Hoʻopuka nā pōʻino i nā mea maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole i nā kānaka.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi, pane nā miliona o ka poʻe i ka ʻeha o ko lākou mau hoa kanaka me ke aloha, hopohopo, a me ke kōkua kālā nui i ka wā e pono ai. Ina he makani ino, he olai, he makani puahiohio, a he waikahe nui hou paha ma Midwestern United States, aia na puuwai, noonoo, a me na puuwai o ka lehulehu o ka lahui me ka poe nele.
A ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, aia ʻo Rush Limbaugh, ka mea i hoʻoholo e hoʻohana i ke kahe ʻana ma Iowa ʻaʻole e hōʻike i ke aloha, akā ma ke ʻano he manawa kūpono e hana ai i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohaʻahaʻa e pili ana i nā poʻe ʻeleʻele ʻilihune: ʻo ka poʻe i loaʻa i ke kahe ʻana ma New Orleans ma hope o Katrina i 2005. .
I kēia pule, ʻoiai ʻo Iowans a me kekahi poʻe ma Ilinoi e nānā ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wai kahe i luna, ua lawe ʻo Limbaugh i ka lewa e hoʻohālikelike i kēia mau kānaka i manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi i hui pū ʻia e kōkua kekahi i kekahi, me ka poʻe hewa, palaualelo a kolohe o New Orleans. , ka mea i haʻi ʻia mai iā mākou, ʻaʻole i hana wale i ka hana hewa a kali i ke aupuni e hoʻopakele iā lākou i ka wā e kahe ana ma laila ma hope o ka Hurricane Katrina.
No laila, ua loaʻa iā mākou kāna ʻōlelo i kekahi mau lā i hala aku nei, i ʻike ai ʻo ia i waena o ka pōʻino i ke komohana waena.
"ʻIke au i ka poʻe e hana pū ana. ʻIke au i ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻopakele i kā lākou waiwai… ʻAʻole wau ʻike i kahi pūʻulu o ka poʻe e holo ana a puni e hoʻoluliluli ana i nā pū ma nā helikopa. He pūʻulu o ka poʻe hoʻokamakama i ka poʻe ma ke alanui… ʻike wau i ka ʻāina puʻuwai o ʻAmelika. Ke nānā au iā Iowa a i koʻu nānā ʻana iā Illinois, ʻike wau i ka iwi kuamoʻo o ʻAmelika."
ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ʻaʻole ʻo Limbaugh wale nō ka mea i hana i kēia mau ʻano hoʻohālikelike. Ua hoʻokau ʻia ka miliona o mākou i nā missives e-blast e hana ana i nā pōʻai, e ʻimi nei e hoʻohālikelike i ka mālama kānāwai, makaʻu i ke Akua, a (mai poina iā mākou) ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai keʻokeʻo o ka Midwest i ka ʻeleʻele, kūlanakauhale, a me nā poʻe kīnā ʻole o ka Big Easy. Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mea e like me kēia mai kahi hoaaloha, ʻohana, a i ʻole hoa hana, e kali wale, no ka mea hiki koke ʻoe.
Akā ʻo ka mea e hōʻike ai kēia mau ʻōlelo hoʻomāinoino like ʻole - inā i hoʻopuka ʻia i 20 miliona hipa pliant ma o ka lewa, a i kau ʻia ma kahi blog liʻiliʻi i heluhelu ʻole ʻia e kekahi - ʻo ia ka hewa o ka poʻe hāʻawi iā lākou. A i ʻole, a i ʻole ke kumu ʻole o ia mea i ka hana ʻana i ka noiʻi kumu, ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻokoʻa kumu ma waena o ke kahe ʻana o New Orleans a me nā kaiāulu a me nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Iowa.
Ma waena o nā ʻokoʻa e ʻike koke ʻia e nā mea āpau, e noʻonoʻo:
Ma New Orleans, ua mālama ʻia nā kamaʻāina mai ka pakele, hoʻihoʻi maoli ʻia i loko o ke kūlanakauhale e nā mākaʻi kaua mai kahi kaiāulu kokoke. ʻAʻohe mea like me kēia ma Iowa.
