I nga huihuinga katoa e korero ai te kaiporotohe o te tau 1968 o te Olympics a John Carlos, ka maumahara tonu ia me te whakaute ki te tangata whai mētara hiriwa i runga i taua papaahi, ko Peter Norman te toa o Ahitereiria. I taua ra tino nui, ka mau a Norman i te papaki mo te whakakotahitanga me te toa mētara koura a Tommie Smith raua ko Carlos, a he utu nui tana utu i tana hokinga mai ki te kainga. Ahakoa he ma a Norman, he ma pea a Norman, ka noho ia hei pariha mo tana maia ki te tu mo te mana tangata. E ai ki a Carlos, "Kaua e wareware he wa ano he kino a Ahitereiria ki a Awherika ki te Tonga mo ana kaupapa here iwi." He tika ia. I tera wa he ture e tino whai ana ki te whakakore i te tangata taketake o Ahitereiria—ka kiia ko te iwi taketake—te iwi.
I tenei ra, koinei tonu te tuatoru o nga mahi torangapu o Ahitereiria ki te kii i te whakapehapeha me te kotahitanga ki nga tangata whenua o te motu. Kei te rapu a Damien Hooper i tenei huarahi uaua. He kaimekemeke Olympic a Hooper e hanga ngaru nui ana ki roto, ki waho hoki o te mowhiti. Ko te taumahamaha marama he whakatuma ki te wikitoria koura i muri i tana tuku i te kaimekemeke rongonui o Amerika a Marcus Browne. He riri ano ia kia tukuna mai e te Komiti Olympic o Ahitereiria ki te kainga. I mua i te whawhai ki a Browne, ko te kakahu mowhiti o te 20-tau te pakeke he T-hate pango i whakakikoruatia ki te haki Aboriginal. I mohio a Hooper, no te iwi taketake, kei te takahia e ia te ture "kaore he kaupapa torangapu" o nga Olympics, e kii ana ka taea e koe hei kanohi mo to whenua anake, mo nga kaitautoko umanga kua whakaaetia ranei. (Kia mahara ko enei kaitautoko umanga kei roto i nga hinonga kore torangapu penei i a Dow Chemical, British Petroleum me McDonalds.)
I muri i te whawhai, kare a Hooper i pouri ka mea, “He aha to whakaaro? No Aboriginal ahau. He kanohi ahau mo taku tikanga, ehara i taku whenua anake engari mo oku iwi katoa. Koina taku i hiahia ai ka koa ahau i mahia e au. I whakaaro noa ahau mo taku whanau koina te mea tino nui ki ahau. Titiro he aha tana mahi—kua pai ake taku mahi katoa me te tautoko katoa i muri i ahau. Kaore au e kii ana kaore au e aro (mo te whiu ka taea), kei te kii noa ahau kei te tino whakahihi ahau ki aku mahi.
I te ra i muri mai, ka kii te Komiti Olimipia o te Ao ki te Komiti Olimipia o Ahitereiria me pai ake te mahi ki a Hooper, ka pa ranei ki nga hua. I whakamutua te parakatihi mo te kapa i runga i te ahua whanui, ka karangahia a Hooper ki te tutaki ki te rangatira o nga Olympics o Ahitereiria a Nick Green. I puta mai a Green i te hui ki whakamohiotia ki te hunga pāpāho ko te kaimekemeke i "titiro ki ona kanohi" me te "tino mihi ... Ua haapii mai oia i te hoê haapiiraa e eita oia e rave faahou i te reira ».
Eaha râ te haapiiraa e hutihia mai? He aha nga mea e whakaakona ana ehara i a Hooper anake engari ki Ahitereiria ano? Ko te haki Aboriginal he haki mana o Ahitereiria, engari kaore e mohiotia e te Komiti Olympic o te Ao. Ko te IOC he mea iti ake i te whakapumau i tona tino rangatiratanga ki runga i te kapa o Ahitereiria, a kei te tohe tenei ki te kainga.
He toa o mua o te ao, te kaimekemeke o Ahitereiria/Aboriginal, a Anthony Mundine ka korerotia te Sydney Morning Herald ko Hooper "i mahi tika."
“Ka tangohia e ahau taku potae ki a ia mo tera tuunga,” te kii a Mundine, “Me whai te tangata whai poi nunui kia tu nui penei. Kei toku tuara, i nga ra katoa i ia ra, na te mea kei te tika ia.
Phil Cleary, he kaitōrangapū o Ahitereiria me te kaitoi ka mea, ”Kare i rite ki nga haki emepaea e taia ana ki nga kaipara rangatahi e tangi ana, karekau he hitori o te haki taketake mo te noho ki nga rohe kee. Ko te mea pouri, ko te ahua o te hunga kore whenua, he iwi mo o ratou hitori kaore matou e maia ki te korero. Ko te aukati i tenei haki he tino pouri, he rorirori."
Ko te National Congress of Australia's First Peoples hoki i tautoko i a Hooper "mo te whakahīhī ko wai ia, no hea hoki ia."
I maumahara te Huihuinga i mau i a Cathy Freeman te toa koura 400 mita te roa o Ahitereiria i nga haki e rua whai muri i tana wikitoria i nga whakataetae 2000 i Poihakena. Jody Broun, heamana takirua o te Runanga ka mea, “Kare au i te mohio ki nga mahi okawa a tetahi roopu Olympics i te wa e whiti ana nga whakaahua o Cathy Freeman puta noa i te ao i muri i tana wikitoria mētara koura 400 mita. Ko enei whakaahua i tino whakanui i te iwi Aboriginal me te korero ki nga whakatipuranga e whai ake nei ka taea ano e ratou te tino pai o te ao.
Ko te paheketanga o Damien Hooper ka tukuna he karere tino rereke, ko tetahi e rite ana ki nga mea i pehia e Peter Norman ki te mamae i te tau 1968. I kii a Mark Twain, "Kaore e mau tonu te hitori. Engari he rotarota.
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