ʻO ia ka '90s Noʻu
He pēpē '70s au, akā ola ka nostalgia o nā makahiki 90 i koʻu puʻuwai. ʻO koʻu manaʻo, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou i ke ʻano, ke mele, a me ka moʻomeheu. Ua ʻike ʻia ka hōʻike ma ke kīwī a me nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni mai nā hōʻike e like me "Martin," "Living Single," a ma ka pale nui "Boomerang" a me "Boyz in the Hood." ʻO ia nā mea a pau, akā ua hōʻike ʻia nā makahiki 90 i nā ala hiki ʻole iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo. ʻO ka maʻi ahulau, nā pūʻulu, ka ʻilihune, a me ka racism ʻoi aku ka nui o koʻu alo a hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo.
Ua komo au i ka '90s ma ke ʻano he kaikamahine ʻEleʻele he 13 mau makahiki i mākaukau e pāpaʻi i kona lima "E ʻōlelo leo nui, ʻeleʻele wau a haʻaheo wau!!!" E hoʻokani pū me ka Public Enemy's "Fight the Power." Noho au ma ko Denver ponoi iho o Park Hill, ʻo ia ka Mecca no nā poʻe ʻeleʻele he nui. He haʻaheo ko mākou hiki ʻana mai. ʻOhana ʻeleʻele paʻakikī, pā hale i mālama ʻia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka haʻaheo i loaʻa i ka hapa nui o mākou ma ko mākou kaiāulu. "Park Hill Strong," ʻo mākou. Akā naʻe, ua noho aliʻi ka hewa ma luna o mākou e like me nā kaulahao o ko mākou mau kūpuna. Ua ʻike au i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā ʻohana mai ka lokomaikaʻi ʻia ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi a me nā hoa i hoʻopaʻi ʻia no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka mariuana. He ʻano hoʻohenehene ʻoiai ua ʻae ʻia i kēia manawa ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Colorado a me kekahi mau mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. E kani mai ana na pu o ka la Sabati, a ua hoomaka ia e like me ka la maʻamau i ke kaiāulu. E mākaʻikaʻi ana nā luna keʻokeʻo, a i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike ʻo wai ka mea ʻoi aku ka hewa o nā luna a i ʻole nā mea lawehala? Iaʻu, ua like lākou a pau.
ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o 20 mau makahiki, ke hakakā nei ka poʻe ʻeleʻele no ke kaulike, ua puka mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou a paʻa mau nā kaikunāne a me nā kaikuahine ma hope o nā kaola no ka hāʻawi ʻana a kūʻai aku i nā mea lawehala mua me ka pau ʻole o kā lākou hoʻopaʻi ma ka pūnaewele. He kiʻi paʻi kiʻi ka racism, e hōʻike i ka honua i nā mea e hana maoli nei, a ʻaʻole ʻo Park Hill ka Mecca no nā ʻohana ʻEleʻele, akā ʻo ke alo hou o ka gentrification.
Akā inā hiki iaʻu ke hoʻi i ka wā kahiko, e hoʻi au i nā makahiki '90; Ma laila wau i loaʻa ai koʻu leo, i ka wā i ʻike ai au i nā ʻāpana o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka honua a puni iaʻu. ʻO kaʻu hoaaloha mua, nā hoaaloha i kūkulu ʻia no ke ola a pau, a pehea e hoʻonohonoho ai kēlā mau manawa i hala iaʻu no ka wahine aʻu i kēia lā. ʻAe, ʻo ia ka '90s iaʻu.