Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ke wāwahi ʻia nei nā kiʻi o nā alakaʻi Confederate a me nā mea moʻolelo ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻoluhi ʻana a me ka pepehi ʻana i nā ʻōiwi ʻAmelika, luku ʻia, hoʻoneʻe ʻia a hoʻoneʻe ʻia paha ma hope o nā kūʻē e pili ana i ka make ʻana o George Floyd, he kanaka ʻeleʻele, i nā mākaʻi. mālama ʻia ma ka lā 25 o Mei ma Minneapolis.

Ma New York, ua hoʻolaha ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka Lāpule e wehe ʻo ia i kahi kiʻi o Theodore Roosevelt, ka pelekikena 26 o ʻAmelika, mai waho o kona puka komo.Hōʻike ke kiʻi iā Roosevelt ma luna o ka lio, i hoʻopili ʻia e kahi ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me kahi ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e hele wāwae ana.ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ka hale hōʻikeʻike i kāna mea e hana ai me ke kiʻi.

Ma Houston, ua wehe ʻia ʻelua mau kiʻi Confederate ma nā paka lehulehu.ʻO kekahi o ia mau kiʻi, ʻo ka Spirit of the Confederacy, he kiʻi keleawe e hōʻike ana i ka ʻānela me ka pahi kaua a me ka lālā pāma, ua kū ʻo ia ma Sam Houston Park no nā makahiki he 100 a ʻoi aʻe i kēia manawa i loko o kahi hale kūʻai kūlanakauhale.

Ua hoʻonohonoho ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻoneʻe i ke kiʻi i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Moʻomeheu ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ʻo Houston.

ʻOiai e kāhea ana kekahi a e hana e hoʻopau i nā kiʻi Confederate, pale kekahi iā lākou.

Ma Richmond, Virginia, ua lilo ke kii o Confederate General Robert E.Lee i kikowaena o ka paio.Ua koi ka poʻe kūʻē i ke kiʻi e lawe ʻia i lalo, a ua hoʻopuka ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Virginia ʻo Ralph Northam i kahi kauoha e wehe iā ia.

Eia naʻe, ua ālai ʻia ke kauoha ma muli o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o kahi hui o nā mea waiwai i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo federal e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana ʻo ka wehe ʻana i ke kiʻi e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā waiwai a puni.

Ua hoʻoholo ka Lunakanawai Pekelala ʻo Bradley Cavedo i ka pule i hala, ʻo ke kiʻi ka waiwai o ka poʻe ma muli o ka palapala o ka hale mai 1890. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kahi kauoha e pāpā ana i ka mokuʻāina mai ka lawe ʻana iā ia ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana.

Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi 2016 e ka Southern Poverty Law Center, kahi hui kākoʻo kānāwai nonprofit, ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,500 mau hōʻailona Confederate lehulehu ma ka US ma ke ʻano o nā kiʻi, nā hae, nā palapala laikini mokuʻāina, nā inoa o nā kula, nā alanui, nā paka, nā lā hoʻomaha. a me na kahua kaua, ka hapanui ma ka Hema.

ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kiʻi a me nā monuments ma mua o 700.

Nā manaʻo like ʻole

Ua kāhea ka National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, he hui kuleana kīwila, i ka wehe ʻana i nā hōʻailona Confederate mai nā wahi ākea a me ke aupuni no nā makahiki.Eia nō naʻe, aia nā manaʻo like ʻole e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i nā mea waiwai kahiko.

"Ua hauʻoli wau i kēia no ka mea ʻo ia ka hōʻike o kā mākou mōʻaukala, ʻo ia ka hōʻike o ka mea a mākou i manaʻo ai he maikaʻi," wahi a Tony Brown, he polopeka ʻeleʻele o ka sociology a me ka luna o ka Racism and Racial Experiences Workgroup ma Rice University."I ka manawa like, loaʻa paha iā mākou kahi ʻeha i loko o ke kaiāulu, a ʻaʻole mākou manaʻo he maikaʻi hou a makemake mākou e wehe i nā kiʻi."

I ka hopena, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brown makemake ʻo ia e ʻike i ka noho ʻana o nā kiʻi.

"Makemake mākou e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kā mākou mōʻaukala.Makemake mākou e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole ʻo ka racism he ʻāpana o ko mākou ʻano, ʻaʻole ʻāpana o kā mākou hale, ʻaʻole ʻāpana o kā mākou waiwai.No laila, ke lawe ʻoe i kahi kiʻi, ke keʻokeʻo nei ʻoe i kā mākou mōʻaukala, a mai ia manawa aku, ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o ka poʻe e neʻe i ke kiʻi ua lawa lākou, "wahi āna.

ʻAʻole e hoʻopau i nā mea akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea me ka pōʻaiapili ʻo ia ke ʻano o kou hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka poʻe i ka hohonu o ka racism, wahi a Brown.

“He pulupulu ke dala o ko kakou lahui, a ua paiia ko kakou mau dala a pau me na kanaka keokeo, a he poe kauwa kekahi o lakou.Ke hōʻike ʻoe i kēlā ʻano hōʻike, ʻōlelo ʻoe, e kali i kahi minuke, uku mākou i nā mea me ka pulupulu i pai ʻia me nā mea kauā.A laila ʻike ʻoe i ka hohonu o ka racism, "wahi āna.

