Myanmar- The Rohingya crisis explained

[@GeographyNow]

While writing the script for the #Myanmar episode I realized there just wouldn't be enough time to fit this very important section of delicate information in the video (unless I rushed or glossed over it) however it definitely needed to be addressed, therefore I had to make an entire separate video for it; The Rohingya situation. There are many other pieces of information that could've been mentioned in this video but for what it's worth I talked to quite a few people on this matter, did research and this is the briefest yet concise summary I can give.

[@IjeskrewRBMC]

Geography Now nice I’m first too

[@Coolsomeone234]

A very big Oof

[@TijmensAviation]

When will the episode get online?

[@Veon1]

You could probably have mentioned that there are UN reports that document actual attempts at ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar army. It's not just a 'both sides' thing, there are third-party international observers, you should try to at least mentioned what those have to say as well...

[@kapish4275]

when will you travel though?

[@ねこ-p1b7o]

I'm 2 years too late. But this is probably the most peaceful comment section I've ever seen about the topic.

[@zobaerhossainrobin46]

Actually, many small ethnic groups live on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. There are 1.5 million Burmese Buddhists living in Chittagong and Cox's bazar in Bangladesh. Bangladesh never deprives them of their rights. In the same way that Myanmar has deprived the Rohingyas of their citizenship, Bangladesh and those who want to live in Bangladesh, can deprive these Buddhist communities of their citizenship. But one secular government after another has come to power in Bangladesh and is not doing so

[@imcarlosjr4898]

Yup, I thought it was going to be worst

[@jqa16]

猫さん

[@shh5018]

@@zobaerhossainrobin46 Because the Buddhist community living in Bangladesh has solid proofs its their land. The Rohingya people has no solid proof they came to Myanmar being an arab tradder. Also all the Rohingya speaks in Chittagongian language which is a Bengali language which is enough to prove them they are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. On the other hand, the Buddhists in Bangladesh living in Chittagong and Cox bazar had their own kingdom and proof of claiming those area. Check the Arakan Kingdom if u didnt knew it existed.

[@zwehtutwinn3769]

As a burmese who is currently living in Myanmar,I am very glad to see a true/fair information about the situation unlike every other mainstream media .I love your channel and i ve been watching your videos since china .Keep up the good work!

[@stuarthastie6374]

Alcatraz TM Humans do.

[@sweetlikeespresso5921]

@The truth You can't generalize someone and call him a murderer. I am Rohingya Muslim and in Myanmar and Thailand, Rohingyas and Burmese live side by side. Mind it!

[@cubaaatv2796]

Bruh, can i know More about this race? Im malaysian..Malaysian is Muslim country, Our government saves them, But After Whole this Year, we have big problem with this Race.. They don't act like a good muslim...they not really care about My goverment rules, They Stolled , They robbed the house and more, and now.. they want citizenship rights as a local,

[@cubaaatv2796]

@@sweetlikeespresso5921 you guys not act like a good muslim.. Our government take your race to my Country

[@waiyanhtaik1315]

@@cubaaatv2796 Myanmar has no rohingya race.

[@minnthitaung7974]

Well .. this is the only video I’ve ever seen that a non-Burmese is explaining what have happened in Rakhine State totally fair and unbiased! Good job.

[@flymetothemars4762]

Agreed.

[@yumaungkhant7559]

Right

[@peterpiper4418]

agreed!

[@TinHtarLwin]

Absolutely!

[@MsGaijinSyauqi]

So how's the Military Junta feeling these days?

[@neomage2021]

I spent all of November in Myanmar. Traveled from Yangon to Nay Pi Taw, Mandalay, then off to smaller more rural areas like Shwebo, Kale, Kanbalu, Tedim, Falam, and Rihkawdar. I have to say it is a very interesting country. I found while there while most everyone was very open about talking about the government and democracy, no one wanted to talk about the Rohingya at all. And you are 100% correct about it not being about them being Muslim. I traveled the entire month with a Myanmar native that was Muslim and a colleague from out of the country that was also Muslim and everywhere we went the people were for the most part incredibly friendly.

[@wanderingwonderer5442]

Derick Hess Sounds like you would find N Korea lovely too.

[@wintercinders4889]

Bob T lol the Burmese government and North Korea are not the same. People don’t wanna talk about it due to how conflicting it is

[@carrotsandcucumbers8214]

im Burmese and I'll die if I go to North Korea

[@gusgusfishpiglet5665]

It's true. I used to enthusiastic to answer questions about Rohingya for my friends from other countries. Then, I started not to because I don't want to get the look of distrust and disgust as if I'm lying to them just because what I'm saying is not like what mass media is reporting. What I want them to know is that I care deeply about people no matter what their race is and I was just explaining the misrepresentation of Muslims vs Buddhists in the news. SMH.

[@laypyay8902]

@@gusgusfishpiglet5665 I totally agree with this. Boy am i glad to see this comment section. The others were literally so scary i didn't dare to comment.

[@faristaj2326]

Well, the comments are going to be lovely...

[@ghexhsdhujvcfbsdhucvrej5452]

oh noes

[@jeffreyau9751]

@Daniel Bin Hujan Omar Just like Burmese food

[@mrbilter83]

yup i have my popcorn ready

[@dajjukunrama5695]

I’m 50/50 so you can feel good about accusing me of being 100 one way because “I’m basically Hitler” or “I’m basically Antifa”

[@scrublord9344]

They dont got internet in myassmar dont worry.

[@calvinhayman7597]

Wow I feel like I got a completely none biast and independent report. Please do more of these. I’m sick of things like this being used for political agenda and not facts about what’s actually happening.

[@kenapsay7976]

I agree! Barbs did his research good

[@raakone]

They say that the truth is the first casualty in any armed conflict!

[@Filosopha]

This is what the news media is meant to be like. But nope. Agendas. Agendas. Agendas. It's nauseating.

[@yahya.muhammad.khan1]

Exactly

[@OrioleFan443]

Agreed, seemed very balanced and very factual. Thank you.

[@underarock9447]

geography now is one of the few channels that can talk about this without mostly bigoted comments in the comment section

[@friday5303]

Because he also present unbiased.

[@Nimish204]

His audience of also mature. He is also unbiased.

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

His target demographic is the world. A lot of comments are trolls but they're simply the most controversial ones. The decent ones get pushed down. His audience simply knows respect since a lot of them are subscribers and know how he operates by now

[@itzaquarielplayz7930]

I'm Burmese and I'm still learning history in school. And I haven't learned about the Rohingya yet. (I think, I'm not interested in history but I am now.) So I asked my mom about this, and she told me to go back to playing roblox. She told me not to be interested in the Rohingya problem. And of course, english is not my first language. So I didn't really understand the whole video. Well, this is confusing. I should have focused in history more often.

