Cambodian American

E46751

Cambodian Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Cambodian descent, many of whom arrived as refugees after the Khmer Rouge era and maintain distinct cultural traditions within the broader Asian American community.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Asian American ethnic group
ethnic group
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalInstitution Buddhist temples (wats)
Cambodian community centers
Cambodian cultural dance troupes
culturalPractice Buddhist temple festivals
Cambodian language schools
celebration of Cambodian New Year
practice of Khmer classical dance
culturalTrait Buddhist-influenced rituals
maintenance of Khmer language
strong extended family networks
diasporaOf Cambodia
ethnicIdentity Khmer
facesIssue educational attainment gap
intergenerational trauma
language barriers
poverty
refugee trauma
hasAncestralOrigin Cambodia
hasEthnicOrigin Cambodian
historicalCauseOfMigration Cambodian Civil War
Khmer Rouge
surface form: Cambodian genocide

Khmer Rouge
surface form: Khmer Rouge regime
languageUsed English
Khmer
majorMigrationWave post-1975 refugee resettlement
notableEnclave Cambodia Town, Long Beach
Cambodian American self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cambodian community in Lowell, Massachusetts
populationEstimate over 300,000 in the United States
recognizedAs racial and ethnic minority in the United States
religion Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Mahayana
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

folk religion
settlementConcentration Fresno
surface form: Fresno, California

Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas

Long Beach
surface form: Long Beach, California

Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
surface form: Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota

Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Providence
surface form: Providence, Rhode Island

Seattle, Washington, United States
surface form: Seattle, Washington

Stockton
surface form: Stockton, California

Tacoma, Washington
subgroupOf Asian American
Asian American
surface form: Southeast Asian American

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Asian American hasPart Cambodian American
Oakland Chinatown ethnicCommunity Cambodian American
Cambodian American notableEnclave Cambodian American self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cambodian community in Lowell, Massachusetts
Laotian American relatedEthnicGroup Cambodian American
Thai American sharesCulturalTiesWith Cambodian American
Cambodia Town, Long Beach ethnicCommunity Cambodian American
Cambodia Town, Long Beach majorEthnicGroup Cambodian American
this entity surface form: Khmer Americans