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Why So Many Cambodians Own Donut Shops | AJ+

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Southern California is known for its abundance of doughnut shops, and many of those businesses are owned by Cambodian-Americans. But why? The story of their success is about thriving after surviving a brutal war that left them with nearly nothing.

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There's a reason so many doughnut shops use pink boxes, and it basically traces back to one man who used his business acumen to help Cambodian refugees find their versions of the American Dream.

*Learn more here:*

Pew Research Center. “U.S. Public Seldom Has Welcomed Refugees Into Country.”

Slate. “A Khmerican Tale.”

Wall Street Journal. “Even Jimmy Carter Was Cautious About Admitting Refugees.”

Encyclopedia Britannica. “Khmer Rouge.”

*Presenter & Senior Producer*: Imaeyen Ibanga

*Shot by: *Michael Nguyen

*Edited by: *Michael Nguyen and Brian Joseph

*Animations by:* Chia Liu

*Executive Producer:* Sarah Nasr

Music tracks courtesy of APM.

Footage and images courtesy of Getty Images and Reuters.

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