Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He Amerikana pono a Amy Afalava, ā, he hōia kua whakawhiwhia ki ngā tohu. I whānau ia ki American Samoa, he rohe o U.S. mai i te tau 1900. Kua noho ia i raro i te ture o Amerika i tona oranga katoa, ā, e whakaaro ana ia me noho ia hei tangata whenua. Ka whakaae te Ture. Ko te Whakatikatika tekau ma wha e kii ana ko "Ko nga tangata katoa i whanau... i te United States, a kei raro i tana mana, he taangata no te United States". Heoi, kua kore te tika pōti a Afalava i te mea e kī ana te kāwanatanga ā-rohe ehara ia i te tangata whenua. He aha te take, i te rau tau 21, e kore ai ngā tāngata o Amerika i whānau i runga i te whenua o Amerika e whiwhi i ngā tika o te tangata whenua? Ko taua hē e pōhēhē ana i te whakanui tata nei i te 115 o nga tau o te whakataunga o Amerika Samoa ki te uru atu ki te United States. He hē kei te rapu a Afalava me ētahi atu o Amerika Samoa ki te whakatika i tētahi kerēme kāwanatanga i mua i te D.C. Circuit. Tērā pea ka puta he whakataunga i ia rā. Mai i te whakatūnga o te Hononga o Amerika, i mau tonu ki te ture, ko te hunga i whānau ki ngā whenua o Amerika he tangata whenua o Amerika. Ko te ture he matapo tae, engari ko te take anake i kiia e te Kooti Nui ehara i te mea. Ko te take kino a Dred Scott i whakamana i te pononga i te mea i kii ko nga Amerikana-Apiana koreutu "kaore he tika e tika ana kia whakautehia e te tangata ma". Ahakoa he Amerikana rātau, ehara rātau i te tangata whenua i raro i te Ture. I muri mai i te Pakanga ā-Iwi, ka hurihia e te 14 o nga Whakatikatika te whakatau i roto i te take o Dred Scott. I tēnei rā, kua whakaarotia te take a Dred Scott hei tētahi o ngā whakataunga kino rawa i roto i te hītori o te Kooti Nui. Engari kāore i mutu i reira te whakahāwea ā-iwi. I te tau 1904, ka rere atu he wahine nō Puerto Rico, ko Isabel Gonzalez, ki New York. No te mea ko Puerto Rico te rohe o U.S., i whakapono ia he tangata whenua ia o U.S. Engari i kiia ia e nga rangatira o Ellis Island he tangata ke e kore e manakohia, a ka aukati i a ia kia uru ki te whenua nui. I whakawakia ia, me te tumanako kia pai te whakatau. Heoi anō, he whakahāwehe tonu te Kōti Nui i rongo i te take a Gonzalez. Hei tauira, i nga tau o mua, i whakaaetia e ia...
Ko Emy Afalava he Amerikana pono, he toa toa kua whakawhiwhia ki te whakawhiwhinga; he Amerikana Samoa hoki ia. Ko Sam Erman rāua ko Nathan Perl-Rosenthal: He mea whakarihariha kei te whakakahoretia ia rāua ko ētahi atu pēnei i a ia i te tangata whenua.