criticism is mounting over an olympic
athlete's protest against the national
anthem
as we are reminded that america is one
of the few countries that would allow it
by the way
the wall street journal's gerard baker
writes this when the national anthem was
played gwen berry turned away and
covered her head with a t-shirt
imagine if a chinese athlete did that
unless they have hammer throwing
competitions at re-education camps
it will be the last mental ceremony that
athlete ever took part in
our next guest couldn't agree more she's
a north korean defector
who lived in china later escaped to the
u.s and now a student
or was a student at columbia yanami park
joins us right now
she has a book out chronicling this
entire experience
the book is called in order to live
yanami thanks so much uh for joining us
what's your reaction
to gwen berry's actions after winning
a place in the tokyo olympics so when i
was watching that
if she did the exact same thing at this
very moment if
she was a north korean not only herself
going to be executed
i mean including eight generations over
her family
cannot be sent to political prison camp
and execution
so the fact that she's going there and
refusing to represent this
tolerant the land of the free is
unthinkable
so her point is well america had slavery
in the third verse of the national
anthem
she feels refers to slavery that's what
she was saying
i mean i was a slave i was sold in china
in 2007
as a child at 13 years old the people
actually going slavery under chinese
communist party in north korea
there is actual injustice and the fact
that she's complaining about this
country
the most tolerant country she doesn't
really understand i think history
she says her goal is to fight systemic
racism it's bigger than just
competing in sports that is
so i mean in north korea people who are
actually oppressed
don't even know they're oppressed the
fact that she's complaining oppression
and systemic racism that she does not
understand that she's so privileged
she's literally spoiled being free so
much in this amazing country
uh obviously i agree with you i'm giving
her a point of view
i have to bring it to another poll we
just discussed only 60 numbers
69 of the country say this is the best
place in the world to live
down from 83 percent what's your
perspective on that as
someone who chose to be here there are
people dying to come to america at this
very moment
i just hope they go to north korea china
and see
actually how humans are being oppressed
and they will truly understand
how valuable the freedom that we have
this country has
and how lucky they are to be in this the
best country that in
human history but why do you think we
think the way we do
not me but why do you think that's that
uh the
25 percent dislike this country or don't
think it's exactly
yeah i know i went to columbia
university i studied here four years
their propaganda was actually even worse
than north korea
their anti-sentiment towards western
civilization and
white men it was exactly being in north
korea's classroom
all about hate against white men and the
founding fathers of this country
i do think these people truly being
brainwashed while being in america
and that's truly heartbreaking why would
you do that why would you be brainwashed
where you can not you have a choice not
to be
well go out and pick up a book and tell
us the story it was also a feature on
foxnews.com
you know me park i enjoy your message
thanks so much and have a great fourth
of july weekend
thank you brian i went i'm brian
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