Ma New Orleans, ua pāpā ʻia nā keʻena kōkua e like me ke Keʻa ʻulaʻula mai ke komo ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale, mahalo i kahi kauoha mai ka 'Oihana o ka Homeland Security, e hopohopo nei e hoʻopaneʻe ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka haʻalele ʻana. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻeha ma ke kauoha a ke aupuni, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ka pūnaewele Red Cross, ma mua o Kepakemapa 2, 2005. ʻAʻohe mea e like me kēia ma Iowa.
Ma New Orleans, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka poʻe i paʻa i ke kahawai (ʻumi kaukani ka nui) i loko o ka Superdome and Convention Center, kahi ʻaʻohe ea ea (i ka manawa wela o ka makahiki ma ia kūlanakauhale), ʻaʻohe meaʻai, a liʻiliʻi. ʻaʻohe wai. I ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia (a e kali ana no ʻekolu lā piha ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ke kōkua koʻikoʻi) e kiʻi i ka meaʻai i loko o ka hale waihona puke o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kūʻai (ʻo ka meaʻai i hele ʻino a i ʻole i kākau ʻia paha), ua hālāwai lākou. me nā pū, kuhikuhi ʻia e nā lālā o ka National Guard, nāna lākou i ʻōlelo aʻo iā lākou "e haʻalele i ka meaʻai a i ʻole e puhi mākou i ko ʻoukou poʻo." ʻAʻohe mea like me kēia ma Iowa.
Ma New Orleans, he kakaikahi loa na ala e pakele ai i waho o ke kulanakauhale, no ka mea, hiki i ka mea i pau ka manawa ma laila ke hooiaio. ʻO ke aʻaʻa wale nō e hiki ke mālama i nā kaʻa he nui, ʻo ia ka Interstate 10, e hele ana i ke komohana a i ʻole ka hikina. Ma nā ʻāpana kahawai o Midwestern, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ala e pakele ai, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe e hoʻokuʻu ʻia, a ʻo ke kahe ʻana he hana lohi a paʻa, ʻaʻole like me ka wai wikiwiki ma New Orleans, i hiki koke mai ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻauwaʻa i kūkulu ʻole ʻia.
Ma New Orleans, e like me ka ʻikepili i ka 2004 a me 2006 American Community Surveys, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Census Bureau, ʻehā paha manawa o ka poʻe noho i ko lākou mau hoa Iowa ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kahi kaʻa e hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko lākou pakele mai ke kahawai. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ma mua o 21 pakeneka o New Orleanians ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kahi kaʻa i ka manawa o Katrina, he 6 pakeneka wale nō o ka poʻe ma Black Hawk County (home to Cedar Falls, Iowa) a me 5 pakeneka o ka poʻe ma Linn County (home i kahe ʻia ʻo Cedar Rapids–ke kūlanakauhale nui loa i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka waikahe hou loa) ʻaʻohe kaʻa. No ke kau ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka loaʻa ʻole o ke kaʻa ma ke ʻano nui, ʻo 38,000 mau hale ma New Orleans, aia ma kahi o 100,000 mau kānaka, ʻaʻohe kaʻa, a no laila, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke holo ma o lākou iho.
Akā ʻo ka mea hoʻoweliweli loa o ka Limbaugh a me nā ʻano like like ʻole, ʻo ia ka wikiwiki o ko lākou iho ʻana i loko o ka lua o nā moʻolelo racist i mea e hōʻeha hou ai i ka poʻe o New Orleans, e like me kā lākou hana ʻana ma ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa. o 2005. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ka ʻōlelo pinepine ʻana e pili ana i ka hao wale, ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ka pepehi kanaka, ka pana ʻana i nā helikopa a me nā ʻano ʻino ʻē aʻe e ka poʻe ʻeleʻele o New Orleans, kokoke i nā ʻōlelo a pau i hōʻole ʻia he wahaheʻe loa, kokoke mai ka manawa i hana mua ʻia ai lākou. .
No laila e noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Limbaugh, kahi āna i ʻōlelo ai, "ʻAʻole wau ʻike i kahi pūʻulu o ka poʻe e holo ana a puni e hoʻoluliluli ana i nā pū ma nā helikopter, ʻaʻole wau ʻike i kahi pūʻulu o nā poʻe e holo ana i nā makai pana. ma ke alanui."
