Hoʻolālā kolohe? Pehea i ʻaihue ai ka mākaʻi ʻo Chin ma Chin i kahi Kalikimaka mai kahi mākaʻikaʻi keʻokeʻo maʻi kīnā.

 

He hanana manuahi ʻo Kona Nui Nights i kēlā me kēia mahina e hoʻohanohano a hōʻike i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, nā mele, a me nā mea o ka hula. Hoʻokipa ʻia ma lalo o ka hale lole nui ma hope o ka hale IBM, hōʻike ʻo Ward Village i kekahi o nā ʻike moʻomeheu maikaʻi loa ma Oahu. ʻO Kupaoa (Kellen a me Lihau Paik) a me Mark Yamanaka ka pō kūikawā o Kēkēmapa. ʻO kēia leʻaleʻa Kona Nui Nights kahi hoʻolauleʻa hoʻoluʻolu ʻohana me nā hana a me nā hana hoʻolauleʻa no ka pō holoʻokoʻa. Pono nā poʻe kipa e RSVP ma mua, a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hanana i ka hiki. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi mau malihini kīnā ʻole me nā tikika ua ʻaihue ʻia lākou i kēia makana Kalikimaka ma muli o kahi Grinch nāna i hoʻoholo e ālai i ke ala lima kīkaha a hele me kāna Lexus. Ma kahi o ka ʻae ʻana i ke ala 50 ʻīniha no kahi noho huila e hele ma waena, pono paha ʻo ia i ka poʻe kīnā ʻole e pono i kahi mau ʻīniha e hoʻokau i kā lākou mau huila huila a me nā mea hele wāwae ma ke ākea ma waena o kāna kaʻa a me ka paia sima. (E ʻike i ke kiʻi) ʻO ke kanaka kīnā ʻole ʻoi aku ka ʻike ʻoi aku.

Ua hoʻoholo ka mea hoʻokele o ka Lexus e puaʻa i ka wahi i mālama ʻia a pau, i koho ʻia no kahi van e wehe i kona mau puka a hoʻonui i kahi hāpai kaʻa huila. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ua ālai ʻo ia i ke komo ʻana o ka pahu hāpai, ka ʻaoʻao noho huila, a me ke ala hele huila. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻokū ʻo ia i kāna Lexus i kahi ākea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia no ke kaʻa iki ʻana o kahi kaʻa. Ua pale kēia i nā malihini kīnā ʻole mai ka hiki ke komo i ka hale IBM ma Ward Village. ʻO ka mea hoʻokele, kahi kāne ʻōpio, a me kāna ipo wahine i hele mai i ke kaʻa ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa i ke ahiahi e wehe i nā mea mai ka noho hope o ke kaʻa. ʻO ka noho hope nā mea i heleleʻi ʻia ma luna; ʻaʻohe mea i kipaku ʻia e hōʻike ana i kahi kanaka kīnā e noho ana ma laila. ʻO ka "mea pohihihi" kanaka kīnā, nona kahi wahi kīnā i mālama ʻia, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe - AWOL pēlā e ʻōlelo ai.

Ua hōʻike ka Lexus i kahi ʻae o ka ʻĀpana Hoʻoikaika, B6F 8S2 i ka dash dash. Ke kau nei ma ke aniani kahi pepa kīnā e pau ana i Iulai 2020, hehi P-074-338. ʻO wau iho, ʻaʻole au i ʻike i kekahi kanaka i ka noho huila e hakakā ana i ka hakakā, akā ua ʻiʻo wau. ʻO ke kanaka ʻōpio a me kāna ipo wahine maopopo leʻa hiki kino a ʻaʻohe pono o kahi noho huila e ka lōʻihi o ka manaʻo. ʻAʻole hiki i kahi kanaka kīnā ʻole maoli ke puka i waho o ka Lexus e like me ke kū ʻana ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻole o kahi keʻena ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke kaʻa e hoʻohuli ai i kahi noho huila. Ua hana maʻalahi ka mea hoʻokele ponoʻī i kāna wahi kaʻa ponoʻī, hoʻonele i kekahi mau poʻe i hiki ke hoʻohana i ka ʻaoʻao lima a me ke ala. ʻAʻohe o ka pono o ka Keaukaha Lexus e kū ai i ka hale kaʻa manuahi ma Ward Center. Ua makemake ʻo ia i kahi no kāna Lexus ma mua o ka ʻae ʻana i kahi kanaka kīnā ʻole maoli e hoʻohana i ka lewa a i ʻole hoʻohana i ka ramp. Hoʻokahi wale nō pilikia komo i loko o ka hale IBM, akā ua anuanu ka puʻuwai ka Lexus Grinch e mālama.

