Dennis Prager Show - Nestride Yumga Loves America Too Much to Stay Silent Aired: 2020-09-22 Duration: 05:07 === Nestride Yumga's Journey (02:57) === [00:00:00] And she is Nestride Yumga. [00:00:04] She's originally from Cameroon. [00:00:06] She's immigrated to the U.S. The U.S. is lucky to have her. [00:00:11] And her video is, I love America too much to stay silent. [00:00:17] And Nestride, it is a delight to meet you. [00:00:22] It's my pleasure to be your guest today, Dennis. [00:00:25] I'm happy to be here. [00:00:27] Wonderful. [00:00:28] So are you happy with the video and the reception? [00:00:32] I am more happy that I was able to connect to Americans and remind them of the treasure we have of the country. [00:00:41] Wow, that's beautiful. [00:00:44] You know, but just as a matter of interest, both Alan Estrin and I were in Cameroon, and so, you know, you're not a... [00:00:54] You're not a stranger in that sense. [00:00:55] Cameroon is not just a name to us. [00:00:57] We have been there. [00:01:01] When did you want to come to America? [00:01:03] Erica, at what age? [00:01:04] First of all, I was sad by saying that I grew up in very tough conditions. [00:01:18] You know, there's always the need for an escape. [00:01:21] That has always been a permanent need for an escape. [00:01:26] America, you know, is the country everybody on the world knows about them. [00:01:30] I don't know when I realized a place in the world called America existed, but I knew about America. [00:01:38] There's one lady in America who inspired my childhood growing up. [00:01:45] Her name was... [00:01:49] She's Kando with the Rice. [00:01:52] She... [00:01:53] Don't get me wrong, I was very young. [00:01:55] I didn't know much about politics. [00:01:58] I didn't know about Republican, Democrat. [00:02:01] All I knew was a very, very strong woman in America who inspires me and don't even ask me how. [00:02:11] She inspired me a lot. [00:02:16] In the midst of the feminine, you know, search for the escape, you know, there was hope. [00:02:29] There was some kind of hope, and there were a few situations, you know, which triggered the, okay, this is it. [00:02:36] Either you find an escape or, yeah, you stay here and rot. === Absence of Other Experiences (02:25) === [00:02:46] It was a permanent search for an escape. [00:02:53] Right. [00:02:54] Wonderful. [00:02:55] Well, as I said, thank God you're here. [00:02:58] You are an asset to the United States. [00:03:01] How do you explain, in your mind, how do you explain the hatred even of America among so many Americans? [00:03:16] Oh, quite frankly, I truly want to be as respectful as I can be because as an American, I truly want to be as respectful as I can be because as an American, I citizens. [00:03:39] But I firmly believe it. [00:03:46] It's an absence of other experiences. [00:03:55] It's an absence of, you know, sometimes even maturity. [00:04:01] It's an absence of appreciation. [00:04:03] And sometimes I want to say maybe it's because we haven't had the chance to see what happens in other parts of the world. [00:04:12] And sometimes I even... [00:04:15] That's just me and my thoughts when I see some of these situations. [00:04:19] I feel like I would be glad to someday organize a film trip to different places. [00:04:25] And when I say different places, I'm not talking about those necessarily known for the most dangerous, but just the average places in the world and have them see what... [00:04:35] But people outside of America go through and realize what we have as a country. [00:04:41] And don't get me wrong here, Dennis. [00:04:43] I'm not saying that we are perfect. [00:04:45] There's room for improvement. [00:04:47] There's definitely room for improvement. [00:04:49] But if we do not appreciate what we have, we're not going to move forward. [00:04:54] We're going to destroy what we already have. [00:04:56] That's right. [00:04:56] Hold on there, would you? [00:04:58] Nestride Yumga's video on why she loves America. [00:05:04] As an immigrant from Africa is up at PragerU.