Kūpono. ʻAʻole hiki kēia mau mea ma Iowa. Eia naʻe, e like me ka nui o nā noiʻi post-Katrina, a me nā moʻolelo i kākau ʻia e ka Associated Press, ka Los Angeles Times, ka New Orleans Times Picayune, ka London Guardian, ka New York Times, Popular Mechanics, Reason Magazine a me ka American Journalism Review, ʻAʻole lākou i hana ʻia ma New Orleans. ʻO nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka pana ʻana i nā helikopter, a i ʻole nā kope a me nā pepehi kanaka, ʻaneʻane hoʻopunipuni. ʻAʻohe pepehi kanaka ma nā kikowaena hoʻokuʻu, he kakaikahi inā he hoʻomāinoino (a ʻaʻohe mea ma ke alanui e like me ka ʻōlelo a Limbaugh), ʻaʻohe helikopa i kī ʻia, ʻaʻohe mākaʻi i pana ʻia e nā kamaʻāina. ʻAe, aia nō ka hao wale ʻana, ʻoiai he hapa liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe i paʻa i loko o ke kūlanakauhale, a nui loa no nā mea e pono ai e like me ka meaʻai, ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ka wai, a me nā lole e pani ai i nā lole popopo a pulu a ka poʻe i ʻaʻahu ai ma hope o ka hele ʻana i loko o ka wai hohonu. A e like me ka poʻe ma ka honua i loko o ka waikahe, ʻo nā mea waiwai i lawe ʻia
hoʻohana maʻamau e like me nā ʻāpana kūʻai, no ka holo ʻana i waho o ke kūlanakauhale no ke kanaka a me ka ʻohana i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ʻaʻole hiki koke mai ke kōkua nui. ʻO nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻonui nui ʻia nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka pōā nui ma New Orleans i ka wā o ke kahe ʻana, inā ʻaʻole i hana maoli ʻia, a ua mau ka manaʻoʻiʻo i nā miliona ma muli o ka lāhui a me nā ʻano papa e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke manaʻoʻiʻo i ka hewa loa e pili ana i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ʻilihune. me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike maoli.
A ʻoiai ʻo Limbaugh a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi nei i ko Midwesterners no ka hui pū ʻana me ka ʻuhane o ka hui pū ʻana - e kūʻē i ka haunaele holoholona a mākou e noʻonoʻo ai i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai i New Orleanians i ka wā Katrina-ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he nui nā hana lokomaikaʻi ma nā alanui o New Orleans. pono. ʻO ka poʻe i lawe ponoʻī mai i nā lako i nā tausani i paʻa i ke kaona, ua hōʻike liʻiliʻi inā he hakakā a huhū paha ma waena o ka poʻe i ʻākoakoa; akā, ua ʻike lākou i ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo ana e hoʻomalu i ka poʻe ʻelemakule, a e hoʻomaopopo i ka poʻe ʻelemakule a me nā ʻōpio i ʻike mua i nā mea kōkua liʻiliʻi e dribbling i loko. ua huli mai—no ka hana ino lehulehu.
A laila ʻo ia nā manaʻo, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau i nā e-blasts a me nā hoʻolaha blog i ka hopena i kōkua ʻia e Iowans, ʻaʻole like me New Orleanians, no ka mea, ʻoiai ua ulu ka mea hope i ke aupuni e hoʻoponopono i ko lākou mau pilikia, Midwesterners i ka " puʻuwai o ʻAmelika" i ka waiwai nui o ka hilinaʻi iā ia iho. Akā ʻo ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i emi iki ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kōkua aupuni i ko Iowans ma mua o ka poʻe ma New Orleans ma mua o ka Hurricane Katrina, e like me ka Census Bureau's American Community Surveys, i lawe ʻia ma 2006 (ka makahiki hou loa i loaʻa) a me 2004 (ka ʻikepili hope loa. i hōʻiliʻili ʻia no New Orleans ma mua o ke kahe ʻana o ia kūlanakauhale).