ʻAʻohe oʻu Lexus. Loaʻa wau i ka mustrular dystrophy. Hoʻohana wau i kahi noho huila uila a pono e lawe ʻia i kahi van me kahi hāpai. Ua hele ʻo Google ma ke ʻano he aha ka hōʻike o kahi hoʻokele Lexus maʻamau. Ua noi aku ʻo National Network Hit i kā lākou poʻe heluhelu i ke ʻano o ko lākou ʻike i nā Keaukaha Lexus. Ua kākau inoa ʻia kahi mea pane iā Julia, ua kākau ʻo ia: ʻino loa lākou - nānā lākou i nā lula o ke ala a ʻo nā lula hoʻi o ke kaʻa kaʻa, no laila ʻaʻole lākou e noʻonoʻo iki i ka hoʻokuʻi ʻana i ʻelua mau wahi i ʻole e nī ʻia kā lākou mau kaʻa maikaʻi. ʻIke wau i kēia hanana me nā mea nona Lexus. … No ka moʻolelo, ua ʻike koʻu makuahine, kaʻu kāne, a me kekahi o koʻu mau hoaaloha i kēia. "

Ua pīhoihoi wau i ka ʻike ʻana i kēia kaʻa e pili ana iā Fort Shafter. ʻO koʻu makuakāne olaʻi i ka pūʻali koa, ʻo koʻu kaikuaʻana ma ka Marines, ʻo koʻu kaikaina i ka Pūʻali Koa, ʻo koʻu kupuna kāne i mālama ʻia i ke Kaua Honua Honua, a ʻo koʻu ʻanakala nui i lawelawe i ke Kaua Honua II ma Pearl Harbor. ʻIke maikaʻi wau i koʻu ʻohana, ʻaʻole loa lākou, i loko o hoʻokahi miliona mau makahiki, e lawe me ka manaʻo aloha ʻole i kahi kanaka kīnā ʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻi e ālai i ke ala kīnā ʻole a me nā ala ākea, e pale ana i ka poʻe e komo i kahi hanana Kalikimaka.

Ma muli o koʻu ʻike ʻana i ke komo ʻana o ka poʻe ʻōpio i ke kaʻa, a ʻike i ke ʻano o ko lākou noho hope me he mea lā ʻaʻole hiki i kahi kanaka kīnā ʻole ke hele i laila, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kahi kanaka kīnā ʻole e hiki ai ke hele i waho o ke kaʻa, ʻoiai ka Lexus i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi ākea ʻaʻole i hoʻolālā ʻia no ia hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ua kāhea wau i nā mākaʻi e kāhea i ke kaʻa. ʻAʻole i hiki mai nā mākaʻi o Honolulu. No laila 20 mau minuke ma hope, ua kāhea hou wau i nā mākaʻi a hōʻike i koʻu hilahila no ka hoʻouna ʻole ʻana i kahi luna. No laila ua ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻouna e hoʻouna koke ana i kahi luna.