[@sab5686]

it’s awesome that you are so curious

[@saminyasarridom5686]

Fuck u

[@jameskhant1786]

@@saminyasarridom5686 Lol fuck you.

[@PeterZin]

@@jameskhant1786 I second the motion.

[@Biggest_lier]

🇮🇳❤️🇲🇲

[@fairoozfairooz]

Hey Barb, don’t you notice that the British Empire has somehow started most today’s military conflicts in the developing world? Examples are endless!

[@mr.fowler4644]

Not most but a statistically significant amount. (at least in the way I see it)

[@lilacsbby4787]

Hamza Alduraidi yeah i wouldn’t say most, but yeah, definitely a bit.

[@RobertoLee09]

They did it on purpose. If karma does exist, it's not surprise that UK is decline.

[@meis]

British use ethnic conflicts to divide and conquer these newly independence countries in the post-independence days. All these countries cannot survive without foreign investments. They still take foreign investments from the imperialists and colonists after post-independence. Foreign investments lead to foreign influences. /watch?v=rWHARMzldK4&list=PLPNnLfxJ2ybCgw6REigDd1HnClNlfZapo Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam - Mark Curtis /watch?v=FJoutySGF8M&list=PLPNnLfxJ2ybCgw6REigDd1HnClNlfZapo

[@rohanr.9714]

Well I think it’s mostly cause they had the worlds largest empire, combined with divide and rule

[@vihangsupare95]

One of the only few videos which presents both sides of the argument

[@kenapsay7976]

Agree

[@Dracopol]

Oh, but this video seems unclean and smells of pork! Barby should revert to Islam (we were all born Muslims) and then he will see world issues and the proper destiny of man (and the women walking 3 paces behind them) in the correct perspective. :-)

[@guspus3050]

@@Dracopol wtf dude?

[@fredbohm4728]

@Jonathan Williams ..jesus death and resurrection was witnessed by nobody as he never existed. Christian Mythology. Please list the names of those eyewitnesses and their written testimony.

[@fredbohm4728]

@Jonathan Williams ...How dumb can you be? The Buy Bull is not proof of anything. It is a book of CLAIMS with zero evidence provided. Your jesus never existed. Learn what the difference is between a CLAIM and EVIDENCE. Consult a dictionary..

[@mikhail4602]

Do the Uyghur next pls

[@nedisahonkey]

Uyghur please.

[@katigreen4703]

I agree, not many people know about them

[@nedisahonkey]

@Deva Rafael Because the Hui are essentially of Han origin while the Uyghur are Turkic.

[@thebenis3157]

@@nedisahonkey *Turkic

[@nedisahonkey]

@@thebenis3157 Yeah you're right. I'm sorry it's 05:24 and I haven't slept.

[@ChanM94]

It is actually very brave of you to tackle this issue while risking many potential haters coming at you. Nonetheless, you have done an amazing job, remaining neutral throughout the video while laying out raw facts & history without leaning towards any of the sides. Clearly shows the amount of research you have done. Definitely way more than any of the deluded commentators below.

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

They did a video on Israel. Pretty sure this man fears no hate 🤣

[@rebelblade7159]

Who's here after the recent Coup in Myanmar?

[@Ryan191110]

Me and help I am scared cause my country's cops are shooting protester

[@kelvin5005]

@@Ryan191110 FIGHT TILL THE END BRO IF WE DIE WE DIE IF WE SUCCED WE CELEBRATE tommorow come out

[@kelvin5005]

@pkmk6 66 dont care bro we live one day we die one day might as well die in honor

[@supremelyeducated3273]

Speaking of recent coup, truth is Suu Kyi's deposed government is in the West's orbit, while the military is in China's orbit. Naturally, there's a conflict of interest between the two.

[@thykingdomcome7238]

@@supremelyeducated3273 "Suu Kyi's deposed government is in the West's orbit, while military is in China's orbit. So there's a conflict of interest between the two, obviously so." Truth is the West is working hard to block China an access to the sea through Myanmar; as in the case with South China Sea, where they have been working on it for a decade.

[@AsepTravels]

Thank you for telling both sides of the story! Unfortunately most of the media only show one incomplete side of story and so many people jump to conclusions without any knowledge of the history and background of this crisis in my country.

[@hakiminaser8115]

Now Malaysian also hate rohingnya. They ask too many things from Malaysia gov.. fak all of them

[@hakiminaser8115]

They create gangster group in Malaysia.. The leader call himself Long Tiger. Shitty rohingnya

[@manpaohaihing4230]

Myanmar atrocities on ethnic minorities, then the Rohingyas Genocides by military Juntas of Myanmar should see another NUREMBERG & stretch neck.

[@salokin3087]

Thanks for giving insight to this, sadly overlooked

[@ChanM94]

Yes, things might have overlooked. Perhaps, he wasn't able to fact-check those left-out details with sucha short amount of time he had. Afterall, its not Myanmar Now! haha. Nonetheless, great effort from him isn't it! This dude probably pushing his limits and venturing outta his comfort zone for his fans. My wishes for Peace in the region! - Cheers.

[@AtomicExplosion95695]

wheremst have I seen u b4 @Salokin

[@kenjimiyamoto8815]

@@Name-jz4fb go to Yangon mate.. There is a mosque, a church and a Buddhist temple only 100 metres far away from each other and they do not have any problems. Ask the Muslims living in Yangon mate..

[@MadZwe1]

@@Name-jz4fb That monk is a fraud. Only the military and its supporters stand by him. No real Buddhists worship him

[@zobaerhossainrobin46]

Actually, many small ethnic groups live on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. There are 1.5 million Burmese Buddhists living in Chittagong and Cox's bazar in Bangladesh. Bangladesh never deprives them of their rights. In the same way that Myanmar has deprived the Rohingyas of their citizenship, Bangladesh and those who want to live in Bangladesh, can deprive these Buddhist communities of their citizenship. But one secular government after another has come to power in Bangladesh and is not doing so

[@CCPJAYLPHAN1994]

I'm Buddhist and if you guys think that MUSLIMS shouldn't be associated terrorism when certain percentage are violent, I hope you guys do the same and not be hypocrite by saying that Buddhists are violent. May you guys be happy and well. Edit: There are amazing non-religious and Muslim friends responding to this thread and I wanna say thank you for your respect for my faith and I shall say that you guys are amazing as well!

[@Apusays]

Are you high mate? It's not comprehensible.

[@CCPJAYLPHAN1994]

@Daniel Bin Hujan Omar Hi Daniel, this is pretty surprising to say the least. I wasn't expecting a comment like that haha But as a practicing Buddhist, of course we would welcome anyone who want to learn about our faith and how it can be applied to better our lives. However, because your current or previous faith is of the Islamic one. I'm pretty sure it is very hard, especially if you live in an Islamic country. It is astronomically hard to convert out of it. That said, conversion internally is always better than externally, can start by understanding Buddhism, the Dhamma and start establishing Right View. I cam always help if you need to.

