Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
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A school in Phnom Penh advertised a teaching position job offer, but only “white-skinned” people need apply.
“Native English and White-Skinned Speaker (Female is preferable)”. Some readers of the 21-22 Feb weekend edition of The Cambodia Daily must be surprised to read the job offer posted by a school in Phnom Penh. The requirements cannot be made clearer than this.
During a recruitment campaign, the Cambodia-Australia School is recruiting about a dozen teachers. The job offer involves two teaching positions for kindergarten and English classes.
When reached over the phone, a school official first hesitated to reply. Finally, he said: “This is not about racism. In the school, we have five or six black teachers, and after a survey we undertook, they (school) need white-skinned people.”
On the other end, Kevin Doyle, editor of The Cambodia Daily, explained that “this issue does not involve the newspaper editorial.” Officials at the newspaper involved in advertisement could not be reached.
Bernard Krisher, publisher of The Cambodia Daily, discovered the ad after the fact. He said that he was very affected by it. “This is a scandalous ad, and I wouldn’t have allowed it to be published if I saw such discrimination and such a violation of decency rules that we believe in.”
Bernard Krisher plans to present his apologies in the newspaper this week, and he calls on his readers not to apply for this job.
“Native English and White-Skinned Speaker (Female is preferable)”. Some readers of the 21-22 Feb weekend edition of The Cambodia Daily must be surprised to read the job offer posted by a school in Phnom Penh. The requirements cannot be made clearer than this.
During a recruitment campaign, the Cambodia-Australia School is recruiting about a dozen teachers. The job offer involves two teaching positions for kindergarten and English classes.
When reached over the phone, a school official first hesitated to reply. Finally, he said: “This is not about racism. In the school, we have five or six black teachers, and after a survey we undertook, they (school) need white-skinned people.”
On the other end, Kevin Doyle, editor of The Cambodia Daily, explained that “this issue does not involve the newspaper editorial.” Officials at the newspaper involved in advertisement could not be reached.
Bernard Krisher, publisher of The Cambodia Daily, discovered the ad after the fact. He said that he was very affected by it. “This is a scandalous ad, and I wouldn’t have allowed it to be published if I saw such discrimination and such a violation of decency rules that we believe in.”
Bernard Krisher plans to present his apologies in the newspaper this week, and he calls on his readers not to apply for this job.
31 comments:
Me desperately want da job, even me ain't know English. About me, me is old, tall with dark skin, and 101% pure Khmer!
I hate everything about employment in Cambodia.
Bernard Krisher is planning to do an appropriate task of apologising about this indecency.
Most jobs in Cambodia always require pictures of candidates. These pictures will tell employers what specific characteristics they prefer to have in their workplace.
This is very discriminatory towards specific traits such as minorities, disabled people, unfavourable traits that people have.
There should be a law enforcing these issues in order to improve better conditions in the workforce.
Racist or racism? What is it?
Can you NOT prefer any thing in your life?
Buying a car - can you NOT prefer this over that? Buying a music - can you NOT prefer this over that?
Likewise, buying all other things or dining out in a restaurant, can you NOT have a preference at all?
Marrying a spouse - can you NOT prefer (her) over (her) or must you marry the one that you don't love just to avoid being criticized as racist? Come on now, don't be so hypocrite.
Preference is NOT a racism. It's a natural law that applies to all lives.
Quariam
Since this job is offered in Cambodia a best qualified and most preferable applicant would be a Cambodian white female, born and raised in the USA or Australia, with native English skill.
Her appearance matches her orgin from Cambodia but her required native English language is also well applied.
Qm
Jesus Christ! This guy/gal Qm must have been born and raised in the barn...
Or better yet in the jungle of the Amazons...
No Quariam is actually a Chimp who was espcaped from a zoo. I am wondering how long does it take to teach the chimp how to write and get on line....wow you are one amazing animal.
his nam, qoriam, is from Koran, the master killer religion. he is a f uckign terrorist, will fix him. he ain know nothing, but muslim shit
It's just an interpretation !
They want white teacher's kindergarten to teach their young children.
Tough to conclude that's a racist job's offer !
If i am from a white's family, i would prefer too to have a white teacher for my white yound children too.
12:45 AM I accept your points, then why people say Khmer are racist when Khmer complaining about too many Vietnamese in/coming to Cambodia?
4:09, this is 2009 not 1950 you idiot. Did you just woke up from the dead? This is called racism you stupid ignorance fuck. You need to slap yourself a few times for condoning such behavior.
It's an out of date and a shameful ads.
Mr Bernard Khrisher who is a respected philantrope and outstanding personality must punish his Editor for this racist advertisement..
