Aloha Gang,After reading all the postings and being reminded of Malcolm X's wisdom I thought it might be good to share more of his mana'o. Funny how his comments were made over 40 years ago and yet they still apply so directly to our present struggles. So much has changed, but not much has improved.On democracy, legislating equality and freedom and the system (Just try replacing the term "black man" with kanaka):"“The black man in this country is supposed to be getting freedom. The country is supposed to be based on that. Democracy, freedom, justice equality all the all that stuff that they teach us in school. And now, why should the black have to go to court to get freedom when the white man of this country has freedom when he is born? Why should the black man need some legislation to prove that he is a human being when you don’t need any legislation to prove that whites are human beings? So, I make this point because, to come right back to my initial statement that I made at the outstart of this program, you will never get real freedom and recognition between black and white people In this country without destroying the country, without destroying the present political system, without destroying the present economic system, without re-writing the entire constitution. It’ll be a complete destruction of everything that America supposedly stands for before a white man in this country will recognize a black man as something on the same level with himself. And this is why the honorable Elijah muhammed teaches us that the best way to solve the problem is complete separation."Going back to previous emails about having too much faith in the legal arena and needing to maintain active resistance by the masses Malcolm X shares this bit of wisdom:"The white power structure [Amerikkka] today is just as interested in slavery. And realizing that the black people [kanaka] of this country are waking up and becoming filled with the desire to be looked upon as men and as human beings, the white power structure to slow down that struggle for freedom and human dignity uses tricks. A hundred years ago they could do it with chains. Today they use tricks. One of the tricks that they have invented is this token integration. To give the so called negro leaders to accept the few token crumbs of integration [the Akaka bill] that don’t solve the any problems for the masses of black people in this country whatsoever but it does make the hand picked negroes [OHA, etc.] to be satisfied to slow down the cry of the masses and a good example of that is as soon as the spirit of rebellion or revolution begins to spread among the masses of black people in this country [Kalama valley, Kahoolawe, Waimanalo, Sand Island, Makua, Waiahole, Waokele o Puna, Palace arrests, etc.] , and they begin to take an active part; and they show that they werent confined to this non-violent approach, then the government or the power structure begins to sit up and take notice. And now the President (Kennedy) is talking about new legislation and take it out of the streets and put it back into the courts.[Ceded lands case, Akaka bill] Well as long as its in the streets, its in the hands of the masses of black people who will not compromise and who cannot be bought out. But when you put it back into the courts then that puts it back into the hands of the hand picked negro leaders who will allow the judges and other persons that are involved in this white power structure to slow them down.[consider OHA's position in the Ceded lands case when they conceded their position and said that Hawaiians had no title to the lands] Its only a trick. And as long as the masses of black people are involved in the struggle for freedom, not integration, but freedom, the respect as human beings, the respect as men and show that they are willing to die to be respected as men, then the power structure sits up and takes notice. But as long as that mass element is “led” … actually contained by uncle Tom negro leaders who hold them back; who tell them to turn the other cheek and things like that then the white power structure is not worried about them at all. They’re only worried when they know that the masses of black people are ready to explode. And in exploding, it will destroy some of the furniture in their house. And then they react accordingly."Source - taken from a speech on YouTube: Debate with James Farmer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyyFGOAwTYM&NR=1)And so it goes.Peace,Kekailoa.
Pomai got it right on the kinipopo. All the people regardless of ethnicity within the control of the U.S. are slaves. Remember the song sixteen tons? That's what it boils down to and the elite are laughing there way to the bank.
Like my Popolo Friend told me years ago that when Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill, No One was freed, We All became Slaves..........Like the Titanic, the United States is Sinking................
They (Amorica) have been doing this so long, they probably have a playbook on handling colonized lands. What is old is new again, but what is new again is actually older then the game itself. Prior to Kamehameha I, we always had Ku'e.... well definitely after the Tahitians, but possibly before? We know this game, our ancestors paved the way. All we have to do is ku'e, and karma will take care of fate. No matter what they do, they not going please everybody, but we po'e are under universal or karmic laws. So, we play the game and get what we can, make the best with what we can, but fight for what is pono. I don't think this generation or the next will forget, and if they do... what is old WILL BE new again.
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They (Amorica) have been doing this so long, they probably have a playbook on handling colonized lands. What is old is new again, but what is new again is actually older then the game itself. Prior to Kamehameha I, we always had Ku'e.... well definitely after the Tahitians, but possibly before? We know this game, our ancestors paved the way. All we have to do is ku'e, and karma will take care of fate. No matter what they do, they not going please everybody, but we po'e are under universal or karmic laws. So, we play the game and get what we can, make the best with what we can, but fight for what is pono. I don't think this generation or the next will forget, and if they do... what is old WILL BE new again.
Because by me, ku'e is a ying to a yang.