[@sahararaptor7600]

peace be upon you

[@CCPJAYLPHAN1994]

@@sahararaptor7600 Thank you mate!

[@CCPJAYLPHAN1994]

@@nedisahonkey I agree with you, and our community have spoken out against any violence. The very first precept is to not kill.

[@kenapsay7976]

Wow! Never watched a video about Rohingya tackling BOTH sides of the story! A salute you! You researched both sides. But yes, people should not suffer. My country (Philippines) accepted 8000 of them. ( I think more).We can accept more but I think Rohingya likes Indonesia, since it is a Muslim country. Note: The Philippines is just a foothold for the refugees. We usually send them to countries that they like like US and the EU, or back to their country if things was solved. Rohingyans stayed for just 5 months in our country. We were the first Southeast asians bordering the South China to accept them We accepted Vietnamese before. After peace was acheive in Vietnam in the 70's, it is time for yhe refugees to return. But they did not want to leave unfortunately. Vietnamese people crying since they loved it in our country.

[@عبدالله-ه5ه9ك]

Ken Apsay You Philippines are such welcoming warm heart people love you and your country please help those brothers of mine in need

[@aadityaphadnis8399]

I hope Indian government could learn something from Philippines. We can take much more of them but we aren't taking them in but are even deporting some of them who made it in.

[@Dominus_Potatus]

Yeah.. at the beginning they chose Indonesia, since We (read: most of Muslim in Indonesia) love to take care our fellow muslim abroad. Do you hear Pakistan? They are supported by Indonesia for a very long time. They got de jure from us. There are no news about Rohingya lately, but last thing I heared from national media: "They are not comfortable in the refugee camp because it isn't the same as what they are promised." They got baptized (so Christian word, can't find the Islamic word) by our culture: You cam hold my promise because promise is free! Simply because they are a burden in financial, with no benefit at all. Which country want to accept this kind of immigrant? 1. No money 2. No education 3. No skill Do not mention their language is very different from us, maybe most of Indonesian who helped them can speak Arabic. But most of Indonesian, even most of Muslim in Indonesia can't speak Arabic. To be understand: Many Muslim in Indonesia can speak Arabic because they learn to resd their holy book. But they can't make a conversation. It is more like they are remembering the verse like a song. Thr higher the education, more of them can take a very basic conversation.

[@kenapsay7976]

@@aadityaphadnis8399 Jordan is better than us brother. They saved 600k refugees!!!

[@kenapsay7976]

Countries in my opinion are better refugee havens than my country (Philippines). 1. Jordan 2. Pakistan 3. Iran *Top 3 mostly Palestinians and Syrians 4. Canada. (The wealthiest country that is a refugee haven). 5.Chad 6.Ethiopia 7.Uganda 8.Kenya 9. Some African countries *Different nation with civil war. 10. Colombia-Valenzuela (seek refuge to each other). Colombians to Velenzuela during their civil war, Velenzuelans to Colombia during the hyperinflation now. Except for Canada though, these countries harbor people who mostly have something in common with them. Muslims to Muslim. Same ethnic groups in Africa. We Filipinos do not care what race you are from. Hell! Even what planet you are from!

[@sourovdas5280]

What you didn't include is that Bangladesh is the host nation for this massive refugee population. The govt. of Bangladesh is constantly working (hard) to accommodate and feed them. With it's own overpopulation problems and not so impressive economy, Bangladesh is doing some very good stuffs.

[@unclepodger]

I think it's well highlighted in media that Bangladesh is housing all the refugees.

[@sourovdas5280]

@@unclepodger you are correct, I just hoped that Paul B. would discuss that topic with more passion. After all this whole thing is not easy for Bangladesh, yet the govt. is doing it passionately. As a Bangladeshi, I just hoped more appreciation, that's all.

[@DIEGhostfish]

I believe that way back in the original Bangladesh episode he briefly touched on their overpopulation becoming even more pronounced by the refugees coming in. Might be wrong though.

[@mehbubulalam7889]

Sourov Das I think you'll find that Bangladesh has quite an impressive economy for South Asian standards as they're one of the fastest growing economies in the world. But other than that you're correct

[@unclepodger]

@Anand the godtuber Guess who I am from my name. What's in a name? 😉

[@Gambitace747]

Hi GN, I'm in Bangladesh working for NGO's just now! Thanks for the run-down.Super helpful xx

[@supervlad1]

Thanks Barbs for explaining this. As someone who currently lives in Myanmar, it was good to see this and understand a bit better this virtually non-understandable situation...

[@friday5303]

This video is the diamond of grabage internet. I am Burmese who live in Myanmar.

[@udaysheorey1490]

It's very simple to understand, once you understand the evil of the cult called islam and the mindset of its members.

[@LoL-nq4fs]

Uday Sheorey low IQ

[@Sea-zu4bj]

Uday Sheorey lol moron the start of the video said it’s not to do with religion

[@zobaerhossainrobin46]

Actually, many small ethnic groups live on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. There are 1.5 million Burmese Buddhists living in Chittagong and Cox's bazar in Bangladesh. Bangladesh never deprives them of their rights. In the same way that Myanmar has deprived the Rohingyas of their citizenship, Bangladesh and those who want to live in Bangladesh, can deprive these Buddhist communities of their citizenship. But one secular government after another has come to power in Bangladesh and is not doing so

[@jaszthebest]

I support Myanmar 🇮🇳❤️🇲🇲 I hope our govt could take such strict action against the threats of the nation. SOOOO MUCH LOVE TO Burmese PM and People.

[@friday5303]

Why should India afarid them? India even has nuke and Burma don't. You just need good leader who don't afarid the world.

[@abdisahal5661]

Phull support saar ahh hindu

[@aamirpatel8109]

Full Gobarrrr. ahhhh

[@imperial_Drag999]

​@@friday5303 We indians in general hate engaging in conflicts and violence As we can't control ourselves if we engage in any kind of conflicts We forget humanity or any warcrime principles during battles . We indians don't want to offend one more neighbouring country like Myanmar We have enough enemies dude China , pakistan , turkey , Qatar , albenia , ajirbaijan , Malaysia and nowadays bangladesh We don't want more enemies , what Myanmar is doing in their country is their internal matters we don't want to be involved We just want no illigal immigrant or refugee from Myanmar Bangladesh and china and ASEAN should handle Rohingyas

[@ekn_38]

Could you also talk about the Uyghurs and the Tibetans? They are also suffering under the Chinese and have unique and interesting histories and cultures of their own

[@cometmoon4485]

Fun fact: Ghengis Khan used the Uyghur script as the basis for the Mongolian alphabet back in the day. Even now, if you look at Mongolian text it resembles sideways, vertical Arabic.

