I ngā rā tata nei, kua horapa haere te ataata mō te kaupapa hou a NIKE – Ehara te wikitoria i te mea mā te katoa – He tangata kino rānei ahau? – ki runga i ngā pāpāho pāpori
I te mātakitaki i te ataata, ka hoki whakamuri tonu ahau ki te whā tekau tau ki muri, i taku wā, e ono, e whitu rānei ōku tau, i uru atu ahau ki taku whakataetae judo tuatahi i tētahi kōhungahunga ko Lobinho te ingoa. E kōrero ana ōku mātua, ā, e maumahara ana ahau ki ētahi wā, i te wā o te kopere i mua i te tīmatanga o te pakanga i waenganui i ngā judoka, ka tīmata taku hoa whawhai ki te tangi, ā, ka mutu te whawhai ki ahau. Ko te take: ko tōku mata "tamariki riri" – i tēnei wā rānei, ko tōku mata "tangata kino".
Ehara tēnei kōrero whaiaro, pono hoki mō te tauhohenga a taku hoa akomanga, kāore pea i pai ki te judo, kāore hoki i hiahia ki te whara i a ia, i ētahi atu hoa whawhai taitamariki rānei. Kāore hoki i te kī ko te honore, te wairua hākinakina, me te ngākau pono ka mahue ki muri i te whai i te wikitoria hei mea nui anake. Ehara tēnei i te kī he wikitoria ahakoa te utu. Heoi, ko te mea e kaha ake ana ko te patunga tapu whaiaro, te arotahi ki te whāinga hei whakatutuki, me te whakatau kia kaua e ngenge.
Me titiro tātou ki ngā take kei muri i tēnei horopaki.
Mai i taku ako mō ngā taputapu aromatawai tuakiri i hangaia i ngā tau 1940, kua tino mārama ahau ki tēnei wāhanga nui o taku whanonga me ōna take. Nā te mea ko te hiahia tonu ki te eke ki runga ake i ahau anō, kia noho ko ahau te mea pai rawa atu i ngā mea katoa e mahia ana e au, he tino kaha tēnei o taku tuakiri, he āhuatanga ā-roto hoki. Kāore au i makona ki te tuarua, ki te tuatoru rānei; he iti iho te iti o te wikitoria i te whawhai tuatahi. Ngā mea i tupu i ngā wā maha i roto i te tekau tau neke atu i te whawhai me te whakataetae i ngā whakataetae i te tāone me te kawanatanga o São Paulo i taua wā. Pērā i te mea e tupu ana ki te tangata puta noa i te ao i roto i ngā hākinakina, ngā akoranga, te mahi, te mahi pakihi… Ahakoa pēhea, mō ngā "tangata kino," kāore he huarahi kē atu. Kāore he mahere B.
I mua i taku haere tonu, e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakanui kāore au e hiahia ki te kōrero mō ngā āhuatanga pakihi e pā ana ki a NIKE me āna mahi, āna waitohu, me tana tīma. He tono noa atu tēnei ki te hunga e pānui ana i tēnei tuhinga kia whakaaroaro:
Mai i hea? Ā, he aha hoki te kino o te hiahia kia noho ko te mea pai rawa atu?
Huri noa i te ao, inā koa i Brazil, ko te whai kia eke ki te tihi, kia wikitoria, kia whiwhi moni, he mea e kiia ana he mea kino. Ko te hunga e hiahia ana ki taua mea ka kiia he hunga whakakake, he hunga hiahia ki a rātou anō, he hunga kore aroha, he hunga pukuriri, me ētahi atu kupu āhua kino.
He pai ake te whakanui i ngā roimata o te hinganga, me te manaaki i te hunga kua hinga, kaua te whakamoemiti i te whakapono o te hunga e whakaatu ana ko te wikitoria tā rātou whāinga anake; i ngā wā katoa. Ahakoa te wikitoria, ahakoa te hinganga.