I ka manawa i hōʻike ʻia ai ʻo Chin Chin, ka helu hōʻailona 2991, ua hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku mai nā kekona ʻelima mua ʻaʻohe ona hoihoi i ka lawelawe ʻana a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i nā pono o ka poʻe kīnā. Ua hōʻike wau iā Officer Chin pehea ka pale ʻana o ka Lexus i ke komo ʻana i ke alaloa kīnā ʻole a me ke ala. Ua haʻi wau iā ia aia nā ʻōpio ʻelua i loko o ka Kona Nui Night bar area a hāʻawi aku i kā lākou wehewehe, akā hōʻole ʻo ia e hele i loko e noi iā lākou e neʻe aku mai kahi i mālama ʻia. A laila hoʻi hou ka mea hoʻokele "Fort Shafter" Lexus i kāna kaʻa no kekahi manawa hou aku, e kiʻi i nā mea hou aku. Ua nīnau ʻo Officer Chin i ke kanaka ʻōpio ʻo ʻAsia, "ʻO kēia kou kaʻa?" A ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻokele “ʻAe.” Nīnau maila ka luna, "ʻO kou ʻae kīnā ia?" Ua ʻōlelo ka mea kalaiwa, "Na koʻu ʻanakē kēlā, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻaneʻi, ua hele pū ʻo ia me kekahi mea ʻē aʻe." ʻO "ʻAnakē" kahi huaʻāina no "luahine," ʻaʻole kou ʻanakē maoli, ʻaʻole hoʻi kou makuahine a me kou tūtū wahine. ʻO ka semantics o kāna koho ʻōlelo i hōʻike ʻia i ka ʻae no kekahi kanaka ʻaʻole ia no kona ʻohana, no laila kahi ʻano kānalua loa.

I kēia manawa, ua ʻike wau mai ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻike hoʻokolokolo ma ke kīwī, kahi i hopu hewa ʻia ai nā rogues me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻae kīnā ʻole, ʻo ke kala mua a nā mea hoʻopunipuni e hāʻawi mau ai, "No kēlā a no laila, akā ua haʻalele wale ʻo ia." ʻO ke komo ʻana o Mr. Lexus kahi kumu e hoʻopuka ai i kahi citation a huki ʻia ke kaʻa no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i hoʻokū ʻia no ka pono o ke kanaka kīnā, akā no ka pono o ka hoa pili ʻo Fort Shafter. Ua ʻae ka mea hoʻokele i ka luna i ka aunty "pohihihi" ma kahi o nā wahi. Ua haʻi ʻo Chin i ka mea hoʻokele Lexus, "Ua OK," a e hoʻi i ka mea hoʻokele i kāna pāʻina. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i noi aku iā Grinch e neʻe i kahi kahua kaʻa no ka poʻe hiki ke kino. Nānā wau iā Chin a haʻi iā ia e kuhi hakahaka "Ua hāʻawi ʻoe iā ia i kahi kaʻa manuahi no ka mea he ʻAsia ʻo ia!"

ʻAʻole i hōʻole ʻo Chin i kaʻu hoʻopiʻi no ka hoʻokalakupua ākea, akā ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka huhū. Pehea ka ʻaʻa a kēia mākaʻikaʻi keʻokeʻo i kahi noho huila e hoʻopiʻi ai i kahi luna o ke kānāwai e hōʻike ana i ka punahele lāhui i kahi kanaka Asia hiki ke kū i ka wahi kīnā ʻole.

"ʻAʻole ʻoe i noi iā ia no ka ID e hōʻoia ai iā ia ka ʻae kīnā. He palapala ʻae nō ia na kona kupunawahine lōʻihi make, "i haʻi aku wau iā Chin.

"E, he palapala ʻae kāna a ua hoʻokau ʻia ʻo ia i kahi wahi kīnā ʻole", ʻo ia kā Chin pane. "ʻAʻohe aʻu ala e nānā ai no wai ka ʻae a inā ʻo ia ka ʻāpono a kona kupunawahine i make."

