It s powerful : Hmong community celebrates Sunisa Lee s Olympics victory Share Updated: 8:56 PM PDT Jul 29, 2021 Share Updated: 8:56 PM PDT Jul 29, 2021
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Show Transcript ABOUT LEE’S POWERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS IS SO SURREAL AND I HAVEN’T EVEN LET IT SINK IN YET. SUNISA LEE IS THE FIRST HMONG AMERANIC TO MAKE THE US GYMNASTICS OLYMPIC TEAM. I THINK THERE’S GOLD MEDAL IS LIKE LEIK I SAID IT GIVES HOPE NOW A GOLD MEDALIST. SHE’S BRINGING THE SPOTLIGHT TO MOM COMMUNITIES WHICH MAKE UP LESS THAN 1% OF THE US POPULATION OUR HISTORY WITH THIS COUNYTR HAS BEEN ONE OF PAIN AND STRUGGLE AND SUNISA, YOU KNOW HER AND HER EXISTENT IS REALLY CENTERING AND BRINGING ATTENTION TO WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY INSPIRING ALL THE LITTLE SUNNISAS OUT THERE AND WAKING DREAMS AMONG NYMA LIKE 11 YEAR OLD DAISY. I’M PROUD OF HER BEING THE FIRST MOM AND THAT MAYBE I COULD BE LIKE THE SECONDOM M AS GYMNAST AND COACHES. YOU INSPIRE E