> We, Cambodian speak Khmer at home, as Chinese and Vietnamese do theirs > in any country they live around the World. We still maintain our > identity and national pride for hundred years to come. Why Khmer Krom > are doing the opposite way outside Kampuchea Krom? >
Please allow me to tear it apart. First of all Cambodians have been trying very hard to keep their own identity. They succeeded it. They killed millions of their own people with their own hands in their own land. They use other nations to help them doing that. I am glad to see you very proud of that. Why Khmer Kroms are doing the opposite? Do you know that those people are not Cambodians. They are Vietnamese if you don't know that. > They are claiming that Khmer culture is their unique soul, but they > don’t understand what means Khmer culture, in which are composed Khmer > Language tone, Khmer custom, Khmer style of clothe, Khmer style of > Art, and Khmer way of life. > They may have kept Cambodian culture from their ancestor. Yet, they are still Vietnamese. My friend, I have been in some of their homes here in the US. They spoke Cambodians at home and keep Cambodian tradition. Yet, the pictures of their ancestors on the walls didn't look like Cambodians. They look like Vietnamese. > They are always claiming that because they are oppressed of Human > Rights under Communist Viet. But when they are already abroad, why > they still do the same as they did in Khmer Krom. There is no excuse > for a better communication as most Khmer Krom speak Vietnamese at > home. This attitude shows that they are completely Vietnamese > integrated no matter they are of Khmer ethnic or others. > I would do the same when I can claim two identities. They can go to Vietnamese side when it benefits them. Or they can come to Cambodian when it benefits them too. What is wrong with that? That is called smart. > For that reason above, Khmer Krom Communities have already been more > than halfway integrated into Vietnamese society. Look at them, when > they speak Khmer, they do with100% Vietnamese tone; if we listen to > them we think they are real Vietnamese as in addition to their women > wearing of Vietnamese style costume. > My friend, They are not Cambodians. They are Vietnamese nationals. > 99% of their young generation men and women speak Vietnamese at home > and in public. All their children like to make boyfriends and > girlfriends with Vietnamese kids rather than Khmer's they say too > primitive and ugly; as we have seen anywhere around the world: In > U.S.A, in Canada, in Australia and in France as well. > What is wrong with that? Do you want them to be Cambodians when they are not? > Old Khmer Krom, of pure Khmer culture, are becoming minority among > their own Khmer Krom communities in their own Khmer Krom homeland. > They will vanish away in a few years ahead leaving young Khmer Krom > generation fully integrated to Vietnamese. > Old khmer krom and new khmer krom are all Vietnamese, not Cambodians. > KKrom say that they hate Vietnamese, but some time they forget to > control themselves, when they have seen their Khmer Krom close friends > near by, they just shouted louder for calling them in Vietnamese > worlds in the face of every Cambodian. > They may hate Vietnamese. Yet, they have never claimed that they are not Vietnamese. What do you want them to say? Do you want them to say that they are Cambodains when they are not? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
