I admit, I had to tap the network to find someone that I knew from Cambodia. It turns out, that I “knew” someone, but didn’t know they were Cambodian! In this episode, I get a chance to talk with Meta. When I bounced the idea off him, he said that he grew up here but on his very first trip to Cambodia, the moment her arrived he felt like he was “home”.
In our discussion, we talk about some of that experience and how his “home” sharped who he is as a person. I’m truly grateful that he shared some of the personal stories that made some of the places in Cambodia truly special.
On a related note, I wanted to say how grateful I am that he agreed to do this episode and share with me. His crewmate, BBoy Check-it from Chicago Tribe, was so welcoming to me as a photographer at my first BBoy Battle that I’ve now been snapping the scene globally for over a decade. Had that experience been different, I never would have had the opportunity to become part of a talent global community of artists.
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[…] In our podcast discussion, Meta talked about the impact that difficult time had on his family. I didn’t get to the specific places we discussed, but I did get to a school that transformed into a prison and the killing fields. The scale and scope of what happened in Cambodia is horrific, but sadly, also similar to what I’ve seen in Rwanda, Germany, and a bunch of other places. I highly recommend a visit if you can. They were killing men for almost any reason, but also women and children. It makes no sense. The conditions in the prison we visited were so bad they put barbed wire to cover the balconies to prevent suicides. […]