[@poli4869]

China is just too stupid, did not learn from the experience of of how eureopeans and the US treat natives.

[@poli4869]

@The Hispanic Gaddafist better than fine actually. The gov treats them and other minorities much better than ordinary Han Chinese!

[@imandra7]

@@poli4869 please elaborate. how does one treat natives right after invading and annexing?

[@Dracopol]

@@poli4869 The European Community government is oppressing aboriginal Europeans horribly...

[@sunduncan1151]

I’m Thai and I can say that many conflicts in Southeast Asia, including this one, are the result of Western colonization. British and French just left many problems behind this region without any responsibility. They combined and divided their conquered territories like a cake without thinking about ethnic background and former political status. Shan people, for example, are still fighting against the Bamars for their independence until today. I’m pro-Shan because Shan state (Tailand) has ever been an independent state not part of Burma. They have their own culture and monarchy. French also left the border conflict between Siam and Indochina. Be strong Southeast Asians!

[@zayya9362]

Nah, Thai is not pro tai. They just betrayed Burmese trust . Meanwhile tai (Shan) people Unite with Burmese like brotherhood. We expelled mongol invasion and China invasion together. Burmese kings recognized shan as independent state with their leaders. They never interfere Shan leaders rulings. Until Shan people love to be united with Burmese under Myanmar. That’s a fact.

[@vindicator75]

​@@zayya9362 I'm half shan, my mother has never identified as Burmese

[@Mrpotato-gs2ur]

So that is your ethnicity,what about your Nationalities​.@@vindicator75

[@satya895]

Hey Barb, you and your team did an awesome job with this video. I am from Odisha, an Indian state close to the India-Bangladesh border and I found this video to be extremely well made. This was probably the best attempt at explaining this complex crisis.

[@JennieWrenStar]

Paul, Barby This is what takes your videos way beyond the standard of any others. There are now other (though not necessarily dedicated) geographical videos, but you make yours an immersive mix of fun, interesting, thought provoking, well researched and absorbing. I have learnt so much from you. Thank you.

[@isaiah3872]

I've been wondering since last year how you'd address this important issue. Appreciate the effort!

[@bbbijn5562]

So basically the Burmese didn't start this whole messy situation from day one, and both sides got messier. Government and the armies are at fault, and innocent lives are lost, this is just sad!!

[@udaysheorey1490]

Nothing to be sad about. If their allegiance was not to islam and they had made a genuine and sustained effort to assimilate, they would have been absorbed. But oil and water never mix. So they had to leave.

[@udaysheorey1490]

@siemenssx1 Are you part of the solution, or part of the problem, bro? It was the muslims that got f***ed, not you. Or was it you that got onto the wrong end of the stick?

[@aungmyatkyaw5963]

This crisis is started when myanmar's 30 police stations are attacked by the people who u all always call' pittyful bengali. "

[@jrdnn16]

@@RusselKabirTR Did u watch the video? He said “there is no concrete evidence that they are Burmese”

[@suviram.1901]

thats basically all modern day problems

[@DavidGuardado1997]

This was amazing barbs! Even my parents enjoyed how you discussed the crisis without choosing sides. You should also start doing videos like these, makes me want to avoid watching news on TV.

[@c.r.bouton1842]

Thank you so much Barb! I'm a huge geography nerd and I'm always wanting to learn more, and these videos help so much with that! Thanks to you I'm the 2 time Geography Bee champion at my school and have gone to State to compete against the entire state of Indiana! Thank you!

[@c.r.bouton1842]

@@acermations4368 I can, but I dont feel like typing them out😅

[@massetozacarias5693]

Why do I love this Channel SO MUCH!!!

[@TheGuitare42]

Probably cause this is an independent media :)

[@abyssstrider2547]

He doesnt make biased videos and looks everything from a neutral perspective

[@kingkillerstripe1211]

Because you are a good person and so is Paul Barbie Barbato

[@kyrgyzjeff4550]

Zachary Tabz, Because you end up having higher IQ with Geography.

[@sunspotmill1291]

Because Barby is awesome!

[@RosyMiranto]

Hm... so how much Myanmar Episode would be controversial compared to Armenia-Azerbaijan, FYROM, and the Two Koreas? I wouldn't ask Israel because that one is off the charts.

[@nedisahonkey]

Probably most comperable to the Armenian-Azeri conflict considering its recent, involves nationalism/religon and separatism.

[@nikeboy69er]

On the contrary, the Israel episode didn't cause a stir at all. Many were disappointed. LOL.

[@jekyllhirsi1009]

I think it won't be controversial because the biggest controversy is in this video already

[@nugrohoamar8038]

@@nikeboy69er barb tried to be as safe as he can on israel lol

[@DGraze]

@@nugrohoamar8038 lol, i know what you meant.

[@shenlhung]

Unbiased informative information ( telling two sides ) and most importantly having empathy

[@zobaerhossainrobin46]

Actually, many small ethnic groups live on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. There are 1.5 million Burmese Buddhists living in Chittagong and Cox's bazar in Bangladesh. Bangladesh never deprives them of their rights. In the same way that Myanmar has deprived the Rohingyas of their citizenship, Bangladesh and those who want to live in Bangladesh, can deprive these Buddhist communities of their citizenship. But one secular government after another has come to power in Bangladesh and is not doing so

[@thekingminn]

@@zobaerhossainrobin46 There is one thing you are missinh those Buddhist in Bangladesh have been there way before Rohingya or Islam arrived in that area. They mostly Rakhine and Chin hill tribes. Its their land.

[@JohnGryllsMM]

Thank you so much for digging in deep. As a Myanmar Citizen im not happy nor proud to say we have conflicts, but this is just one conflict, we actually have more than one. Comsuming our economy to the ground.

[@metarus208]

This is the greatest video on explaining an ethnic-conflict in a deep and unbiased way that I've ever seen!!!

[@irpana1503]

Could you please make an episode about what's happening in East Turkestan(Xinjiang, China)?

[@rawapuyghur391]

Yes, please. People need to know what's happening!

[@ultrainstinctgokusan1860]

Oh wait i have no idea can you tell me the story headline.

[@irpana1503]

@@ultrainstinctgokusan1860 More than one million Uyghurs and other Turkic ethnic groups in Northwestern China have been detained in internment camps, where they are being tortured physically and mentally.

[@dimitriliakos81]

Assimilate or leave is the jist of it

[@jobwesleycoxjr5103]

@@dimitriliakos81 there is no leave to it. It's assimilate or rot in prison. Turkey and other Turkic nations have offered to take and help Uygurs.. China refused that and threatened to sanction them

[@Arnamoo]

If I've learned something in life it's that every conflict throughout our history was always about power and land. Religion/Belief was just the scapegoat or the "motivation" for the "peasents". And it's still the case...