Ma Linn County Iowa, 2400 mau ʻohana i loaʻa i ke kālā kōkua lehulehu, mai loko mai o 85,000 ka nui o nā ʻohana, ʻo ia hoʻi he 2.8 pakeneka o nā ʻohana a pau o ke Kalana e loaʻa i ka pono kālā. Ma New Orleans, ma mua o Katrina, a kū'ē i ka manaʻo nui, ʻo 2.6 pākēneka wale nō o nā ʻohana i loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi kālā (4600 ʻohana mai 180,000). No laila, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe iki o ka poʻe Linn Countians ma ka dole ma mua o New Orleanians. Ma ke Kalana ʻo Black Hawk (ua pilikia nui ʻia e ka waikahe i hala iho nei), loaʻa i ka 2.5 pakeneka o nā ʻohana a pau ke kōkua kālā: ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa maoli ma waena o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo a me nā poʻe kuaʻāina ma laila, a me ka hapa nui o nā poʻe ʻeleʻele a me nā kūlanakauhale ma Orleans Parish ma ka manawa o Katrina.
A e hoʻomaopopo ʻia, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka awelika o ka pono i loaʻa ma nā kalana Iowa ma mua o ka poʻe i loaʻa ma New Orleans. No laila, ʻo ka ʻawelika makahiki o ke kālā kōkua i loaʻa ma New Orleans ma mua o Katrina he $2800 wale nō, ma Linn County he $3200 a ma Black Hawk County, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka huina i loaʻa ma luna o $4600. ʻO ka laina lalo: ʻo ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻia he ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi iā lākou iho ma ka ʻāina puʻuwai e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kōkua lehulehu e like me ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ma New Orleans, a i ka wā e hana ai lākou, loaʻa maoli lākou ma mua o ka mea hope ma ke ʻano kālā.
E like me ke kālā, ʻokoʻa like ke komo ʻana o ka hōʻailona meaʻai ma nā kalana ʻo Iowa e like me New Orleans ma mua o Katrina. I ka makahiki 2004, ma kahi o 11 pākēneka o nā ʻohana o New Orleans i loaʻa nā hōʻailona meaʻai, e like me 8 pākēneka o nā ʻohana o Linn County a me 10 pākēneka o nā ʻohana Black Hawk County i ka makahiki 2006.
Ma waho aʻe o ke kōkua aupuni kuʻuna, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia e hilinaʻi nui nā Iowans i kekahi ʻano o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lehulehu: nā haʻawina mahiʻai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo Iowa - kēlā wahi o ka hana paʻakikī, ka poʻe hilinaʻi iā lākou iho i kēia manawa ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻia e hilinaʻi ʻia e ke aupuni ma New Orleans - loaʻa ka lua o ka nui o nā haʻawina mahiʻai o nā mokuʻāina o ka ʻāina, e like me ka ʻikepili i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia. e ka Hui Hana Kaiapuni. Mai ka makahiki 1995-2006, ua loaʻa i ka poʻe mahiʻai Iowa he $16 biliona ma ke kālā, me 7 i loko o 10 mau mahiʻai ma ka mokuʻāina e loaʻa ana kekahi ʻano o ke kālā mai ke aupuni federal. ʻO kēlā poʻe mahiʻai ʻohana liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ka puʻu kālā, ka mea i loaʻa ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā hui nui nui i lawe i ka nui like ʻole o ka waiwai pio, ua loaʻa mau i kahi ʻoi aku ma mua o $2000 no kēlā me kēia ʻohana: ʻaʻole i emi iho ma mua o ka nui i loaʻa i ke kālā. ka poʻe ma New Orleans, ma mua o Katrina, i loaʻa ia mau kōkua.
No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā kālā i loaʻa mai ke aupuni, ma Black Hawk County, loaʻa i ka poʻe mahiʻai ma kahi o $15 miliona ma ke ʻano o ke kālā ʻai, ʻoiai ma Linn County ka uku makahiki ma kahi o $17 miliona. Ma New Orleans, ma mua o Katrina, ua loaʻa nā kamaʻāina ma laila ma kahi o $ 13 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ke kōkua kālā ma lalo o ka papahana no nā keiki hilinaʻi a me ko lākou mau makuahine. No laila, ʻo ka waiho ʻana i ka pono kālā i loaʻa iā Iowans, ʻo ia ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma luna nei, ʻoi aku ka nui o kēlā me kēia ʻohana, ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana e New Orleanians, hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina huaʻai he ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi o ka poʻe Iowa i ke aupuni ma mua o ka poʻe noho o New Orleans, ʻaʻohe mea o ka ʻO ka manaʻo racist a classist paha o ka lehulehu.
