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oh no sophath2006 i completely agree with you, i'm just getting at the fact that it can't be defined, everyone will question your identity , including you yourself.my point being is that there is no answer to how "khmer" you are. it's self defined. by going out and saying i'm more khmer than you are because i can speak and write it, means nothing. yea you might be more culturally aware but in the end what does that prove. i agree my daughter will grow up knowing our language and i will teach her as much about our culture as my wife and i can, but really man, i am really better than the next guy? everyone has to go through life with what it troughs at you. my college roommate is khmer and can't read or write, has never been to Cambodia, but i tell you this he done more than his fair share in community service to young khmer kids in Asian youth centers. he's put in way more time than i have at many khmer centers and outings. hell he evens been to temples. point is he's more apart of the khmer community than i ever will be. he knows who he is and makes no calls to be anything else. these so called khmer traits what are they? the question is no simple thing. yea i'm khmer because i like rice, or because i gamble. my point is it's a big question with no right answer. and we should all think on it for our selves, and to try not to hold others to our own standards as to what khmer is. if that was the case i would have never been good friends with my roomate. in highscool, i was all khmer prided out. wouldn't look at you unless you could speak khmer, and understood what i was all about. you know what that made me, a bigot. took me some time before i understood that. being friends with my nonspeaking khmer roomate taught me alot. just food for thought. think on it.again don't take my words as this is how it should be. think on it for yourself and believe what you feel is right. god knows i'm wrong on many many things. lol i'll probly change my mind next week. also if i offend anyone say so and i will apologize. i'm glad this thread was started it's allowed me to put a lot thoughts to words. something which i don't do often.
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