[@Arnamoo]

@@curiousmolar8104 Name me one... I'll wait

[@rahmatagung2518]

9/11

[@udaysheorey1490]

Spot on. That's why we need to start by neutering the cult called islam.

[@zhcultivator]

Bruh At this point, i am starting to think that it (religion) might be a political tool smh

[@udaysheorey1490]

@@zhcultivator religion is politics by another name. The primary objective of both is the same - to hoodwink the gullible masses and control them according to your agenda.

[@cameronbatchelor5320]

I had no idea about this crisis. Thank you very much for giving a non-biased informational video about, I wish there were more people like in the world who would put out important information in a non biased manner

[@chosett]

Yes, you did miss a few important points but overall, a very objective presentation of a very complicated situation. I don't normally comment on political issues here, only to say that the western media has been feeding us with a lot of misinformation and fake news about this crisis, but you have tried to balance it with your unbiased report.

[@travelleryu]

When I visited Yangon last year, I saw mosques and the muslim people everywhere and early in the morning I could hear the Azan.

[@flymetothemars4762]

There are many muslim ethnic groups here in Myanmar bro.Rohingyas speak bengladeshi their face just look like bengladesh they dont even know burmese language.

[@illAkhi]

Not just Rakhine state and Rohingya. All you have to do is a real simple search for "anti-muslim riots myanmar" on any search engine. Let me ask you a question, what do you see? How many riots in the lovely city of Yangon you visited, or burning mosques in charming Mandalay? Some of you people are so lazy it's pathetic. I don't think you would get it unless somebody was burning down your church, beating up your neighbor, or looting your uncle's store.

[@travelleryu]

@@flymetothemars4762 I agree with you. They are Bangladeshi illegal immigrants brought by the British colonialists.

[@travelleryu]

@@illAkhi And nothing about the persecution of non muslims in Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Egypt? No wonder muhammad himself murdered over 700 Jews of Banu Qurayza that refused to convert to islam.

[@kasimsayed1871]

@@flymetothemars4762 there are many peoples in india like the face of burmese and thousand language but everyone are the citizens of india even their faces are like you because they didn't judge them with their faces and language for example peoples of kolkata speaking is most similar with bangla language but it doesn't mean they are Bangladeshi but they are originally indian and kolkata is a part of india because a country can have more languages and more ethnics with different faces.

[@almarten]

Please consider making more of these kind of videos! This was super helpful to understand this crisis better. Thank You so Much!

[@jadejade2851]

2:07 the gentleman in white is my great grandfather and i would like to thank you for fair and very accurate reportage on the rohingha situation. it’s really a breadth of fresh air . i am impressed with your research! you really put the shame to bbc and some other mainstream medias . keep up the good work 💪💪💪

[@ichangedmyname3487]

Phone Myat 🙀

[@ThinnkTwicce]

Wow that's cool!

[@scorpioninpink]

This is a landmine. Also, let us not gloss over the fact that Muslims are discriminated in Myanmar but the Rohingyans are an easy target like how the Karin was easy target before.

[@nikeboy69er]

Minorities are usually discriminated anywhere.

[@alexo.1388]

When they were killing ur people lmao

[@jekyllhirsi1009]

Sadly the Rohingya also discriminated Hindus and Buddhists in Rakhine state

[@cometmoon4485]

@@jekyllhirsi1009 How so? Do the Rohingya have their own laws and government that exclude Hindus and Buddhists?

[@cometmoon4485]

@@jekyllhirsi1009 How do random farmers "force" strangers to convert to Islam?

[@oliverkarehag9883]

Thank you! This was a very good summary. Good job Barbs! I think you did a great job on describing both sides. Btw I don’t know if you will see this but I’ve been subscribing to your channel since the autumn of 2014. I started watching it in preparation for a model UN in upper secondary school. At that time you had just started on B or C, I was going to represent Zimbabwe X’D. During the time I’ve been praying for you especially when you lost your father. A year after that I lost my own father. I love the work that you do. I look forward to your video about Sweden as I myself am Swedish (and we love recognition of our country and culture). You know that I will celebrate your video on Zimbabwe.

[@kymeana]

Thank you so much for not just being civil with the issue but also going into the history (which a lot of bias medias don't do! As a Burmese, I never liked the Burmese military and so does my family, not sure for other Burmese citizens. My uncle works for the Burmese Military and because his bit of a lower rank or different from others, they treat him unfairly. While other gets paid, all he gets is basket of flowers or barely any money. Its maybe nothing to others, but money is really important in these kind of countries. It's just a little in depth, overall, loved the video!

[@robertberger8981]

Finally, someone says the truth.

[@zobaerhossainrobin46]

Actually, many small ethnic groups live on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. There are 1.5 million Burmese Buddhists living in Chittagong and Cox's bazar in Bangladesh. Bangladesh never deprives them of their rights. In the same way that Myanmar has deprived the Rohingyas of their citizenship, Bangladesh and those who want to live in Bangladesh, can deprive these Buddhist communities of their citizenship. But one secular government after another has come to power in Bangladesh and is not doing so

[@elchapo8296]

I wish and pray that Rohingyans can find a perfect place in this world. Any human being deserves to live happy and accepted in the community. Most of all, children doesn't deserve this, they need a better place.

[@rajibgr9104]

Yes, agreed. Rohingyas should come out of their day dream of separate Muslim country and Myanmar should give them citizenship. Load of such huge number of refugees is unbearable for a dense populated country like Bangladesh...😐😐😐

[@kasimsayed1871]

@@rajibgr9104 I am Rohingya and we don't want a separated country or a place in Myanmar we only want single citizens like other peoples in Myanmar. Myanmar doesn't provide equal citizens to everyone they give different identity to different ethnic so the conflict based on peace.

[@rajibgr9104]

@@kasimsayed1871 Yes, I completely agree with that. Whatever happening to the Rohingyas are violation of human rights

[@togrulmmmdov6104]

One of the unwritten rule: "Civilians always have to suffer"

[@Chris-hp9be]

Toğrul Məmmədov maybe because insurgent groups are formed from civilians and hide among them

[@christophercayman217]

So then be a militant.

[@sumbhu]

An unbiased presentation of the summary of the issue that covered all the bases and arguments. It has to be the best video on this channel till date. You may not be a journalist in the conventional sense but Barbs the way you talk about and explain tricky geopolitical issues surely supercedes anything presented by the current media outlets.

[@R0V3Rvids]

Good job bro! You didn't disappoint me. When i saw the title i was like please don't make me feel disappointed cuz u r one of the coolest YouTubist. But thanks for your honesty and objectivity.

[@christophercayman217]

Thank you so much for explaining real problem without bias. That's so true, the problem is not about religion. There are many Muslims staying peacefully within in the major cities. Almost all media made up like a religious problem to get an attention.

