I heard some really great news about the Armenian Genocide being acknowledged by @POTUS today and that is amazing.

As a child of refugees from a genocide, this is so important. So, thank you, President Biden. I hope you can keep making history.

I hope when May 20th comes, something can be said of the Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian Genocide, that my parents were survivors of.

I remember reading about it in my high school history book, & it& #39;s history was summarized in 1/3 of a page.
5 years, 1.5 million deaths
@POTUS @VP

My heart broke to see this horrific event described in little detail & given little space in my world history book. I was glad to know there was at least a film about it #theKillingFields , where Haing S. Ngor became the second Asian actor to win an #Oscar @TheAcademy in history.

Shout out to @ellenwongster , b/c she& #39;s been so amazing in representing Cambodians in media as best as she can. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙇🏻‍♀️" title="Frau verbeugt sich tief (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Frau verbeugt sich tief (heller Hautton)"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏🏻" title="Gefaltete Hände (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Gefaltete Hände (heller Hautton)">

like in @GlowNetflix and In the Life of Music, whose story is circled around the song "Champa Battambang" by Sinn Sisamouth (the King of Khmer Music!

Our stories are out there, so I hope people can open there hearts and mind to give them a chance to be heard and seen.

Thank you to anyone that reads this thread. I hope you have an amazing day and great start of your week! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤗" title="Umarmendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Umarmendes Gesicht">