I tētahi atu rā, i mātakitaki ahau i tētahi tohunga whakaaro o ēnei rā e kī ana he ngāwari te aroha ki ngā hinganga me ngā hinganga o ētahi atu; ko te mea tino uaua ko te harikoa ki ō rātou angitu me ngā whakatutukitanga. Ā, i aua wā ka eke koe ki tētahi angitu, ina tino pai tō mahi, ka mōhio koe ko wai ō hoa pono. Tae noa ki taua wā, kāore au i whakaaro mō tēnei āhuatanga mai i taua tirohanga. He mea tino whakamere te whakaaro ko wai ka tino whakanui i ō whakatutukitanga, ko wai hoki kāore. Koinei pea te tikanga hinengaro e whakahē ana i te tokomaha o tātou hei "tangata kino." He hae pea, he riri. E whakamārama ana a Sigmund Freud.
Kei reira anō te āhuatanga o te mahi tahi mai i te tirohanga pāpori, whakaaro, ōhanga, me te whakapono, e whakanui ana i te whakawhirinakitanga o tātou tetahi ki tetahi, e whakahē ana i te takitahi i ngā wāhanga katoa o te ao, e waiho ana i ngā tautohetohe me ngā whakatutukitanga a te tangata takitahi ki te taha, ahakoa koinei te tokoiti iti rawa e noho ana, arā, ko ia tangata takitahi. E whakamārama ana a Ayn Rand.
Ko ētahi atu āhuatanga ko te ahurea o Amerika Latina, e kore nei e horapa te mana o te whakatutuki i ngā mea katoa e hiahiatia ana e te tangata mā te hiranga me te kaha takitahi—ahakoa he wikitoria hākinakina, he motuka, he whare, he tūranga ngaio hou, he tūranga pakihi hou rānei—i roto i te hapori.
Nā tēnei huinga o ngā āhuatanga ka hua ake he āhuatanga pōhēhē i waenganui i te "tāngata pai," kāore rawa he kawenga mā rātou takitahi, ka tukuna ngā hapa, ngā hinganga, me ngā whāinga kāore anō kia tutuki ki ētahi atu.
I mua noa atu i te whānautanga o āku tamariki, i whakatau ahau kāore, kaua tēnei e haere tonu. I roto i tōku whānau, engari i roto i taku kamupene. Ki taku whakaaro, ka whai wāhi a NIKE ki te whakarerekē i tēnei whakaaro, ā, ko taku tumanako anō hoki ka whakaū ake ētahi atu kamupene, waitohu, me te iwi i te whakaaro me whakaohooho noa tātou i te hiahia, me whakanui hoki i te hihiri kia angitu. He pono ehara tēnei i te mea mā te katoa. Ā, he pai tēnā.
Hei whakamutunga, e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakamahara atu ki a koutou ko ēnei "tāngata kino" ko te hunga, i roto i ngā momo mara, ehara i te mea ko ngā hākinakina anake, kua ārahi, ā, kei te ārahi tonu i te hapori ki ngā taumata hou hei iwi whānui, hei tangata hoki. He maha aku kōrero, me i kore ēnei tāngata, kua noho tonu tātou i roto i ngā ana tae noa mai ki tēnei rā. Kua mārama kē koe ki taku kōrero, ā, kua whakaarohia e koe ētahi ingoa me ngā kaupapa i whakarerekē i te ao mā te karangatanga a tētahi ki te wero i te āhua o nāianei, ki te whakatutuki i te mea kāore e taea te whakaaro, tae noa ki te mea kāore e taea.
Nō reira, ā tērā wā ka tūtaki koe ki tētahi o ēnei "tāngata kino" ā-kanohi, ā-pāpāho pāpori rānei, i mua i te tapanga i a rātou, kia mahara ehara i te mea mōu. Engari mō ngā mea e hiahiatia ana e taua tangata mā rātou anō.
Ko au nei, ehara ahau i te tangata e pai ana ki ngā waitohu taonga hākinakina, ehara hoki i te tangata e whakamahi nui ana, engari e mihi ana ahau ki te whakapau kaha o Nike ki te wikitoria me tōna hītori pakihi. I tino pai ahau ki tēnei kiriata!
He tikanga tēnā he tangata kino ahau?