No laila, eia mākou: he lāhui i hiki ke koho i ke kanaka ʻulaʻula i pelekikena, i haʻi ʻia e ka poʻe loea media a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ana kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo ma luna o nā mea āpau i ke ʻano o nā ʻAmelika i "holo aku i ka lāhui," a haʻalele i nā huhū kahiko a me nā manaʻo nui. o ka wa i hala. Eia naʻe, i ka manawa mua, ʻike mākou i nā ʻeke makani ʻēheu ʻākau e hoʻoikaika nei e hoʻomau i nā stereotypes, nā moʻolelo hoʻopunipuni o ke kūlanakauhale, a me nā ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni o ka racism e helu helu me kā lākou poʻe heluhelu a me nā mea hoʻolohe. A inā he hōʻailona ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ia ʻano hoʻolaha venal a puni ka pūnaewele, ʻike ʻia ka hana o ka smear campaign.
Hoʻokahi wale nō hōʻike hōʻike ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku kēia lāhui i ka wā e pili ana i ka lāhui a me ka hoʻokalakupua. Hoʻokahi wale nō hōʻike maopopo ʻana e ʻōlelo liʻiliʻi ka kūleʻa o Barack Obama e pili ana i ka manaʻo o ka miliona o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo e pili ana i ka hapa nui o nā poʻe ʻeleʻele a mākou e kaʻana like nei i kahi lāhui. I ka wā e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia ʻia nā kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa i ka noʻonoʻo o ka lehulehu, mahalo i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o nā ʻeke ʻeke i ʻike ʻole ʻia e like me Rush, ʻo ka hiki i nā poʻe o ke kala ke piʻi aʻe i nā kūlana mana e ʻōlelo ʻole e pili ana i ka maʻi nui o ka racism a me ka hoʻomau. manaʻo manaʻo.
Ke kū wale nei ka poʻe keʻokeʻo i nā Limbaughs o ka honua-i ka manawa wale nō mākou e ʻike ai i ka hoʻokūkū keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo e like me kā mākou kaumaha, ko mākou kuleana, a ma ke ʻano he kumu nui o ka mea e pono ai mākou e hana ma ke aupuni o kēlā "kōkua ponoʻī" mākou. E haʻi mau ana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe—e loli paha nā mea. Ua lōʻihi loa ko mākou noho ʻana, a ʻo kā mākou hāmau ʻana e pili ana iā mākou, e like me kā Rush i hoʻopiʻi ai iā ia, i ka laha ʻana o kēia maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo racism. Ua hala ka manawa e haʻalele ai i ka laulima.
kumu:
Loaʻa nā ʻikepili helu helu a me nā ʻikepili e pili ana i nā pae kōkua lehulehu a me ke komo kaʻa mai ka US Census Bureau's American Community Surveys no 2004 a me 2006, loaʻa ma:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts. Ke komo i loko o ka waihona, hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ka ʻike no Linn County, Black Hawk County, a i ʻole New Orleans (i hoʻokomo ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo New Orleans a i ʻole Orleans Parish) ma ke komo ʻana i ka inoa kalana/kūlanakauhale a mokuʻāina i ka pahu hana huli a hahai i nā ʻano like ʻole. nā loulou no ka ʻikepili demographic, loaʻa a me nā hale e ʻike ʻia.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/34103.html
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/2315076.html?page=7
http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3998
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/sep/06/hurricanekatrina.usa3
www.ewg.org/farm
ʻO Tim Wise ka mea kākau White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (2005, 2008) a me ka Speaking Treason Fluently (Sept 2008) e hiki mai ana.
No nā noi nīnauele a nānā i nā noi kope e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
No ka mālama ʻana i ka papa kuhikuhi aʻoaʻo a Tim Wise a me nā ʻōlelo hou, ma www.timwise.org
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