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African refugees in Minneapolis join protestors in their adopted homeland

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African refugees living in Minneapolis were already struggling with their "American dream" when George Floyd died in police custody.

Now their dream is in tatters and they have joined their African American "brothers" in the streets to protest racism in their adopted homeland. "I came here for freedom.

My country was at war," said Tiha Jibi, who arrived from South Sudan at age 15. "I end up having two boys, 10 and six, who are afraid because we are not white," she said, full of rage.

Leaving her family and her country was hard, as was the journey to get to the United States, but she was determined to pursue her own American dream of peace, equality and democracy.

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