā ululāʻau o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau kahi e hakakā ai nā pūʻali koa ʻEulopa a piʻi a hāʻule nā aupuni. ʻO Chingachgook ka hoa o Bumppo. He kaʻawale hoʻi ʻo ia; ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ka honua o nā "ʻulaʻula" a i ʻole nā "palefaces," e like me Cooper i kapa ʻia ʻo India a me nā keʻokeʻo.
I kekahi manawa, komo ʻo Bumppo i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale, ʻoiai he mea hoʻomāinoino iā ia. Holo ʻo ia mai ka "civilization," e like me kā Cooper i kapa ʻia ai, a ma ka manawa like e hoʻolōʻihi ʻo ia i kona hiki ma kona alo ponoʻī, e neʻe mau ana i ke komohana.
ʻAʻohe kanaka moʻokalaleo e like me Bumppo ma nā ʻaoʻao o nā palapala Pelekane o ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa. Ua lilo ʻo Cooper i mea kākau maikaʻi loa a kaulana hoʻi ma ka home a ma waho. Ma ka manaʻo o Cooper, ua kū ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻAmelika i kahi hana koʻikoʻi no ka mea ma ka US ʻaʻole like me ʻEnelani ʻaʻohe "nā moʻolelo no ka mea kākau moʻolelo, ʻaʻohe mea lapuwale no ka mea hoʻomākeʻaka, ʻaʻohe ʻano no ka mea hana keaka." Aia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "ʻilihune waiwai."
Ua hele ʻo Nathaniel Hawthorne ma mua o Cooper. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia ma ʻAmelika ʻaʻohe mōʻī, ʻaʻohe ʻaha hoʻokolokolo, ʻaʻohe aliʻi, ʻaʻohe hale pule, ʻaʻohe Oxford a i ʻole Cambridge, ʻaʻohe ʻalopeke hahai holoholona, ʻaʻohe Epson, ʻaʻohe ʻEton a ʻaʻohe rugby. I ka loaʻa ʻole o nā ʻoihana a me nā waiwai ʻōlelo Pelekania, ua kūʻokoʻa nā ʻAmelika e lilo i poʻe kaʻawale, nā lawehala, nā kipi, nā mahuka, nā lawehala, nā barona powa, nā lālā o ka Confederacy, a me Proud Boys, me Roy Cohen, Joseph McCarthy, Donald Trump a me Mitch McConell. ʻAʻole mamao loa, ma ka moʻomeheu a me ka ʻōlelo politika, mai ka Natty Bumppo anti-social i ka pū, nāna i pepehi i nā ʻĪnia, a hiki i ka poʻe hoʻohaunaele ma Wakinekona D.C. I ka wā o Melville, hiki i nā poʻe kaʻawale ke hele i ke kai a pepehi i nā kohola. I ka lā o Cooper, hiki iā lākou ke pepehi i nā India, nā bipi bufalo a me nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe.
No ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ua manaʻo wau i kahi kaʻawale, akā ua manaʻo wau i ka hui pū ʻana me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, he poʻe kaʻawale hoʻi. He mea kōkua ke ʻike ʻo wau wale nō. ʻOiai au i noho ai i nā lā i loko o koʻu lumi, ua hoʻomaka wau i waho, ua ʻaʻahu i koʻu mask, hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hele ʻana i ka nohona, kipa aku i koʻu mau kaikunāne a me koʻu kaikoʻeke ma ke kūlanakauhale, a ʻākoakoa i waho me nā hoaaloha.
Manaʻo pinepine wau e pili ana i koʻu hoalauna, ʻo Roi, he mea mahiʻai a kahu hānai, nāna e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka haki ʻana o ka lole i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi. "ʻO nā ʻōlelo a ka lehulehu, i hoʻokō ʻia e ka mana mākaʻi o ka mokuʻāina, ua hoʻokaʻawale i nā mea ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kaiāulu," kākau ʻo ia iaʻu ma ka leka uila. "ʻO ka hopena i ke kula o nā ʻōpio e uhi nui i nā hopena olakino o ka maʻi maʻi i ka wā lōʻihi."
Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka manaʻo o Roi, ʻaʻole naʻe i kāna ʻano. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoʻohana i kahi hōʻailona a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hele ʻana i ka nohona. Ua kuhikuhi aku au iā ia, ʻoiai me ka makaʻu, ua hōʻole nā ʻAmelika ma ka hema a me ka ʻākau i nā lula, haʻalele i ko lākou mau home, koho balota, hele wāwae, haunaele a hopu ʻia.
ʻO ka poʻe kipi ma ke kapikala ma Ianuali 6, 2021, ua hōʻole i nā ʻōlelo a Dr. Ke nānā nei au iā lākou ma ka TV, ua ʻike au, ʻaʻole like nā federations āpau a ʻaʻole makemake kekahi poʻe ʻAmelika i kahi mea maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka wāwahi ʻana i nā ʻoihana demokala.
ʻO ka haku mele hou, ʻo T. S. Eliot, ua mahalo ʻo ia i ka Ku Klux Klan no ka mea makemake ʻo ia i ka hoʻomana a kanikau i kona emi ʻana i loko o kahi honua me ka ʻuhane ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻili keʻokeʻo, nā keʻa puhi ahi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kāne ʻeleʻele - nā kuʻuna o ka racism - hui pū ʻia nā kāne keʻokeʻo a alakaʻi i ka make o nā kaukani ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika.
Ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ua hui pū mākou i ka makahiki i hala, e like me kaʻu i aʻo ai ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā hoalauna, ke nānā ʻana i ka TV a me ka leka uila ʻana i nā hoaaloha ma India, Belgium a me Farani. ʻIke nō hoʻi au - ʻo wai ka mea ʻole? - ʻo ke ola ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi, a ʻaʻole paha, pili i ka moʻomeheu a me ka politika o kahi ʻāina, a ʻo ia hoʻi, i ka hihia o US, ma ka mokuʻāina kahi e noho ai.
ʻOi aku ka pōʻino o Kaleponi, ka mea makemake e noʻonoʻo e alakaʻi i ka lāhui ma nā ʻōlelo o nā mea holomua a pau, ua hoʻopau nui i ka pane ʻana iā COVID-19.
Eia, ma ka Golden State, ua hui pū ʻia mākou e ka hemahema o ka ʻōnaehana olakino. Hoʻohui pū ʻia mākou e ka hōʻole ʻana i ka poʻo puaʻa e hoʻomaopopo a mahalo i kekahi mau mea, e like me ke ola a me ka make, ka maʻi a me ke olakino, e mālama maikaʻi ʻia e nā keʻena aupuni. Ma ʻEnelani, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ka British National Health Service i ka hapa nui o ka heluna kanaka me ka wikiwiki a me ka palekana.
ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale kahi ʻāpana o ka pilikia. Ua noho nā Proud Boys a me nā hui like ma ka ʻāina ma kā lākou hana ponoʻī. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ka noho kaʻawale ka pilikia. ʻO ka manaʻo pilikino ʻAmelika, me ka manaʻo nui iā ia iho, ua alakaʻi i ke kūʻokoʻa no ka poʻe liʻiliʻi a me ka nui o ka pilikanaka, politika a me ka hoʻokele waiwai no ka lehulehu. Inā a i ka wā e hoʻopilikia ai mākou i ka maʻi maʻi, loaʻa iā mākou kahi manawa e kūkulu ai i kahi lole hou. ʻAʻole hiki i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mea kahiko, ʻaʻole no nā mea kaʻawale.
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