0:00:00.684,0:00:05.374 ♪ Cambodian music ♪ 0:00:22.540,0:00:29.771 [DONUT PEOPLE] 0:00:30.412,0:00:32.426 [Samoeurn Phan] 0:00:32.426,0:00:35.481 [Affectionately known as [br]Pou Sam (Uncle Sam)] 0:00:35.481,0:00:38.842 [Sam has opened over 20 donut shops[br]for Cambondian families across Houston.] 0:00:38.842,0:00:42.444 (Uncle Sam) Well, when I came here in 1994 0:00:42.444,0:00:48.049 to eat one donut you didn't realize[br]how much work goes into one donut 0:00:48.049,0:00:51.911 until you actually go into[br]doing the donuts. 0:00:52.790,0:00:57.529 You know, it takes quite a bit[br]just to make one donut. 0:00:58.140,0:01:00.666 I start off by finding a location. 0:01:00.666,0:01:02.457 If I find a location, 0:01:02.457,0:01:07.555 I get a family that needs a donut shop [br]to go to look at the location, 0:01:07.555,0:01:10.799 and if they like it,[br]we negotiate the price, 0:01:10.799,0:01:14.955 and if the price is right,[br]I build it for them and turn them the key. 0:01:14.955,0:01:17.723 You know, most of them[br]already know how to make donuts. 0:01:17.723,0:01:19.727 They work for a family member, 0:01:19.727,0:01:23.623 you know, they've already worked[br]for like two, three or five years 0:01:23.623,0:01:26.062 to save up the money[br]to start up the business. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Chandara Meas[br]Owner of Snowflake Donuts, Galveston] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Cambodian Immigrant] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Chandara Meas) That's what I'm saying,[br]when I came to the States, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I don't have no relatives with me,[br]I don't speak that much English, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I gotta start to learn English 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and start to work to support myself... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and I don't have chance[br]to go back to college, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so I end up at a donut shop. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Most Cambodians who take us, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 they own a donut shop, [br]they run a donut business... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 yeah, you know, it's hard to do it, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 not many people want to do that job[br]as I'm doing right now. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Countless Cambodians were tortured] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [and more than a million were killed] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [More than a million Cambodians fled[br]and became refugees.] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 From 1975 to 1979, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 there's Khmer Rouge ran by Pol Pot. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 At that time I was 10 years old... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I still remember the torture, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 lot of people died [br]by starving and sickness... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 most of [the time] [br]they were killing people. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That was a hard time 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and that was the worst thing [br]that happened in the world. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Most Cambodians escaped from the war [br]in 1981after the Khmer Rouge regime, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and when they started to come here,[br]people don't speak that much English, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so that's why they started[br]working at donut shops 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because most of them what they do [br]are family business -- 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is my wife's nephew. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 He just came to the USA last year. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 He came in a special case[br]that they call "Lottery Visa". 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 He's a lucky one [br]that won a lottery green card. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The business we just opened--[br]it is kind of slow, it's brand new. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hopefully, we can stay for a long time[br]until we get some profit... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to take care of my family, my kids... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 go to school, go to college... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I have a beautiful kid. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's like, if you work for a company, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you have a different schedule[br]than the donut people. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So the donut people,[br]we wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 am, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and we'll be done by 12:00 or 1:00 pm,[br]and take a couple-of-hours-nap, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and, you know, get together[br]and then, go to sleep, and wake up, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and go to make some more donuts! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (man singing Karaoke in Cambodian) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Tao Ngo Vietnamese Restaurant[br]North Houston] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Cambodian Karaoke Party] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 4:10