National Museum of American History | More than a DREAMer | Esther Jeon on the Problem of Citizenship @SmithsonianAmHistory | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
Esther Jeon fits into the DREAMer narrative—a college grad, a good student, and a person who speaks English without an accent. But Esther tells us that this is not enough. In fact, it’s dangerous. She warns that dividing people into “deserving” and “undeserving” denies people of their basic humanity. She emphasizes that none of us are perfect but that all of us deserve access to food, health care, a living wage, dignity, and respect.
Teachers! Educators! Seekers of knowledge! Connect past and present through the Learning Lab to discover how issues impacting undocumented communities have deep roots in the nation’s history. In More than a DREAMer, we explore the Smithsonian’s collections to understand how organizers have challenged concepts of worthiness over time. From a graduation dress to a lunch counter to a protest sign, the objects provide an opportunity to reflect on worthiness as it relates to a democracy.https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/po6JxhC3tjLHZyr8
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
Esther Jeon fits into the DREAMer narrative—a college grad, a good student, and a person who speaks English without an accent. But Esther tells us that this is not enough. In fact, it’s dangerous. She warns that dividing people into “deserving” and “undeserving” denies people of their basic humanity. She emphasizes that none of us are perfect but that all of us deserve access to food, health care, a living wage, dignity, and respect.
Teachers! Educators! Seekers of knowledge! Connect past and present through the Learning Lab to discover how issues impacting undocumented communities have deep roots in the nation’s history. In More than a DREAMer, we explore the Smithsonian’s collections to understand how organizers have challenged concepts of worthiness over time. From a graduation dress to a lunch counter to a protest sign, the objects provide an opportunity to reflect on worthiness as it relates to a democracy.https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/po6JxhC3tjLHZyr8
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