[@honolulu7793]

It's like hong Kong for china...HongKongnese people are native,Rohingya are native..british took control hong Kong, Arakan.. British left,, china want hong Kong with people,,, Myanmar want Arakan but not people

[@cath246]

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE MYANMAR EPISODE! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOOO LONG. i am anglo-burmese and proud, myanmar is such a beautiful country with beautiful people. there is a lot of ignorance and propaganda surrounding the rohingya crisis, i love how you covered it here. please do the beautiful country justice in the episode!

[@signob4990]

The language Rohingya’s speak is a sub-branch of the Chittagonian language in Bangladesh, which is related to Bengali. The word Rohingya is derived from the Bengali corruption of the word “Rohang”. “Roshang” and “Roan” which refers to Rakhine (Arakan). This is in the Bengali and British colonial historical administrative records. Everyone in Myanmar never called Rohingya’s by that name, they have always referred to them as Bengali’s. Most of the population have never heard that name until recently when all this made international headlines. It is unacceptable that they are lying about their bengali roots. From the British rule of Myanmar from 1824 to 1948, not a single reference to ‘Rohingya’ is to be found in any British official report, regional gazetteer, census, legislation, private correspondence or personal reminiscence, including the conflicts between the Burmese and Bengali’s. There is simply no credible historical evidence that they were called Rohingyas. Also visiting European travellers, explorers who visited Arakan and the rest of the country in the 1800’s and early 1900’s who were amazed with the country had no mention of it. The term Rohingya has also never even been mentioned once in the ancient history of Arakan State and the Rakhine (Arakan) people going back 500 BC when Buddha visited Arakan State. That’s why the Arakanese people and Burmese cannot accept that term. They are stealing the identity of the Arakanese people. There have been interfering efforts by some international nations on this Rohingya issue, without fully understanding the ethnic groups and other situations of Myanmar, it is viewed as offending the sovereignty of the nation. In February 1965 the (West) German Embassy in Karachi, reported on the visit of a General from Myanmar to Pakistan, he mentioned that there are 250,000 illegal Bengali immigrants in Arakan. By 1975 the number had risen to 400,000, according to Bangladeshi Ambassador, in conversation with the British Ambassador in Rangoon on 23 December 1975. No wonder these thousands of illegal Bengalis and their descendants currently in Arakan want to be classified as “Rohingya”.

[@humanityisstupid]

@Google Assistant I think the major issue is how the defence of Burma without compassion for the suffering of all people in this conflict is seen as heartless. To be fair, the tatmadaw is not known for their gentle nature, as everyone in Burma can attest to. It is a bit hypocritical that most Burmese seem to have conveniently forgotten this during this era.

[@alifshishislam1283]

There are various subgroup of people residing in bangladesh who are somewhat culturally associated with burma, and its common in border areas. But that in no way legitimizes the heinous act of ethnic cleansing carried out by the myanmar government.

[@NoorAlam-zv8gu]

​@@alifshishislam1283 You are right You gentleman

[@TechieWidget]

I have been wanting to know more about the Rohingya crisis, since I saw it on the news. It has been difficult for me to understand how the crisis started, because of how divided people and sources are about it. Your video does a great job in explaining it and looking at both sides of the crisis. I am looking forward to the Myanmar episode.

[@TheFreeLanguageProject]

This explanation was very important before the Myanmar episode. Thanks Barbs.

[@ВолодимирКравченко-з6н]

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[@Ryan191110]

Hiya

[@Kariakas]

Good job, ironically you're better at describing the situation than major media networks.

[@Kirk.thompson]

“The Burmese military is kind of lashing out very very harshly” You have a pattern of minimising the evil actions of oppressive governments.

[@suviram.1901]

don't get angry just because he doesn't agree with your worldview... think through the other perspectives too

[@Kirk.thompson]

@@suviram.1901 yeah I’m so angry because a guy on the internet doesn’t agree with me

[@gregrizal5043]

Lashing out like ethnic cleansing aka killing innocent people even old people, women and children? Yeah the vlogger sounds like its just a trivial moment.

[@imperialguardsman5929]

Lmao you snowflakes wouldn't last a second watching one of Oversimplified's videos.

[@suviram.1901]

@@imperialguardsman5929 🤣🤣lol true

[@gurkhadhamma5960]

They are from Bangladesh. Their mother tongue is Bengali. All of them are from Bangladesh. The word Rohingya didn't existed before 1980s

[@honolulu7793]

It's like hong Kong for china...HongKongnese people are native,Rohingya are native..british took control hong Kong, Arakan.. British left,, china want hong Kong with people,,, Myanmar want Arakan but not people

[@PeterZin]

@@honolulu7793 I look and I see you again. It’s actually like this. The land is called Arakan(aka Rakhine). Rakhine people are the true inhabitants of the land. The last Burmese dynasty toppled the last Rakhine Kingdom. And British occupied Burma for 100 years. WW2 happened. The Brits enlisted Chittagonians of present day Bangladesh to fight the imperial Japanese. Chittagonians killed a bunch of Rakhine people. Racial conflict happened. A bunch died on both sides. Chittagonians stayed in northern Arakan(Rakhine) state after the war. Burma got independence. Chittagonians called themselves mujahid and tried to anex the northern Arakan as part of East Pakistan. Bangladesh Liberation War happened. West Pakistan massacred East Pakistan. Chittagonians called themselves Roohingya and claimed themselves citizens of Burma.

[@christianmiller9934]

Yeah no they aren’t they are natives to what is now Rakhine state they probate related to bengalis because they are right next to each other those border are colonialist creations why don’t you practice what Buddhism actually teaches

[@EpreTroll]

They should probably join Bangladesh

[@Jhonnycomelate]

Bangladesh don't want them and don't recognize them as theirs.

[@honolulu7793]

@@Jhonnycomelate haha of course we will with their land not just them

[@honolulu7793]

It's like hong Kong for china...HongKongnese people are native,Rohingya are native..british took control hong Kong, Arakan.. British left,, china want hong Kong with people,,, Myanmar want Arakan but not people

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

@@honolulu7793 and Bangladesh if given want Arakan with Rohingya

[@johnson-cao]

@@honolulu7793 totally wrong. Where u get the wrong idea and ignorant of the facts.

[@a.k9802]

So they are an indo-aryan group but claiming to be arab.... That makes no sense.

[@jacobsmith5543]

They are Muslim (religion) but not Arab since they're Indo-Aryan

[@ultrainstinctgokusan1860]

@@jacobsmith5543 yep there are 19 crores of them in India

[@thekingminn]

@@jacobsmith5543 the video said they are Indo Aryan

[@hisham1101]

Being Indo-Aryan has nothing to do with religious affiliation. If you’re indo-arryan you’re not meant to be a certain religion.

