You tell em boss.The third man wrote:I removed a bunch of unrelated posts. If you want to reinitiate the Khmer/khmei debate , do it in the right thread please .
I don't know what triggered them.
Post by Khmerhamster » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:19 pm
You tell em boss.The third man wrote:I removed a bunch of unrelated posts. If you want to reinitiate the Khmer/khmei debate , do it in the right thread please .
Post by pablomiguelgarcia » Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:56 pm
Post by Abou-Gor » Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:20 pm
Make up your mind.gavinmac wrote:If he's hanging out with ladies of the night, Khmers are less likely to respect him, and the tuk tuk drivers will be the hardened ones on St 136 and 51 who deal with the dregs of Western society every night
Post by Alexandra » Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:28 pm
I didn't say there's a difference between how rich and poor are treated.Abou-Gor wrote:You mean they charge poor Cambodians from the Countryside more than rich city folk? That is interesting.
Post by Joon » Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:29 pm
Finally someone who got it.Alexandra wrote:I didn't say there's a difference between how rich and poor are treated.Abou-Gor wrote:You mean they charge poor Cambodians from the Countryside more than rich city folk? That is interesting.
Darker skin provincial folks get quoted higher prices regardless of riches. Somebody implied it would be because of racism, it's not, it's opportunism taking advantage of people who don't know the local prices regardless of where they come from.
Bless
Post by Abou-Gor » Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:43 pm
I'm a bit confused, are you and Alex saying that it doesn't depend on whether your rich or poor, but on whether you have darker skin than the usually Sino-Khmer shop keepers in Phnom Penh and that means they are being bigoted rather than racist?Joon wrote:Finally someone who got it.Alexandra wrote:I didn't say there's a difference between how rich and poor are treated.Abou-Gor wrote:You mean they charge poor Cambodians from the Countryside more than rich city folk? That is interesting.
Darker skin provincial folks get quoted higher prices regardless of riches. Somebody implied it would be because of racism, it's not, it's opportunism taking advantage of people who don't know the local prices regardless of where they come from.
Bless
Post by Khmerhamster » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:01 pm
Seriously. It has come to this. Tips to get people to like you!?!?Abou-Gor wrote: Perhaps a sort of 10 things to do to get Cambodians to like you, sort of thing.
Post by Joon » Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:04 pm
Mmh no. Saying "it's opportunism taking advantage of people who don't know the local prices".Abou-Gor wrote:I'm a bit confused, are you and Alex saying that it doesn't depend on whether your rich or poor, but on whether you have darker skin than the usually Sino-Khmer shop keepers in Phnom Penh and that means they are being bigoted rather than racist?Joon wrote:Finally someone who got it.Alexandra wrote:I didn't say there's a difference between how rich and poor are treated.Abou-Gor wrote:You mean they charge poor Cambodians from the Countryside more than rich city folk? That is interesting.
Darker skin provincial folks get quoted higher prices regardless of riches. Somebody implied it would be because of racism, it's not, it's opportunism taking advantage of people who don't know the local prices regardless of where they come from.
Bless