Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark, and Vanessa Lopez is a documentary film that explores a central...

 

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Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark, and Vanessa Lopez is a documentary film that explores a central question of this course: Who has the right to be an American citizen? As we have learned this semester, under the Fourteenth Amendment, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Yet that was not always the case. This film examines the lives of three families who sought answers to this question and challenged the legalities of citizenship at different points in American history. As enslaved people, Dred and Harriet Scott fought for the right to sue for their own freedom, and, in the process, the rights of citizenship for African Americans as a whole. The son of a Chinese immigrant, Wong Kim Ark sought to ensure that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to all persons born in the United States, even those whose parents were excluded based on race. Rosario Lopez, an undocumented immigrant, and her daughter Vanessa, born in the United States, are activists in the immigrant rights youth movement, hoping to preserve the Fourteenth Amendment for the future. Assignment: After watching this film, write a thoughtful, analytical 400-word essay response that addresses how each of these families sought to address the question: Who has the right to be an American citizen? Please include the following: 1. Identify these people and what their particular challenge was 2. Discuss how they sought to change the limitations of citizenship for themselves and others 3. Analyze how these three families changed the definitions and realities of citizenship for future Americans. Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark, and Vanessa Lopez is a documentary film that explores a central question of this course: Who has the right to be an American citizen? As we have learned this semester, under the Fourteenth Amendment, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Yet that was not always the case. This film examines the lives of three families who sought answers to this question and challenged the legalities of citizenship at different points in American history. As enslaved people, Dred and Harriet Scott fought for the right to sue for their own freedom, and, in the process, the rights of citizenship for African Americans as a whole. The son of a Chinese immigrant, Wong Kim Ark sought to ensure that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to all persons born in the United States, even those whose parents were excluded based on race. Rosario Lopez, an undocumented immigrant, and her daughter Vanessa, born in the United States, are activists in the immigrant rights youth movement, hoping to preserve the Fourteenth Amendment for the future. Assignment: After watching this film, write a thoughtful, analytical 400-word essay response that addresses how each of these families sought to address the question: Who has the right to be an American citizen? Please include the following: 1. Identify these people and what their particular challenge was 2. Discuss how they sought to change the limitations of citizenship for themselves and others 3. Analyze how these three families changed the definitions and realities of citizenship for future Americans.

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