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That's one of the many reasons why Khmer Rouge cam...

2009-04-03T21:49:00.000+07:00

That's one of the many reasons why Khmer Rouge came to power.

Khmer Rouge promised Social Equality.

Social status and skin colour sometimes mixed together.

So nek kror/nek srae (poor or farmers) = dark brown or brown skin = poor and uneducated/dumb

And most Khmer sot are naturally born with brown/dark brown skin.

So most of those Khmers are looked

Hi Rachael from Oregon,Nice to see you here. Thank...

2009-01-21T10:43:00.000+07:00

Hi Rachael from Oregon,

Nice to see you here. Thanks very much for visiting my blog and giving me your comment and compliment. I appreciate it. But so far I myself haven't been so confident if I have that soul. What if I said I wish I were like you too? :).. we wish to be like others-- but sometimes, we should wish to be like ourselves, or who we are.:)

Good luck to your life

Hi Kounila, I have been reading through your posts...

2009-01-20T15:26:00.000+07:00

Hi Kounila, I have been reading through your posts and just wanted to say that you have by far the most beautiful soul. I honestly wish I was like you. :)
Good luck in your life and your future. I wish all the blessings in the world on you!
~Rachael from Oregon, USA.

I will gladly take what I have been given, and wis...

2008-12-13T12:23:00.000+07:00

I will gladly take what I have been given, and wish others would as well. It's a shame we can't all just look deeper than the skin level! Are these differences things that truly matter, anyway?

Hi Peggy,

I'm glad you are one of the people who enjoy what is given to us...because there's a good chance we won't be too overwhelmed by people's remarks about our skin... Yes,

You know the saying "the grass is always greener o...

2008-12-13T11:57:00.000+07:00

You know the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side" never rang more true. It seems like people always want what they don't have. Growing up, my best friend's family (they are Cambodian-a culture I have grown to truly love), especially her grandma, would always comment on the beauty of my pale Irish white skin. Of course, my pale caucasian friends were always off to the tanning

Hi John (Jinja),that's a very wise mocking questio...

2008-11-08T15:20:00.000+07:00

Hi John (Jinja),

that's a very wise mocking question to say to the person back? hee.hee.. Thanks. Right, there's no logic at all...It's time Cambodians stopped hurting each other but look beyond what they see.

Hi Panharath,

A lot of people now seem to have fun doing just that. To bleach their skin for a high-status appearance now is so common among young Cambmodian

great site and topic

2008-11-08T14:55:00.000+07:00

great site and topic

Hi k.nila;Good article indeed. From start you put ...

2008-11-07T03:35:00.000+07:00

Hi k.nila;
Good article indeed. From start you put your readers attention to a case of racism through the eyes of other people re people's color, then you took them through the scene of Alice in wonderland - changing their skin color adn finally back to personal choice and contenment about its own color.

Racism is every where in every corner of the globe, no matter this or that

Yeah! I am myself was born brown too but not too ...

2008-11-06T11:48:00.000+07:00

Yeah! I am myself was born brown too but not too dark.I never be distinguished directly(but sometime I can see trough their behavour).I am a girl that's trying to do everything tocrave my skin too.I think it's not funny. It's a social problem. I admit that I am also feel a little....well unhappy with those african...but only when they behave badly....but everybody not perfect....I tell myself

Living in Norway, there is still a lot of racism. ...

2008-11-05T18:14:00.000+07:00

Living in Norway, there is still a lot of racism. Though I believe it has become more of a silent type.

It is very true that here in the west, or at least parts of it (including Norway) tanned skin is very much desired.
And something that bothers me even more is that some starve themselves to achieve the ideal "shape" and "weight".
While our country overflows of food and

That’s funny when people always look at each other...

2008-11-05T13:43:00.000+07:00

That’s funny when people always look at each other just a glance and prejudge everything over the look. Most of times, same like you, I just only shake my head and say nothing. I just couldn’t understand why people like having fun by discriminating all the different ones. They forget that we all bleed the same blood.

Some girls, who are blessed with dark skin, insist to whiten their skin

There is no logic in these crazy judgements. I'm ...

2008-11-05T11:47:00.000+07:00

There is no logic in these crazy judgements. I'm often surprised at the level of prejudice Cambodians can have against each other. Next time someone calls your skin dark, you could politely say

'Hmmm... do you think I'm as dark as President Obama?'