[@thekingminn]

@@hisham1101 what's your point because this comment is saying they claims to be arabic but are indo aryan that does not make any sense

[@Rugero1996]

I’m gonna teach my class about The Rohingya refugee crisis, and I remembered this video! I wanted to pass the video to them, but it has no Portuguese subtitles 😩

[@honolulu7793]

It's like hong Kong for china...HongKongnese people are native,Rohingya are native..british took control hong Kong, Arakan.. British left,, china want hong Kong with people,,, Myanmar want Arakan but not people...you should teach this

[@johnnyjakesman8305]

Really brilliant, educational and unbiased video. Well done 🇲🇲

[@বাংলাবাশ-ন৯ছ]

😈

[@NAFIZ4100]

🤧🤧 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩💪💪💪

[@kyaberryman7367]

I think the points you made are incredibly accurate and nuanced and I deeply appreciate your avoidance of sensationalism and how you (unlike many in the media) avoided the pitfall of calling it a purely religious conflict. Once again geography now kills it with your nuanced approach to geo politics! Bravo!

[@kristenstuiward5347]

Whenever I searched rohingya case in google... It seems that most of them biased againts Burmese, saying human right violation bla bla... But now I got the full story...

[@christianmiller9934]

Discrimination and depriving people of citizenship are human rights violations lmao

[@skullmage7855]

I am Burmese and Buddhist too. I will not be biased on this case and I would like to share what I know about it . But it can’t be explained in a paragraph since the country is messed up every fields (religion, ethnics, government, education, etc) . When I said that I am Burmese, I was born in Myanmar but both of my grand fathers of my mom and dad sides came from China . So I can be considered what they call Chinese-Burmese. Burmese are indeed prejudice in ethnics and there were lots of evidence about that. Chinese were also prosecuted right before I was born. They can’t attend to the university since they are Chinese and many other stuffs which my parents told me. Regardless of what I said it is pretty different in this situation. Chinese were indeed migrated from China and not native to Burma. But they gave the citizenship to everyone who were born in Burma including me regardless of my ancestors’ identity. In this Rohingya case, what I know is that they don’t speak Burmese which is the official language of Myanmar. It’s true that many ethnics group(135 recognized groups) still don’t speak Burmese but they speak their languages where we can understand since there were proves about relationship between Burmese and other ethnic goups(Rakhine, mon, karen, Chin, etc) since before British rules. Most of the Chinese were assimilated and even my parents were born in Burma and they speak both Chinese (at home) and Burmese outside. In this situation, most of the rohingya don’t have enough evidence to prove they live in Arakan State which is native to Rakhine people(one of the major ethnic groups in Myanmar) . Second is that they started to form the army and attacked the Burmese Government where they state they want to succeed . Even though if you can give land to those people, shouldn’t Burmese government stand for Rakhine people? Where will they live? We, most of the Burmese people, allow Rohingya to leave the country if they want to escape from this conflict. Another conflict is within the government , as you know after 1988, there was a revolution and military took the role to rule the country as a reason to stop those violences. Since then, Burma was gradually destroyed . They were lots of corruption and downfall in every aspects of the country. The government controlled all of the country’s activities and right before (2015 or 2016 I think ) NLD (the Democratic Party led by Aung San Suu Kyi) won the election. But those military officers didn’t want to lose their authority so they make many problems. One of the problems is that they didn’t let Aung San Suu Kyi to be president because she is married to the UK resident. I know it is strange but that is one fact includes in the 2008 Constitution which state the president can only be married to Myanmar people and not other country’s people. This led to many problems. Aung San Suu Kyi couldn’t make herself president and she didn’t have enough authority to led the country. So, the military government is still there. Also , even though it states Burma as a democratic country, military hold 20%(I am not sure with these facts since they are complicated , but it is ~20 or 30) of the votes. For this one, not all the actions were taken by Aung San Suu Kyi. Military government still got excuses that Rohingya burnt down the villages and killed many Rakhine residents, as they involved in this case. Aung San Suu Kyi didn’t step ahead of this crisis and let go of her Nobel prize, not because she is stupid but because she knows how to handle the case. She took all the blames on herself and covered those military folks. On the other hand , she helped the Rohingya . If she let medias record this crisis, mostly the military government will revolt as a reason for saving nation and re-control the country. Therefore, she had no choice because it can led to another 1988 military control(You can find this event as a reference to my comment since it is important) . In order to remove those 20% , firstly, they have to rewrite the 2008 Constitution and give her the authority to be a president. I can question that before u know the facts what I told, didn’t you find strange why Aung San Suu Kyi wasn’t president after winning election. Still, it isn’t quite easy to rewrite the constitution and it will take time. However, I trust her not because she is a Nobel prize winner but because she is the daughter of General Aung San (nationalist who led to Burmese independence) . You can learn about General Aung San in Wikipedia or other any sources. Also, even though General Aung San got three kids, she is the only one who looks after Myanmar just like her father regardless of her own profits. One example is that she left her kids in UK and came to Myanmar but got under house arrest. Overall, whatever you guys said to me , I am willing to listen and debate and I truly believe in Aung San Suu Kyi and her personality. That’s all!

[@vasuki7e202]

dude, you are the most courageous I know on KZbin. you put facts only. no personal views or nothing controversial.

[@sanitariums_999]

I live in the Philippines, the stories circulating around South East Asia about this issue is kind of one sided. No concrete stories have been published by anyone; others are for Rohingya others are for Burmese Government. This is the most none bias story that I have heard about this issue. Nice Barbs! I really like how you construct videos, very fair! I hope you could make a similar to this one about the West Philippine Sea issue or the 9 dash line claim of China. :D

[@csaww]

Thank you for posting this! I wish there was more exposure on this because no one ever talks about the Rohingya paramilitary. There has been many Muslims, who have lived in peace with Buddhists before this has happened.

[@underarock9447]

this is one of MANY conflicts in myanmar, there are nationalist insurgents (ARSA might be nationalist not just islamic) there are christian, buddhist, hindu, insurgents, there are communist rebels and the government is definitely not clean either

[@yantyagustina2735]

OMG you're doing a good job, Barby! I'm Chinese Indonesians and I'm sick of many ignorant fellow Indonesians always shouted that this is Buddhist dicrimination against the moeslem (while conveniently forget about how several moeslems forbids church and so on). Rohingya crisis IS NOT a religious conflict. IT IS A RACE DISCRIMINATION and they end up with the worst goverment on earth, Myanmar military Junta (even Suu Kyi is a little helpless against them, I think). You even mention the possible oil conflict between China-India-Myanmar. I'm so glad you got many things covered in neutral positions. My personal wish for the Rohingyas? I wish the Bangladesh gov't can intergrate the Rohingya to the Bangladeshi society. You're right, Rohingya racially doesn't look like anything like Burmese people. It need time and much work, but let's just hope for the best

[@boyfriendforevvv]

Bangladesh is already so overpopulated so I don't think that's a good idea :/

[@atlasimpure]

This is complex as hell and I really appreciate you trying to give context.

