Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Amy Afalava 'yar Amurka ce mai aminci kuma tsohuwar soja. An haife shi a Samoa na Amurka, wani yanki na Amurka tun daga 1900. Ya kasance ƙarƙashin dokar Amurka duk rayuwarsa kuma yana tunanin ya kamata ya zama ɗan ƙasa. Kundin Tsarin Mulki zai yarda. Kwaskwarima ta goma sha huɗu ta bayyana cewa "Duk mutanen da aka haifa... a cikin Amurka, kuma suna ƙarƙashin ikonta, 'yan ƙasa ne na Amurka". Duk da haka, an hana Afalava damar jefa kuri'a saboda gwamnatin tarayya ta nace cewa shi ba ɗan ƙasa ba ne. Ta yaya zai yiwu, a karni na 21, cewa Amurkawa da aka haifa a ƙasar Amurka an hana su haƙƙin ɗan ƙasa? Wannan rashin adalci ya ɓata bikin cika shekara 115 da Samoa ta Amirka ta shiga cikin Amirka. Ba daidai ba ne cewa Afalava da sauran Samoa na Amurka yanzu suna neman gyara a cikin karar tarayya a gaban D.C. Circuit. Za a iya yanke shawara a kowane lokaci. Tun lokacin da aka kafa Amurka, ta bi ƙa'idar cewa waɗanda aka haifa a ƙasashen Amurka 'yan ƙasar Amurka ne. Dokar ba ta da launi, duk da haka banda cewa Kotun Koli ta taɓa bayyana ba. Shahararren shari'ar Dred Scott ta ba da izini ga bautar yayin da ta bayyana cewa 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa' yanci ba su da "hakkoki da fararen fata ke da alhakin girmamawa". Ko da yake su Amirkawa ne, ba su da 'yan ƙasa a ƙarƙashin Tsarin Mulki. Bayan yakin basasa, Kwaskwarima ta 14 ta sauya hukuncin a shari'ar Dred Scott. A yau, shari'ar Dred Scott ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi munin yanke shawara a tarihin Kotun Koli. Amma nuna bambancin launin fata bai ƙare a nan ba. A shekara ta 1904, wata mata 'yar Puerto Rico mai suna Isabel Gonzalez ta shiga jirgin ruwa zuwa New York. Domin Puerto Rico ƙasar Amirka ce, ta ɗauka cewa ita 'yar ƙasar Amirka ce. Amma jami'an da ke Ellis Island sun ce ita baƙuwa ce da ba a so kuma sun hana ta shiga ƙasar. Ta kai ƙarar, tana da dalilin yin begen samun sakamako mai kyau. Duk da haka Kotun Koli da daga baya ta saurari shari'ar Gonzalez har yanzu tana da wariyar launin fata. Alal misali, a shekarun da suka gabata, an ba da izinin...
Emy Afalava Ba'amurke ne mai aminci kuma tsohon soja ne; shi ma Ba'amurke ne na Samoa. Sam Erman da Nathan Perl-Rosenthal: Abin takaici ne cewa shi da wasu kamarsa an hana su zama'yan kasa.