“Maopopo ʻole ke kānāwai ʻole. Uku ʻia ʻoe e lawelawe a pale i nā pono o ka poʻe kīnā, "haʻi wau iā Chin," a ʻaʻohe mea āu e hana nei. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻoe iā ia e hele. ”

"Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi iaʻu i ke kikoʻī o ke kānāwai i haki ai ʻo ia?" Nīnau ʻo Chin.

Makemake au i ka poʻe heluhelu miliona a pau o kēia paʻi e ʻike inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e lawe i kāu kālā i loaʻa i Hawaii no kahi wā hoʻomaha, e mākaukau e haʻi i ke kānāwai kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hana hewa, inā pono ʻoe i ke kōkua mākaʻi. Wahi a ka luna Chin inā ʻaʻole wau e haʻi aku iā ia i ke kānāwai kikoʻī, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopuka i kahi ʻōlelo - he aha kēia kulekele hoʻopailua.

ʻO kēia nā kānāwai i hoʻohiki ai ʻo Chin e kākoʻo. ʻO kēia nā kānāwai i uku ʻia ai ka luna Chin e hoʻokō. Ke ʻike ʻole kekahi i ke kānāwai, manaʻo wau e hoʻoholo i nā mākaʻi ma muli o ka lāhui hea lākou e kolohe ai.

Hiki paha i kahi hanana weliweli ke hana? Wahi a ka hui e kiaʻi nei i nā hui inaina, ʻae ka pane. I loko o ka ʻatikala i kapa ʻia ʻo "Ka ʻeha ʻana o Hawaii mai ka hoʻokae lāhui" i hōʻike ʻia ai ke Kānāwai Poverty Law Center "No nā makahiki he nui, ua pale ka poʻe Hawaiʻi i ke kamaʻilio ʻana no ka lāhui a me nā hewa inaina… ʻO ka hui i mahalo nui ʻia e pili ana i ka moʻolelo o ka pili ʻole o ka mākaʻi i ka hopena; he ʻāpana lākou o ka pilikia:

Ua hele aku ʻo Kauka Cecilia Pardon i kahi wā hoʻomaha Hawaii i ka makahiki i hala, i lure ʻia e ka manaʻo o nā kahakai nani a me ka poʻe aloha. Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia, kāna kāne a me ʻelua mau kaikamahine ʻōpio i ke one one o kēia pae ʻāina. Akā ua ʻākoakoa kahi kaikamahine Hawaiʻi i kāna mau kaikamahine ʻōpio ʻelua, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "E hoʻi i ka ʻāina nui" a "Lawe i kāu hoki keʻokeʻo mai kā mākou kahakai," wahi a Kauka Padron, kahi keiki gastroenterologist pediatric ma New Jersey. I ka wā o kāna kāne, 68 i kēlā manawa, i heʻe ma waena o nā kaikamahine, ʻekolu mau kāne kāne ʻōpio Hawaiʻi i kuʻi iā ia i kahi kaʻa, ʻokiʻoki i kona pepeiao, a ʻāʻā a kīkē iā ia, wahi a Kauka Padron. Ua hoʻohuli nā mākaʻi i ka poʻe Padrons ʻaʻole e kaomi i nā hoʻopiʻi, e ʻōlelo ana he mea nui no lākou e hoʻi no ka hele ʻana o ka ʻaha a e kū ana kahi luna kānāwai Hawaiʻi me nā poʻe kūʻē Hawaiʻi, hoʻopaʻapaʻa ke kauka.

Kūpono nā mākaʻi i ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻokalakiko ma o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pale aku i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi keʻokeʻo mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaulike ke ʻole ke keʻokeʻo ka mea nāna i hana. Ua kapa ʻia ka mākaʻi o Honolulu he "hilahila o ka lāhui." ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona hou o ka lawena ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole kūlike ʻole me nā loina o ka Hoʻohanohano a me ke Kaulike i hōʻike ʻia i loko o ka HPD Mission Statement. Eia nō naʻe, e kokoke ana ke hoʻololi i nā mea ma Honolulu, haʻi ʻia mai iā mākou.

