I Love America Too Much to Stay Silent

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🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Nestride Yumga experienced real corruption and civil rights abuses in Africa. Then she came to America, the land of opportunity, education, and freedom. So when Black Lives Matter protests declared America guilty of systemic racism and injustice, she knew she had to defend her adoptive country.

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0:00.0	When I got out of bed the morning of May 31st, 2020, after a sleepless night, I knew I had to do
0:06.1	something. I didn't know what or what I would say. I saw the protests and riots. I had heard all
0:12.4	the accusations about racism, racial injustice, and political brutality. I was horrified by what
0:17.2	happened to Mr. George Floyd, but I was also horrified about what was happening to my adopted country,
0:22.9	my beloved America. And I just couldn't take any more. I couldn't keep it inside.
0:28.5	So I went to one of these protests and I did the most American thing I could think of.
0:32.7	I told the protest just exactly what I taught. I admit it, I wasn't very diplomatic.
0:38.7	Maybe that's why my remarks went viral. You can find them easily on YouTube. Many people
0:44.1	admired me for what I said. Many hated me. I don't care either way. I didn't do this for me.
0:50.3	I did it for America, the greatest country in the world. And I know what I'm talking about.
0:55.6	I was born in Cameroon, a country in West Africa. My family lived day to day, simply trying to survive.
1:03.2	When I hear people talk about corruption and civil rights abuses here in the US, I shake my head.
1:08.6	They never lived in Cameroon or anywhere within a thousand miles of Cameroon. That's for sure.
1:14.0	I came to the United States for what I could never have in my native land. Freedom and happiness,
1:19.7	the opportunity to get a good education, to earn a good living, to build a good life for myself.
1:25.0	And that's exactly what I've done. That's what America has allowed me to do. And for that,
1:30.4	I am eternally grateful. Since coming to the United States, I have trained in nursing and
1:35.2	worked as a visiting nurse assistant. Recently, I received my master's in healthcare administration,
1:40.7	and I am now working as a healthcare executive. My career ambition is to close the gap in healthcare
1:45.8	outcomes and design new and better strategies to ensure that under self-populations,
1:50.6	get the healthcare services they need. I also serve as a reserve in the United States Air Force.
1:56.4	And yes, I look forward to getting married and studying a family. My life is grounded in
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