Democracy and Genocide in Myanmar As British Colonization
overextended the empire, as well as indigenous resources, the
British continued to embrace a deliberate process of forced
human relocation for the purposes of performing physical labor
(read: slavery via kidnapping). In Myanmar, formerly Burma, the
British imported scores of Muslims from neighboring Bangladesh.
Ever since, the descendants of these unfortunate souls have been
struggling to find an identity. Dismissed as illegitimate by the
governments of both Bangladesh and Myanmar, what is happening to
the Rohingya right now in the Rakhine State of Myanmar may be
the preeminent humanitarian crisis of the decade. Rakhine State
is located in the westernmost portion of Myanmar, its northern
border resting against Bangladesh. It’s population of roughly 2
million provides a slight majority to the ethnic Rakhine – the
state was renamed to honor the country’s largest of over 100
officially recognized ethnic groups – but the Rohingya are not
recognized by Myan