Synopsis: Roseanne Barr is paying a heavy price for issuing racist statements at once offensive and unchecked. I would rather be clear about where people stand than have to worry about the quiet racist who bides his time waiting for an opportunity to act on his skewed thoughts. This is the downside of political correctness.
He aloha ko ka æölelo a he aloha æole hoæi. æO kaæu mau æölelo e häpai ai ma loko o nëia kolamu, he æimi pono wale nö ia i loko o ka hana aloha æole. A i æole hoæi e lilo ia he pula kaumaka e æeha ai ka naæau o ke hoa, e hoæomanawanui mai i koæu kükulu manaæo æana no kahi æölelo hoæokae æili. æO ke käkoæo mai a æo ke küæë, æo ia mau nö ke aloha.
He mea lohea mai æö a æö kahi æölelo noæeau kaulana a ko käkou poæe küpuna o ke aæoaæo æana mai, æo ia hoæi: I ka æölelo nö ke ola, i ka æölelo nö ka make. æO ka mea æäpiki, æaæole nö i paæa hoæokahi wale nö manaæo i laila. æO wai lä ke ola a æo wai lä ke make? æO ka manaæo mua paha o ke kupu æana mai, æo ia hoæi, ma o ka æölelo e hoæöla æia ai kekahi kanaka, a i æole ia, ma muli o ua æölelo nei e make ai. Pehea lä naæe ka mea näna ia æölelo hoæöla a hoæomake paha? He hopena no paha kona? He ola paha? He make?
I ka hoæolaha æana aku nei o kahi Roseanne Barr, ma o ka Twitter, i käna æölelo küamuamu iä Valerie Jarrett, he kuhina no ka Pelekikena Obama i kona wä e kü ana i ka moku, ua æeha nö paha kahi naæau palupalu o ua æo Jarrett. Ua æölelo æia he keiki æo ia na ka pilina o ka Muslim Brotherhood a me ka Planet of the Apes, he manaæo hoæokae æili maoli nö no ka poæe päæele. Eia naæe, ua hoæihoæi æia ka æino o ua æölelo küamuamu nei i ke kahu näna ia i hoæouna mai, a ua hoæopio æia kä ia ala ahi a hoæopau æia hoæi kä ia ala hana, æo ia hoæi ka æoihana a Roseanne Barr, ua pau no i ka make. I loko no o ka nui o ke käpuka e loaæa mai ana iä ABC, ua hoæöki æa naæe kä ia ala höæike i kapa æia æo Roseanne. I lohe aku ka hana,pane akula æo Jarrett i ka æölelo a ka maikaæi nui wale, æo ia hoæi, e lilo mai auaneæi këlä hana æino i haæawina no käkou a pau e naæauao ai.
Mahalo ko ia ala æölelo æana pëlä! Eia naæe kahi mea käkau ke hopohopo nei o lilo ke paæi æia o ko Roseanne poæo i mea e makaæu ai kona poæe hoa hoæokae æili a peæe ai läkou i mua o ke äkea. æO ia hoæi, e mau ana nö ka æino, ua paæa naæe i loko me ka lohe æole æia a æike æole æia paha, a nalo hoæi i mua o ke alo. æAæohe känäwai e päpä ana i ka manaæo æino. I hea lä hoæi ka hewa? He manaæo wale nö ia, æaæole e hoæopaæi æia. A no laila, e mau ana nö ka æino i loko o ua kanaka nei, me ka paæa naæe o kona waha a me ka lawelawe æole aku o ka lima, a e hele lanakila wale aku nö æo ia a kali mai æo ka manawa küpono e hana æino ai i kona pulakaumaka.
Noæu iho, aia ka pono æo ka æike ahuwale æia o ka æenemi a me kona manaæo. He makaæu ka æino i hiki æole ke æike æia. Aia ka palekana i ka æike æë æana i kä ka æenemi e hana ai, a no laila, e aho kä Roseanne hoæokae ahuwale æana ma mua o ka hoæokae malü a kekahi poæe. He æino nö ia a höæea mai i ke alo.
E ho‘ouna ‘ia mai na ä leka iä mäua, ‘o ia ho‘i ‘o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:
>> kwong@hawaii.edu
>> rsolis@hawaii.edu
a i ‘ole ia, ma ke kelepona:
>> 956-2627 (Laiana)
>> 956-2627 (Kekeha)
This column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa.
