Far from resolving the persecuted minority’s problems, the Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner is not ready to even hear the word “Rohingya.”
When it comes to the issue of minority rights in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi is perhaps more vicious than Donald Trump is with undocumented immigrants.
Despite his draconian plans for Muslims and Latinos, the U.S. Republican presidential front-runner has never refused to use or propose a ban on the terms “Muslim” or “Latino.”
The de facto Burmese leader, on the other hand, doesn’t even want to hear the term “Rohingya.”
There are 135 official ethnic groups in Myanmar, but Rohingya Muslims — despite living there for hundreds of years — are not one of them.
The Buddhist-majority country instead refers to them as "Bengali" or "kalar," which is a pejorative word for people of South Asian descent. Consequently, the Rohingya aren’t recognized as citizens and are deprived of nearly all their basic rights. (Courtesy of carbonated.tv)
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