Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  (CNN) Amy Afalava muAmerica akavimbika uye murwi akakurumbira. Akaberekerwa muAmerican Samoa, nharaunda yeUnited States kubvira muna 1900. Akave ari pasi pomutemo weAmerica upenyu hwake hwose uye anofunga kuti anofanira kuva mugari wemo. Bumbiro reMitemo raizobvumirana nazvo. Gadziridzo yegumi nenhanhatu inotaura kuti "Vanhu vose vakaberekerwa... muUnited States, uye vari pasi pesimba rayo, vagari vomuUnited States". Bva, Afalava akarambidzwa kodzero yokuvhota nemhaka yokuti hurumende yemubatanidzwa inopfuurira kuti haasati ari mugari wemo. Zvinogoneka sei, muzana ramakore rechi21, kuti vanhu vokuAmerica vakaberekerwa munyika yeUnited States vanorambidzwa kodzero dzokuva vagari vemo? Kusaruramisira ikoko kunovhiringidza kupemberera kuchangobva kuitwa kwegore rechi115 chisarudzo cheAmerican Samoa chokubatana neUnited States. Chakaipa icho Afalava navamwe vaSamoa vokuAmerica zvino vari kutsvaka kururamisa mumhaka yomubatanidzwa pamberi peD.C. Circuit. Chisarudzo chingauya chero zuva. Kubvira pakagadzwa United States, yakateerera mutemo wokuti avo vakaberekerwa munyika dzeU.S. vaiva vagari vemo veU.S. Mutemo wacho hauna mavara, bva kunze bedzi uko Dare Rapamusoro rakambotaura kwakanga kusiri. Nyaya ine mukurumbira wakashata yaDred Scott yakaruramisa uranda sezvo yakataura kuti vanhu vakasununguka vokuAfrica vokuAmerica vakanga vasina "kodzero idzo vachena vaifanira kuremekedza". Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vari vokuAmerica, vakanga vasiri vagari vomunyika maererano neBumbiro. Hondo yevagari vomunyika imwe chete gare gare, 14th Amendment yakadzosera kumashure kutonga kwenyaya yaDred Scott. Nhasi, nhau yaDred Scott yave ichionekwa seimwe yezvisarudzo zvakaipisisa munhau yeDare Repamusorosoro. Asi rusaruro rworudzi haruna kugumira ipapo. Muna 1904, mumwe mukadzi wokuPuerto Rico ainzi Isabel Gonzalez akaenda nechikepe kuNew York. Sezvo Puerto Rico yaiva nharaunda yeUnited States, aifunga kuti aiva mugari wemo. Asi vakuru vakuru vepaEllis Island vakamuti mutorwa asingadiwi uye vakamudzivisa kupinda munyika yacho. Akamhan'ara, ane chikonzero chokuva netariro yokuwana chisarudzo chakanaka. Bva Dare Repamusorosoro iro pakupedzisira rakanzwa nhau yaGonzalez rakanga richiri rorusaruraganda. Mumakore akapfuura, somuenzaniso, rakanga rabvumira...
Emy Afalava muAmerica akavimbika uye murwi akasarudzwa; iyewo muAmerican Samoan. Sam Erman naNathan Perl-Rosenthal: Zvinonyadzisa kuti iye navamwe vakafanana naye vanorambidzwa kuva vagari vemo.