I kekahi mau pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻōlaʻi kahi ʻōlaʻi i ka ʻoihana. Ua hoʻolimalima lākou i kahi wahine "haole" (keʻokeʻo), ʻo Susan Ballard ke Aliʻi Nui o nā mākaʻi. ʻAʻole like ʻo ia me kekahi mea a ke kūlanakauhale i ʻike ai. Ua haʻi ʻo Stephen Watary, ka mea i haʻalele mai HPD ma 2007, i ke kīwī ʻo KHON, "I koʻu wā e hana pū ana me ia, ua ʻike mau ʻia ʻo ia no kona ʻano hoʻopono, hoʻokokoke, a me ke ʻano hoʻopono ʻole." Kipi a me ka hoʻopono ʻole i ke Aliʻi Susan Ballard; hoʻowahāwahā ʻo ia i kēlā hana kolohe. Manaʻoʻiʻo wau inā ʻo ia ma ke kahua kahi a ka mea hoʻokele Lexus ponoʻī i ālai ai i ke alaloa kīnā a me ke alaloa, a hoʻokuʻi i kāna kaʻa i kahi ākea wale nō no nā poʻe kīnā e noho lima i ko lākou mau huila huila, a lohe hoʻi i ka hoʻokele e haʻi ana ʻaʻohe kanaka kīnā ʻole. ma ke kahua ʻoiai kāna kaʻa e puaʻa nei i kahi wahi kīnā, ua koi ʻo ia iā ia e neʻe i kāna hoki Grinch e kala. Manaʻoʻiʻo wau ua ʻaʻa ʻo ia e hoʻohana i ka wahi i mālama ʻia no nā poʻe kīnā.

ʻOiai ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Officer Chin ʻaʻohe ona ala e hōʻoia ai inā e hoʻohana kū kānāwai ana ʻo Lexus-tag Lexus me ka ʻae kīnā lima ma Ward Center, manaʻo wau ʻo ke aliʻi ʻo Susan Ballard e ukali i ke kānāwai a haʻi aku iā Mr. Lexus e hana i ka kāleka ID i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hemahema. ka poʻe ke loaʻa iā lākou ka hang hang, e like me ka codified ma §11-219-10 o nā Lula Hoʻomalu o Hawaii, poʻo inoa 11, Mokuna 219 [Eff 12/31/84; am a comp 4/18/94; rem mai §19-150-10, am a comp 12/15/00; am a comp 12/24/01; comp 1/23/03; am a comp 7/26/04; comp 8/19/06; am a comp 7/2/12; comp 9/25/15] (Auth HRS §291-56) (Imp: HRS §291-54; 23 CFR ʻāpana 1235).

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Lexus, ʻo "ʻAnakē" i loko o ke kaʻa ma mua akā ua waiho me kahi mea ʻē aʻe, a no laila ke kumu ʻaʻohe "auntie" ma ia wahi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole o ka "auntie" ʻike ʻole ʻia i lawe i kāna palapala ʻae kīnā me ia ke hele pū ʻo ia me kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e kanalua kekahi i kāna moʻolelo. Ua ʻike ʻo Chin i ka mea e hana nei; ʻaʻole pupule ʻo ia. ʻO kēia ʻano, ʻaʻole noʻonoʻo.