4:09 AM,
Know it and know it now - it's racist ads! no but no if, it's racist!
Thanks for all your comments. I am a pure Khmer from a farmer family in khett Kandal. I am open minded. I will not criticize nor condemn people's reference. It is wrong to do so.
The origin of word racist or racism came from those who had less fortune in life and couldn't do much to improve their living. They then used the word as weapon to attack and get their way.
I say if anyone don't like me for any reason I'd just ignore them and go elsewhere.
In this case it is the public that will decide whether they like the idea of preference or they condemn it like some of you react harshly with rage.
You and I are among the public. And I have choice to make but it is wrong for you to criticize me of my choice.
Racism has its "limitted equation" of certain cases but it cannot be generalized.
My statement here is not for the ignorant to read but for the rational and open minded ones. Thanks and God bless.
Quariam
Oh plzzz..., 9:12, no Mr. Nice Guy stuff. That will never work.
Racism must be wipe out from the planet, period. Cambodia can't afford to have assholes dragging everyone backward. All racists must be hunted down and bring to justice for the crime against Indochina, as simple as that.
When is the ECCC going to bring these Khmer Rouge commanders list below to Khmer Rouge Trail?
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hey 10:27 AM.
Cambodia is different. Someone has to hire whoever the employer needs according to public demanded, and the Khmers mostly like White skinned speaker.
It cannot be called racist like that in Cambodia.
11:35PM. There is no such thing called pure Khmer or pure Vietnamese or pure Thai o rpure American.
It is morally wrong to advertise a job for " a white-skinned" person only. What is wrong with a "dark-skinned" person. some of them can do a job better than the "white-skinned" person. The ads is racist and the school is more racist.
call me a racist but i think the school director may thought dark-skinned people may scare the hell out of those kindergarten kids.
In Srok Khmer is OK the one who has money and wants to have white skinned English teacher. There is nothing wrong with that.
The people who scream of racist are the ones who are racist. Hypocrite!!
Jesus Christ 1:44 PM! Must have been born and raised in the barn too huh?
What is wrong to hire teachers who speak clearly English like White skinned instead of Blacks always use ya'll an't ?
Don't blame is for wanting white skinned English blame the Blacks.
The ones who are racist are the one who destroyed the languages and themselves are racist against the white skinned English.
I said don't blame us.
This is what pouk Ah Scam Rainxy is like. Unless you have white skin you are nothing but slave.
Ah j'kourt 12:18PM. my post is 11:46AM and 11:48PM. White skinned English means good clear English not negro English like Ya eh ya'll yo something like that.
Do you want to speak like negro ya eh ya yo? Ah slab niss.
A lot of points here have been made! To me, you can view it as a racism or not BUT this is something that you should not allow in public. You can always have choice, I agreed BUT you don't put here in the public. If you like to reject those black or non native speaking or whatever, you can do it during the screening process BUT not state on public.
I am very disappointed with some comment about that only white skin teacher is suppose to be teach his children since his skin also white. What wrong with the black? Obama half blood from black! can you say that he is not smart enough to lead the world?
Thanks God! Bernard will make a public apologize for his news paper... This is really unacceptable Mr. and please do not allow it to happen again!
Let look at FIFA theme "SAY NO TO RACISM":
Speaking of which Obama is not smart enough to lead but his Communist Demcrat are behind to lead him what he should do. Obama has been trained in the Black Racist Church Jeremy Wright for 20 years and he is a best Preacher.
With all the race cards and the affirmative action he used and adding up with money from Muslim and Communist countries around the world he bought the White House for nearly one bllion of dollars.
The one who are racist are the one who make noise like Obama and his radical Church and Communist Democrat, and especially you.
Obama does not look half White, he looks pure Black.
A man cannot outrun his destiny even a bad student with a very low GPA like Obama can make his way to law school through the affirmative action and race card.
Why should some Khmers criticize Hun Manet, a new general?
Obama does not look half White, he looks pure Black.
A man cannot outrun his destiny even a bad student with a very low GPA like Obama can make his way to law school through the affirmative action and race card.
Why should some Khmers criticize Hun Manet, a new general?
WHAT IA BAD IS BAD..... THE AD IS PURELY RACIST AND THERE IS NO POINT GIVING IT A DIFFERENT MEANING.
BY THE WAY, WHAT DOES WHITE SKINNED REPRESENT? WHO INDEED IS WHITE SKINNED? THAT IS COMPLETELY BABRBARIC TO USE THAT TERM TO SEEK FOR WORKERS.
FOR THOSE WHO THINK WHITE SKINNED PARENTS WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO STUDY WITH WHITE SKINNED TEACHERS, THEN THEY ARE TAKING US BACK TO THE STONE AGE.
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