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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Emily YueXin Miller, Member of the Public
4:21:15
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3 min
Emily YueXin Miller, a community leader and long-time Manhattan resident, shares her personal experiences with racial profiling and discrimination, highlighting the importance of addressing these issues in New York City's diverse communities. She emphasizes the need for fair treatment of people from various backgrounds and age groups.
- Discusses her experience of being attacked due to her Asian appearance, despite living in a perceived "safe" neighborhood
- Mentions her role in representing community members who fear discrimination
- Raises concerns about immigration-related issues, including marriages for green cards and instances of domestic violence
- Calls for the city to address these ongoing problems in the community
Emily YueXin Miller
4:21:15
Good afternoon.
4:21:19
Two officers oh, no.
4:21:21
Your public safety anyway, good morning, sir.
4:21:29
Good afternoon, sir.
4:21:30
My name is Emily Yuexing Miller, And I I'm very touched and invigorated on the other hand by a lot of speakers here to reflect all those various issues in the community.
4:21:46
As a community leader that was invited in 1990 to help America, I feel for all of what you said.
4:21:58
You know, actually, I graduated from grad school here in Manhattan, and I also lived in Manhattan for thirty seven years.
4:22:08
And, unfortunately, I was when I was fighting for our community, also got injured when I was in Brooklyn.
4:22:15
And I was like Celine mentioned about people who live in a particular zip code get racially profiled or discriminated.
4:22:34
So I had been always lived in a equivalent of a Madison Avenue kind of a neighborhood in my parents' home, and I was always representing people from senior to adolescent.
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And in here, I happen to live in a zip code.
4:22:56
Everybody thought it was not too bad, so they fear for being attacked or racially profiled and would always ask me because when I show my driver's license, probably would help them being less discriminated.
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So that's why they always while they're working hard, they always have me to represent them.
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And instead, I got badly beaten because of my appearance as an Asian.
4:23:28
So I I really think all of you brought out very, very important crucial issues about how this leading city of the world should treat our people that's from a very diversified background and different age groups.
4:23:52
And recently I also encountered situations about people who actually married US citizens for green card, which I always warmly embrace them if they truthfully love this American lady and just like they love our country.
4:24:15
But instead, some of them are not cooperative.
4:24:19
They do have a temper issue that leads them to violence, and I do hope our city would do something about it.
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And I did have some reports submitted to district attorney.
4:24:34
Believe it's what is her name?
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Not on top of my hand.
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It's in my email.
4:24:40
But anyway, thank you very much for listening.