ʻOiai ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka luna Chin ua koi ʻo Mr. Lexus i ka "auntie" ʻike ʻole ʻia i noho i ke kaʻa akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ma ka hale a no laila ua hoʻokau ʻia ʻo Mr. Lexus ma ke kānāwai, manaʻo wau ua ukali ʻo Chief Susan Ballard i ke kānāwai a haʻi iā Mr. Lexus “ʻAʻohe auntie ma ʻō a ma ʻaneʻi; ke kaʻa kaʻa iā ia e pōmaikaʻi ai, ʻaʻole i KOU pono, no laila e hoʻoneʻe i ke kaʻa mai ka wahi kīnā ʻole ke ʻole ʻoe e hōʻoia e lawe ana ʻoe i ka auntie ʻike ʻole ʻia ”e like me ka mea i helu ʻia ma §11-219-11 o ko Hawaiʻi Lula Hoʻokele, Kuleana 11, Mokuna 219 [Eff 12/31/84; am a comp 4/18/94; rem mai §19-150-10, am a comp 12/15/00; am a comp 12/24/01; comp 1/23/03; am a comp 7/26/04; comp 8/19/06; am a comp 7/2/12; comp 9/25/15] (Auth HRS §291-56) (Imp: HRS §291-54; 23 CFR ʻāpana 1235).

ʻOiai ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka luna Chin ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i kahi mea hewa me Mr. Lexus e ālai ana i ke ala kīnā a me ke kanaka puni pono i ke kino, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei wau e ukali ana ke Aliʻi ʻO Susan Ballard i ke kānāwai a haʻi aku i ka mea hoʻokele e lawe i kāna hoki kino kino mai ke komo ʻana. aisle, e like me ka codified ma §11-219-14 o ko Hawaiʻi Lula Hoʻokele, Kuleana 11, Mokuna 219 [Eff 12/31/84; am a comp 4/18/94; rem mai §19-150-10, am a comp 12/15/00; am a comp 12/24/01; comp 1/23/03; am a comp 7/26/04; comp 8/19/06; am a comp 7/2/12; comp 9/25/15] (Auth HRS §291-56) (Imp: HRS §291-54; 23 CFR ʻāpana 1235).

Ua haʻi mai ka luna Chin iaʻu ua koi ʻo ia iaʻu e kuhikuhi i ke kānāwai kikoʻī ma mua o kona koho balota ʻana i ke kaʻa kalaiwa ʻAsia no ka mea ua koi ʻo ia ʻaʻohe kānāwai e hāʻawi iā ia i ka mana e hana.

ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoia i ʻike i kekahi kānāwai e pāpā ana i ke kanaka kino hiki ke hoʻokau i kahi wahi kīnā ʻole e pili ana i ke ola ʻana o kahi "ʻanakē" ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka luna Chin e nānā i ke ala a Mr. Lexus e keʻakeʻa nei i ka ʻaoʻao lima. a piʻi, a laila noi aku i ka mea makemake iā Grinch e neʻe i waho o ke alaloa komo ma ke ʻano he mea aloha i ka poʻe kīnā. Akā ʻike ʻoe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke aʻo i ke aloha i ka poʻe ʻelemākule a me ke kīnā ʻole, loaʻa paha i ka poʻe iā ia a ʻaʻohe paha. Pēlā nō, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokomo i ka poʻe me ka pololei, ka hanohano, ka mahalo, a me ka manaʻo maʻamau. Ua hoʻouna aku nā mākaʻi o Honolulu iā Mr. Chin e kū i luna no lākou; he aha ka hana epic, a i ʻole e ʻōlelo wau he dis-service?

Pīhoihoi au i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻae o Fort Shafter ma ka dashboard o ka Lexus. No ka ʻohana koa wau; ʻIke wau i nā waiwai o ka pūʻali koa, a mālama ʻia ka hanohano me ke kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻIke wau i ka poʻe ma Fort Shafter, ʻaʻole lākou e mahalo ʻole i ka poʻe kīnā. Ua haʻi aku wau iā Mr. Lexus ma hope o ka ʻōlelo hauʻoli a Chin Chin iā ia ʻaʻole pono e neʻe kāna kaʻa, e hōʻike wau iā ia i ka pūʻali koa. He maka ʻeleʻele kēia i nā kāne a me nā wahine koa a pau i hāʻawi nui, i ko lākou ola, i ka inoa hanohano. ʻAʻole kāne ʻo Mr. Lexus, ʻaʻohe kāne maoli ʻaʻole e nānā iaʻu, i kahi noho huila, a hōʻole e hoʻoneʻe i kāna kaʻa e ālai ana i ke ala noho huila. Ua kīwī ʻo ia i kona poʻohiwi, e hoʻomaopopo iaʻu ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mālama, a laila hoʻi ʻo ia i kāna ipo wahine ʻōpio i hiki iā ia ke hoʻomau i ka pāʻina ʻana ma ka pā o IBM.

