National Museum of American History | A Dream Upended | Moises Serrano on the Aftermath of 9/11 @SmithsonianAmHistory | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
Moises Serrano describes how anti-immigrant policies put in place after 9/11 shattered immigrant dreams of belonging. These new law enforcement policies treat immigrants as a threat to the nation. Before 9/11, Moises saw his life as one filled with limitless potential. Over the past 20 years, these dreams have been shattered as he and other undocumented immigrants struggle to survive.
Teachers! Educators! Seekers of knowledge! Want to use this video in your classroom? Connect past and present through the Learning Lab to discover how issues impacting undocumented communities have deep roots in the nation’s history. In the Aftermath of 9/11, we explore the Smithsonian collections to learn about moments in United States history where freedom of movement was curtailed by law due to the way a person looked. With these objects, we see instances when democracy failed to protect all people: https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/idJ5DuUT49E6MCeq
The Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like series is part of the museum's Undocumented Organizing Collecting Initiative. For more information about Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/tell-me-what-democracy-looks-like
Moises Serrano describes how anti-immigrant policies put in place after 9/11 shattered immigrant dreams of belonging. These new law enforcement policies treat immigrants as a threat to the nation. Before 9/11, Moises saw his life as one filled with limitless potential. Over the past 20 years, these dreams have been shattered as he and other undocumented immigrants struggle to survive.
Teachers! Educators! Seekers of knowledge! Want to use this video in your classroom? Connect past and present through the Learning Lab to discover how issues impacting undocumented communities have deep roots in the nation’s history. In the Aftermath of 9/11, we explore the Smithsonian collections to learn about moments in United States history where freedom of movement was curtailed by law due to the way a person looked. With these objects, we see instances when democracy failed to protect all people: https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/idJ5DuUT49E6MCeq
The Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like series is part of the museum's Undocumented Organizing Collecting Initiative. For more information about Tell Me What Democracy Looks Like visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/tell-me-what-democracy-looks-like
