ʻO Pepeluali ka mahina mōʻaukala ʻeleʻele. No ke aha e ʻeleʻele ai?
ʻO Pepeluali ka mahina mōʻaukala ʻeleʻele i United States. ʻO kēia ka mahina kahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai mākou, ma ke ʻano he ʻāina, i nā mea i kū i ka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. ʻO ka mahina e mahalo ai mākou i nā haʻawina a nā kāne a me nā wahine ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i hana ai i kēia ʻāina. ʻO kēia ka mahina e hana ʻia ai nā kamaliʻi e hoʻolohe i ka haʻiʻōlelo a Kauka King "He Moemoeā kaʻu" a hāʻawi ʻia paha lākou i nā pepa i loaʻa kona kiʻi e kala a kau i ka paia o ka lumi papa.
Nīnau: No ke aha mākou e hoʻomaopopo ai i kēia mau mea i hoʻokō ʻia, kēia mau makana hoʻokahi mahina wale nō i ka makahiki? A no ke aha i koho ʻia ai ma ke ʻano he moʻolelo "ʻEleʻele"? Ke kūkākūkā ʻia nā makana mōʻaukala o ka poʻe o ko Europa kūlana maikaʻi ʻaʻole mākou e kuhikuhi iā lākou he moʻolelo "keʻokeʻo". ʻO ka nui o ka melanin, a i ʻole ka nele o ia, i loaʻa i loko o ke kanaka ʻaʻohe ona pili i ka wā a i ʻole inā e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia kā lākou mau hana.
ʻO ka nīnau e pono ai ke nīnau ʻia no ke aha e mālama ʻia ai kekahi mau mea hou, hana a / a i ʻole kūleʻa ma muli o ka moʻolelo o nā kūpuna. ʻO nā kōkua a Kauka Martin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, Kauka Charles Drew, George Washington Carver a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui i kōkua i ke ʻano o ka maka o kēia ʻāina a lawelawe i mea e pōmaikaʻi ai ke ola o nā ʻAmelika āpau, ʻaʻole wale me nā mea me ʻApelika. kumu kumu.
ʻO nā ʻike hou a Kauka Charles Drew i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hana ʻana o ke koko no ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻaʻohe palena ʻia e hoʻohana ʻia i kēlā mau kanaka i ʻike ʻia he ʻEleʻele. ʻAʻole hoʻi nā holomua i ka hana cataract i paionia ʻia e Kauka Patricia Bath a i ʻole nā ʻoki poʻomanaʻo puʻuwai i paionia ʻia e Dr. Daniel Williams. E hoʻomau i ka haʻalele i ka hoʻolauleʻa o kēia a me nā mea hou aʻe i ʻike ʻia i kekahi mahina o ka makahiki e like me ka hoʻokuʻu a me ka mahalo ʻole.
E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, ʻo kā Kauka King haʻiʻōlelo “He moeʻuhane kaʻu” e like me ka hele ʻana i ke aʻo ʻana i nā mea a pau i ka mōʻaukala. Akā, ua kū paha mākou ma ke ʻano he ʻāina e hoʻolohe maoli i nā huaʻōlelo o kāna haʻiʻōlelo hōʻailona? ʻ saidlelo ʻo Kauka King, "He moeʻuhane koʻu i kekahi lā e kū aʻe kēia lāhui a ola i ke ʻano maoli o kāna ʻāpono:… ua hana like ʻia nā kāne āpau." Inā makemake mākou e hoʻokō i kēia pahuhopu, pono mākou e kāpae iā mākou iho i ka manaʻo o ka mōʻaukala o nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i kekahi ala ma mua o ka moʻolelo o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ʻAmelika a no laila he 28 mau lā o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana. Pono mākou e neʻe i mua o kēia hana hoʻokaʻawale a hoʻokae ʻili a ʻapo i ke kaulike o kā mākou mōʻaukala.
I ka panina ʻana, ʻaʻole ia ka Mōʻī ʻEleʻele ... he moʻolelo wale nō ia, ko mākou mōʻaukala, moʻolelo ʻAmelika.