ʻAʻole kūpono kāna ʻano. ʻO nā kāne koa me ka pololei ʻaʻole e huki i kēlā stunt me ka poʻe kīnā ʻole. ʻIke wau i nā kāne koa. He ʻano ko lākou. Loaʻa iā lākou ka hanohano. ʻIke wau i nā kāne i hāʻawi i ko lākou ola e pale aku i ka poʻe o kēia ʻāina. He mea hōʻino ia i ka hanohano pūʻali koa ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o ko lākou lāhui me ke aloha ʻole a ʻaʻole ia e neʻe aku i kāna kaʻa mai ke ala noho huila āna i ālai ai.

ʻO Kenela Robert Brooks Brown ke alakaʻi ma Fort Shafter. Kamaʻāina wau iā ia; he keonimana a he haumana ia. Ua puka ʻo ia mai Grosse Pointe North High School ma Grosse Pointe, Michigan. No laila mai wau. Ua aʻo wau ma Grosse Pointe Public Schools a me ka Community Education ma Grosse Pointe War Memorial. Maopopo iaʻu kona ʻohana; he poʻe me ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe a hanohano hoʻi. ʻAʻole lākou e ʻae i kēlā ʻano hōʻihi ʻole i nā poʻe kīnā. Kaulana ka Generala a me kona ʻohana ma ka Hikina Hema ʻo Michigan; ʻO kāna wahine, ʻo Patti Pope o Grosse Pointe Woods he kumu no nā keiki makana. Weliweli lākou e ʻike i kekahi o kā lākou "kāne" e ʻano like me kēlā.

Manaʻo wau he hana hilahila kēia hana a Officer Chin i ka ʻOihana Makai o Honolulu, a ʻo ka mea ʻie, he maka ʻeleʻele i ka ʻOihana Huakaʻi Huakaʻi ʻo Hawaiʻi. ʻAʻole hoʻokipa kēia. ʻO Barbarism kēia. ʻO ka hōʻole ʻana o Mr. Lexus e hōʻike i ka pono maʻamau i ka poʻe kīnā he mea hōʻino ia i ka poʻe hanohano a pau ma Fort Shafter; ke hele nei kēia kanaka i ka hanohano a me ka mahalo i loaʻa i kāna mau hoa paʻa, akā he puaʻa ʻo ia ma hope o ka pūʻali koa. Ua hele aku ʻo Ward Village mai kā lākou ala e hoʻolako i nā leʻaleʻa papa honua i ke kaiāulu; Pono nā poʻe e RSVP mau pule ma mua, a ua lawe ʻia kēlā me kēia tikika i ka hanana. Akā ma muli o Mr. Lexus, ua ʻaihue ʻia ko lākou hauʻoli.

ʻO kaʻu kekelē laepua puka puka kauka kauka ma ka anthropology moʻomeheu. ʻIke wau i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mahalo o ka poʻe Kina i ka poʻe kūpuna, a ʻike wau ʻaʻole lākou e ālai i kahi ala kīnā e pono ai nā kūpuna. He hilahila ka hana a Officer Chin i ke kaiāulu Kina; ʻaʻole lākou e ʻae i ka hoʻokalakupua ma luna o ka poʻe kahiko.

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E hāhai i ka mea kākau, ʻo Anton Anderssen ma Twitter @Hartforth