ʻO James Douglas, he loio kānāwai ma Texas Southern University a me ka pelekikena o ka mokuna Houston o ka NAACP, makemake e ʻike i ka wehe ʻana o nā kiʻi Confederate.

"ʻAʻohe o lākou pili i ke Kaua Kivila.Ua kūkulu ʻia nā kiʻi no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā koa Confederate a e hōʻike i ka poʻe ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka mana o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo.Ua kūkulu ʻia lākou i mea e hōʻike ai i ka mana o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo ma luna o nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, "wahi āna.

Hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka hoʻoholo

He mea hoʻohewa pū ʻo Douglas i ka manaʻo o Houston e hoʻoneʻe i ke kiʻi ʻuhane o ka Confederacy i ka hale hōʻikeʻike.

"ʻO kēia kiʻi e hoʻohanohano i nā koa i hakakā no nā kuleana aupuni, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe i hakakā e mālama i nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i mau kauā.Manaʻo paha ʻoe e manaʻo kekahi e kau i kahi kiʻi i loko o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Holocaust i ʻōlelo ʻia ua kūkulu ʻia kēia kiʻi e hoʻohanohano i ka poʻe i pepehi i nā Iudaio i loko o ke keʻena kinoea?i ninau aku ai oia.

ʻO nā kiʻi a me nā hoʻomanaʻo no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā kānaka, wahi a Douglas.ʻO ka waiho wale ʻana iā lākou i loko o kahi hale hōʻikeʻike ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ʻaʻole ia e lawe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻohanohano nā kiʻi iā lākou.

No Brown, ʻo ka waiho ʻana i nā kiʻi ma kahi ʻaʻole e hoʻohanohano ʻia kēlā kanaka.

"Iaʻu, ke hoʻopiʻi nei ia i ke kula.Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kiʻi Confederate, ʻaʻole ia e ʻōlelo i kekahi mea e pili ana i ke kanaka.He mea e pili ana i ke alakaʻi.He mea ia e pili ana i ka poʻe a pau i pūlima pū ma ia kiʻi, ʻo ka poʻe a pau i ʻōlelo aia kēlā kiʻi.Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe e holoi i kēlā mōʻaukala,” wahi āna.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brown, pono e hoʻonui ka poʻe i ka manawa no ka helu ʻana i ke ʻano "ua hoʻoholo mākou ʻo kā mākou poʻe koa e hoʻomaka ai, e helu ana pehea mākou i hoʻoholo ai he maikaʻi kēlā mau kiʻi".

Ke koi nei ka Black Lives Matter iā ʻAmelika e nānā hou i kāna mau mea i hala ma mua o nā kiʻi Confederate.

Ua wehe iki ʻo HBO i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo 1939 Gone with the Wind mai kāna mau makana pūnaewele i ka pule i hala a hoʻolālā e hoʻokuʻu hou i ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni maʻamau me kahi kūkākūkā o kona ʻano mōʻaukala.Ua hoʻohewa ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni no ka hoʻonani ʻana i ke kauā.

Eia kekahi, i ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Quaker Oats Co e wehe ana i ke kiʻi o kahi wahine ʻeleʻele mai ka pahu o kāna syrup 130 makahiki a me ka pancake mix brand ʻAnakē Jemima a hoʻololi i kona inoa.Ua hahai ʻo Mars Inc ma ka wehe ʻana i ke kiʻi o kahi kanaka ʻeleʻele mai loko mai o ka ʻeke laiki kaulana ʻo Uncle Ben's a ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kapa hou ʻia.

Ua hoʻohewa ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻelua no kā lākou mau kiʻi stereotypical a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻohanohano e hōʻike ana i ka manawa i hoʻohana ai ka poʻe hema keʻokeʻo i ka "ʻanakē" a i ʻole "ʻanakala" no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou makemake e kapa i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ʻo "Mr" a i ʻole "Mrs".

Ua ʻike ʻo Brown lāua ʻo Douglas i ka neʻe ʻana o HBO he mea noʻonoʻo, akā ʻokoʻa lākou i ka neʻe ʻana o nā hui meaʻai ʻelua.

Hōʻike ʻino

"ʻO ia ka mea kūpono e hana ai," wahi a Douglas."Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā hui nui e ʻike i ka hewa o kā lākou ala.'Ōlelo lākou, 'Makemake mākou e hoʻololi no ka mea ʻike mākou he hōʻike maikaʻi ʻole kēia o nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.'ʻIke lākou i kēia manawa a ke hoʻopau nei lākou iā lākou. "

No Brown, he ala ʻē aʻe nā neʻe no nā hui e kūʻai aku i nā huahana hou aku.

Ke ho'āʻo nei ka poʻe kūʻē e huki i ke kiʻi o Andrew Jackson, ka pelekikena mua o ʻAmelika, ma Lafayette Park ma ke alo o ka Hale Paʻa i ka wā o nā kūʻē like ʻole o ka lāhui ma Wakinekona, DC, i ka Pōʻakahi.JOSHUA ROBERTS/REUTERS