E78: I WAS FOUR WHEN THEY TOOK ME - Khmer Rouge Survivor Chanda Luker

HANDS AND DAYLIGHT

Peter Roberts

History, Business

5.0 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2019

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

You can have all the hands and daylight, but without freedom you have nothing. By 6-years old, Chanda Luker saw more atrocities in the Khmer Rough concentration camps of Cambodia than most people see in their entire lives. Under Pol Pot's regime, over 2 million Cambodians were murdered. She survived. This is her story: of what really happened under the Pol Pot regime, of surviving, of escaping with her family, of life as refugees. This is her story of finding their way to this sanctuary we call America, and to western Maine. Chanda's story is a heavy one, but it's one that should be heard by everyone.

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0:00.0	I know there's many people before me that have tried to give peace to the world.
0:08.0	It's a battle, it's a struggle.
0:12.0	But I think that we all have a story, and I think that we should all share our story, regardless of good or bad.
0:24.8	But as human being, I believe that we need to be very kind to each other, help each other out.
0:34.4	And, you know, my stepfather and my mom is the prime example of the American dreams, as a lot of people say.
0:47.3	And so, my fellow Americans, ask not.
0:52.3	Taking back, America starts here.
0:55.0	What your country can do for you.
0:59.0	Ask what you can do for your country.
1:02.0	I'm convinced.
1:03.0	The reclamation of America through many hands and daylight.
1:07.0	That's one small step for man.
1:09.0	We as a nation must undergo.
1:13.4	This is our origin.
1:16.7	A radical revolution of value.
1:20.9	Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
1:24.3	Welcome to the Hands in Daylight podcast.
1:26.7	Top of the morning to you be a little.
1:27.6	Good morning. We have a special to you be a little. Good morning.
1:32.0	We have a special guest today, Chanda Luker.
1:32.8	Hello.
1:38.2	And I'm going to tell you this is probably the most excited I've been about a podcast.
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