Ramtin Arablouei

Wong Kim Ark would go back to visit China one last time in 1931. He was in his 60s. He never came home to the U.S. It isn't just on that street in Chinatown that Wong Kim Ark's image looms large. The ruling in the U.S. versus Wong Kim Ark has remained firmly in place even though it has and will continue to be challenged.

Wong Kim Ark's fight for recognition may not have made his life that much easier, but his sacrifices cleared a path for his descendants and for the descendants of millions of others. For my son, whose rights as a citizen are secured by birth. For the millions of others whose rights are secured by the soil and not by their skin color or ethnicity.

Wong Kim Ark's fight for recognition may not have made his life that much easier, but his sacrifices cleared a path for his descendants and for the descendants of millions of others. For my son, whose rights as a citizen are secured by birth. For the millions of others whose rights are secured by the soil and not by their skin color or ethnicity.

Wong Kim Ark's fight for recognition may not have made his life that much easier, but his sacrifices cleared a path for his descendants and for the descendants of millions of others. For my son, whose rights as a citizen are secured by birth. For the millions of others whose rights are secured by the soil and not by their skin color or ethnicity.

And he helped make real the aspirational language of our nation's founding document.

And he helped make real the aspirational language of our nation's founding document.

And he helped make real the aspirational language of our nation's founding document.

That's it for this week's show. I'm Ramtin Arablui.

That's it for this week's show. I'm Ramtin Arablui.

That's it for this week's show. I'm Ramtin Arablui.

This episode was produced by me.

This episode was produced by me.

This episode was produced by me.

Lawrence Wu.

Lawrence Wu.

Lawrence Wu.

Victor Ibeez.

Victor Ibeez.

Victor Ibeez.

Thanks to Casey Murrell, Don Gagne, Corey Turner, Blaise Adler-Ivanbrook, Lawrence Wu, Casey Miner, Amiri Tulla, Christina Kim, and Devin Katiyama for their voiceover work. Thank you to the Chinese Historical Society of America for all their help. Thanks also to Tamar Charney and Anya Grundman.