Re the ongoing Vietnamization of Cambodia, I am reminded of William Faulkner's quote:
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
It's
stunning how we -- both Cambodians and non-Cambodians -- have allowed
the fictitious grand narrative of racism, SOLELY based on the use of the
word "Yuon"
To
overshadow, to hijack, to shroud, to erase genocide and other mass
crimes against humanity committed by Vietnam and its puppet (Hun Sen's
CPP) on Cambodians and Cambodia.
WITH IMPUNITY AND ZERO SCRUTINY.
"How does a lie come to be widely taken as the truth?" asks the NYT editorial board
"The answer is disturbingly simple: Repeat it over and over again. When faced with facts that contradict the lie, repeat it louder."
This is how the grand false narrative of a single word "Yuon" as derogatory came to define the Khmer as racist.
Why the comment(s) got deleted when the word YUON is used on this blog, then? Is it an automatic editing screening for that word YUON, យួន both in English and Khmer?
ReplyDeletePut HUN SEN under oath [to tell the truth and nothing but the truth], HUN SEN would have told the world that the word YUON [យួន in Khmer] simply means Vietnamese, nothing more, nothing less!!! For those misguided foreigners, please continue to order "YUON's sour soup" by its name [សម្លម្ជូរយួន] at any restaurant in Cambodia. And tell them, Kal/ខាល sends you...Bon appétit!!!
ReplyDeleteSihanouk, est-il raciste pour avoir utilisé le mot "YUON" en Khmer qui signifie innocemment le Vietnam en tant qu'un pays et son peuple [Vietnamien ou Vietnamienne] dans toute sa vie? Et vous, les étrangers si mal orientés/mal conseillés/mal guidés/fourvoyés/malavisés, qu'en pensez-vous? Ne devriez-vous quand même pas être honnête à la race Khmère? Où est la justice? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eTsJjIM3B4
ReplyDelete...être honnête envers la race Khmère***
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