The Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True

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Samouth
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Re: The Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True

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Anchor Pii and Soi Dog. You guys are so well-informed about Cambodian. Thanks for this.
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wackyjacky wrote:A higher % of American Blacks are great athletes due to selective breeding during slavery.
If this is so, how come so many Black Americans and West Indians are great sprinters ?
You would have to be daft to breed slaves so they can run away faster. :dragonchase:

But I would agree that Khmer people are genetically attracted to hammocks. I think I may have some Khmer blood in me somewhere, because when I see an empty hammock, I want to go and stretch out in it.
Do US Khmers also behave like this ?
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Re: The Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True

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They bred for health, size, & strength, not speed you knucklehead. Besides, the man who cannot be run down by dogs & men on horseback has yet to be born.
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Re: The Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True

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One thing I've come to realise is that many Khmer seem to suffer from rapidly falling blood sugar levels, possibly related to poor diet. The guys that work with us need to eat almost constantly - if they eat their normal diet, but only at the times that we (Mrs S and I) stop for a meal, they don't get through the working day. "I did not eat breakfast yet" normally means that no work will occur until that is rectified, and yet it doesn't seem to be a passive/aggressive thing.
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