ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i ke kumu, hāʻawi ʻia i hea mākou me dronefare, akā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo i ke kanaka e hana nei i ka hoʻolaha e pili ana iā Assata Shakur ʻo ia ka wahine mua "terrorist" i ʻike ʻia ma ka papa inoa makemake loa o ka FBI he ʻeleʻele. He pā kēlā. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia wau i ka honua o nā "trackers" i kekahi manawa e ʻike mākou i nā puke moʻolelo a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahiko ma TV. Ma Australia, ʻo ka mea hahai i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻōiwi ʻē aʻe i loaʻa, no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa a me ka pepehi kanaka, ka pepehi kanaka a me ka hoʻokauwā ʻana o ka poʻe ʻōiwi (aboriginal), holo i waho. Hōʻike hou ʻo ia i loko o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni paniolo a me India: e holo wāwae ana i ka lā wela, ma mua o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ma luna o ka lio, e kukuli ana ma kona mau kuli e ʻike maikaʻi i kahi lau ʻeha a i ʻole ka lāʻau piʻo, ʻoiai lākou e hōʻino a kuha. hoʻopiʻi e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o kāna lawe ʻana i kahi ʻike. A laila aia nā "trackers" i kōkua i ka poʻe pattyrollers i ko mākou mau makahiki ʻehā haneli. I ka wā i loaʻa ai i ka poʻe pattyrollers (a i ʻole ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi) nā kauā holo i ia mau lā, hahau pinepine lākou iā lākou a make. Ua noʻonoʻo pinepine au i nā kāne ʻeleʻele i kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka poʻe mahuka i ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau mea weliweli, hoʻohaʻahaʻa a me ka make. I koʻu wā liʻiliʻi inā ua huhū au iā lākou; ʻaʻole maopopo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻike ʻole ʻia, a me ka mana o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka ʻuhane, aʻu e hana nei i kēia manawa. I kēia lā, he mau makahiki wale nō i ʻoi aku ma mua o Assata Shakur, a me ke kahaha ʻana i ke kūlana unenviable o ke ʻano o ke kanaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻike wau hiki iaʻu ke pule wale no mākou āpau. Pono mākou e hāʻule i lalo o ke kūlana abysmal i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia e nā "trackers" no mākou: hiki i ke aupuni US ke hāʻawi i ʻelua miliona kālā no ka hopu ʻana i kahi wahine liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole ʻōpio, ʻeleʻele i hoʻomāinoino ʻia, a pana ʻia. ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei, me he mea lā ʻaʻole pono mākou i kēlā kālā no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai, nā lole, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā wahi kūpono e noho ai.
ʻO ka mea kaumaha loa e pili ana i nā manawa a mākou e noho nei, i koʻu manaʻo, ʻo kā mākou wikiwiki e hoʻomanawanui no ka hana ʻino. Paʻa mau ʻia nā paʻahao me nā lole ʻalani, hoʻopaʻa ʻia, kaulahao a ma ko lākou mau kuli. E like me ka poʻe pōloli o Guantanamo, makemake au i ka make ma mua o kēia. Ua pana ʻia ka poʻe mai nā mokulele ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike a hiki i ka wā lōʻihi e ala aʻe mai ka papaʻaina a waiho paha i ka pēpē ma lalo o kahi moe. Hoʻoweliweli ka poʻe ʻilihune i kēlā me kēia lā, ua pupule maoli, mai ka makaʻu. Ka poʻe ma nā alanui me ka ʻai ʻole a me kahi moe. ʻO ka poʻe ma lalo o nā alahaka ma nā wahi a pau āu e hele ai, e hoʻopaʻa ana i kā lākou mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi: kahi mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kahi kanaka ʻōpio loa, he kanaka kahiko paha, ma lalo o koʻu alahaka kūloko.: Makemake au e ola. Akā, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike ʻino iaʻu e like me kēia: ʻo ko mākou ʻāina nui, muscular, macho e hele ma hope o kahi wahine liʻiliʻi e like me Assata i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi kapu ma kahi ʻāina liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā mokuʻāina he nui.
ʻO ka manawa mua aʻu i hālāwai ai me Assata Shakur ua kamaʻilio mākou no ka manawa lōʻihi. Aia mākou ma Havana, kahi aʻu i hele ai me kahi ʻelele e hāʻawi i ke kōkua kanaka i ka "manawa kūikawā" o Cuba o ka pōloli a me ke kaumaha, a makemake wau e lohe i kāna ʻaoʻao o ka moʻolelo mai ia. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hanana me ka New Jersey Highway Patrol, a ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai iaʻu ua pana ʻia ʻo ia me ka ʻino loa inā makemake ʻo ia, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kī i kahi pū. ʻOiai ua pana ʻia ʻo ia ma ke kua (me nā lima i hāpai ʻia), ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i ʻelua mau makahiki o ka hoʻopaʻa mehameha, i loko o kahi hale paʻahao kāne, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kona wahi moe. A laila, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hui pū ʻana o nā poʻe aloha wiwo ʻole, ua kōkua ʻia ʻo ia e pakele a loaʻa ka puʻuhonua ma Cuba. ʻO kekahi o ka poʻe i kōkua iā Assata e pakele, he radical keʻokeʻo i kapa ʻia ʻo Marilyn Buck, i mālama ʻia i loko o ka hale paʻahao no kanakolu makahiki a hoʻokuʻu ʻia hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o kona make ʻana mai ka maʻi maʻi ʻōpū. He haku mele ʻo ia, a ke heluhelu nei au i kāna puke, Inside/Out, Selected Poems, i hāʻawi ʻia e kekahi hoaaloha iaʻu i kēlā pule aku nei. Aia kekahi wikiō kupaianaha nona, pana ʻia i loko o ka hale paʻahao, aʻu e paipai nui nei.
ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka lokahi.
ʻO ka lua o koʻu ʻike ʻana iā Assata, mau makahiki ma hope mai, aia wau i Havana no ka Havana Book Fair. He kiʻekiʻe loa ka helu heluhelu heluhelu ma Cuba, mahalo i ke kipi ʻana o Cuban, a ua unuhi ʻia a paʻi ʻia kaʻu moʻolelo ʻo Meridian. Akā naʻe, i kēia manawa ʻaʻole mākou i kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka wā i hala. Ua kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka noʻonoʻo. I ka ike ana i kona hoihoi, a me Ricardo Alarcon, ka peresidena o ka Ahaolelo Lahui Cuban, a me na mea e ae, ua hooholo au e haawi i kekahi papa. Ma lalo o kekahi kumulāʻau nui ma waho o ke alanui mālie ma Havana, ua hōʻike au i kaʻu hana noʻonoʻo ponoʻī i kekahi o nā haumāna noʻonoʻo loa aʻu i hālāwai ai. ʻO ka mantra: Breathing in: "In," breathing out: "Peace."
Manaʻo wau he kanaka maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻo Assata Shakur, he kanaka lokomaikaʻi a aloha. ʻO ka poʻe kipi maoli. He nani ʻo ia ma ke kino, a ʻo kona ʻuhane pū kekahi. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia e mālama i ka mahalo, ke aloha a me ka pilina o nā poʻe a pau e hoʻopuni ana iā ia. E like me Marilyn Buck ua pilikia nui lākou no kona kūʻokoʻa, a manaʻoʻiʻo lākou i kāna manaʻo o ka moʻolelo e like me aʻu.
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