Name: Shuping Yang's University of Maryland speech provokes backlash
Uploaded: 2017-05-24T08:24:36.000Z
Duration: 2 min 9 s
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I learned in history class about the Declaration of Independence.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I was merely memorizing the words to get good grades.

These words sounded so strange, so abstract and foreign to me

I have learned the right to freely express oneself is sacred in America.

Each day at Maryland, I was encouraged to express my opinions on controversial issues.

I could challenge a statement made by my instructor.

Civil engagement is not a task just for politicians.

I have witnessed this when I saw my fellow students marching in Washington D.C.,

and raising money to support various causes.

And as a French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once said,

"Freedom is a choice. Our future is dependent on the choices we make today and tomorrow."

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Shuping Yang's University of Maryland speech provokes backlash

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