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well said dodonts, the first time i was over seas in cambodia i had issues with the same question, it's really a matter of self identity and the need for people to feel "better than thou" in some form or fashion. i mean if your American and are illiterate that makes you less of an American why? if your not educated and can't tell me who abe lincon is that makes you less of an American how? the same can be said for everyone in cambodia not every one there is educated, not everyone can read and write, and i'm sure not everyone there like many of us can recite our history or even tell you the khmer tale of creation.
i do appreciate the post if anything it will get people thinking. not saying i'm right i just trowing it out there. the biggest thing for me was this. in America i'm Cambodian and immigrant, i speak cambodian, look cambodian and am judge like i'm not an American. hell even failed a college eng lit class because the teacher wanted me to go to esl, but in cambodia i'm not cambodian. people look at me and think outsider. even through i can speak it,was born there and my parents are from there, it doesn't matter that i have relatives there, i'm still treated as someone who isn't khmer. so then i ask you if your shuned from both what am i?
in the end i guess it what you define your self. again AdvancedAngel i'm not trying to flame or dis here in fact i'm glad this came up as it will get people thinking and it's better to have asked your self these questions than to have not. i find you are always a stronger person if you can tackle this issue, and understand who you are despite what other people say.