[@mightygandhi24]

Explained this issue in a very neutral and clear way, Great job as always!

[@75smurfette]

Paul, thanks so much for clarifying this complex issue probably better than many news outlets have. It's such an utter tragedy the mess that colonialism left behind once it officially ended.

[@TheGhostbuster1989]

Im sure the comment section will be a nice and wholesome place where everyone will discuss this topic sensibly and maturely right?....Right?

[@Noone-gz8li]

No Islam is shet

[@hakim6158]

Barby: This is NOT about Muslims! Comments: MUSLIMS!

[@Dominus_Potatus]

It is like talking about Arab but not talking about Islam. It is like talking USA but not talking about Donald Trump. It is like talking UK but not talking about Queen Elizabeth. It is like talking Russia but not talking about Communist. It is like talking German but not talking about Nazi, and It is like talking PewDiePie but not talking about T-Series. You should understand about what I write, because if you don't, Internet is too dangerous for you.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

true man , he already said that fight was between army and militant rohingyas with foriegn support .

[@eviltoms]

@@Dominus_Potatus That's a terrible analogy

[@Dominus_Potatus]

@@eviltoms Which part is the terible analogy? PewDiePie and T-Series?

[@rameenaayan3248]

I know right like wtf

[@Andrea-qx9vg]

I live in Texas and we have a lot of Burmese refugees. My boyfriend of 2 years is a refugee and will become a citizen when he is 18. He is from Hakha Chin. Most of the refugees in Texas and Indiana are. I ask what happened in there homeland that led them to come to the states, but they are very private and won’t talk about it. I would appreciate if you did a video on Chin refugees so I can have a better understanding of them. I love all your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me 💕

[@AnkitGupta-sr6ot]

It was the most unbiased explanation.. Many people miss other side's arguments.. Both sides should be heard before reaching to any conclusion..

[@Amir_Hossan]

I’m Rohingya and I was born In Burma but I didn’t know any about mine own family, man this channel really helpful😃

[@Amir_Hossan]

@Nargish Khanam Myanmar

[@fridaynight3181]

Learn Burmese, culture, and respect it and keep it to your future generations. So you might have a chance to call yourself as myanmar.

[@jiillescas]

I'm from Mexico and I have no idea this was happening, thanks for sharing this information so more people is aware.

[@alanl.4252]

This was a very informative video, I haven't really bothered reading up on the conflict other than what I've heard in passing so thank you for giving context to the situation. Wish more media outlets made as much of an effort in research as you do instead of giving out their political leanings.

[@reuniteireland]

You really do a fantastic job explaining complex issues. Thank you for the continuing education.

[@cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988]

Wait the Myanmar video is out already?

[@cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988]

@@acermations4368 Ah ok

[@nptsmirabilis]

Do you happen to know when he's uploading the Myanmar episode? I've been waiting for 2 weeks.

[@djambu]

This might be a filler video

[@waltermoreno645]

Thanks for the explanation. It is always better to know more about the History of these conflicts. It is never as simple as news and articles use to present it.

[@marupalette]

Thanks for your hard work, Barb. You did a great job. Researching this kind of topic it's not easy.

[@mohamadsyafiq6743]

I'm a reporter for Thailand news 3 years ago, i was assigned to go to state of Rakhine, my study shows tht the Rohighya were not all Muslim. Some are buddhist and some are Hindus.

[@fruitenantcolonel9207]

We'll researched barbs! Finally someone in the west who has looked past the west's one sided narrative.

[@superpcstation]

Honestly, one of the best explanations I've found.

[@Neon790]

Great work brother. This is how a summary of information on a particular historical event or events should be done.

[@onnoysaad1697]

Hi, I am a bangladeshi Architect. Working for brac HCMP (humanitarian cricis management program) in the rohingya camps. All the humanitarian agencies are doing a great job here... come visit someday.I will be glad to host.

[@phillipcraig6657]

I found this very educational. Well done, as usual. Keep up the great work.

[@Alonemask69]

Wow!! You r the most energetic guy i have seen ever in you tube channel.. The way you described all the things in a funny way is speechless!!! I hv seen your all eposides.. I m also a geography lover...

[@tarchhera]

Thank you for explaining the whole story. I felt like a lot of western people misunderstood the situation. Bangladesh did not want to take them, we gave them refuge out of the humanity we have left in us. Bangladesh is the most densely populated country(except for the city-states) in the whole world. How is it logical that we take more people? Our economy is suffering, our relation with our neighbor Myanmar is suffering. These people have been living there way before the existence of Bangladesh. We have no similarity with them. Hopefully, the world will find a solution to this crisis.

[@KG-ms3ji]

how do you not have similarity with them? they are bengalis, they speak bangla, they are muslims and they share the same tradition and culture as you and they even fought secessionist war against myanmar to join you . they are basically you but without the bangladeshi nationality. i agree bangladesh shouldn't be held responsible for them and the wider world needs to find a solution but they are way more bangladeshi than they ever were burmese.

[@tarchhera]

@@KG-ms3ji You obviously have very little understanding about Bangladeshis. Them being muslims, doesnt make them similar. Arabs are muslims, we do not find much similarity except for the religious practice, even there we have differences. They do not speak Bangla, their language is in the same family, but that is not bangla. Most of us (at least 80-85%) do not understand what they are saying. People of a certain region (Chittagong) understands a little. Our culture drifted on a way different paths, although they share the same root. There are Bengalis in India, and we find them quite similar to us actually. But it does not mean we must live in the same country. Whether they ever fought any war to join Bangladesh, does not mean anything to us. These people migrated in Myanmar a very long time ago, way before Bangladesh was formed. While they are still mostly uneducated, not modernizing in thoughts and living, still in the darkness, Bangladeshi people moved on. People change with the help of technology and education. We did, way more than they have. Now, these people are like Bangladeshis in 70s in thought and senses. Now that they arrived here, we can not see how we are similar. It is people like you, living somewhere else and generalizing us because they are bengali and muslims and a few other misinformation on your end. Religion and once shared culture does not make us similar. And this does not help us. These people started pillaging locals' lands, destroying forest. I am not going to talk about their relation with Myanmar, or whether they are Burmese. We do not find rohingyas to be part of us. They are here and still here, only because of moral reasons.

[@jjhh-bbcc]

Thanks for this video! It’s a highly informative and a good starting point for me to explore more on this issue!

[@dyrectory_com]

@Geography Now, wow this was an amazingly informative video. Keep up the excellent work!

[@TheEngwall]

This is not reported of at all nowadays, I don’t know anything about the conflict right now. And our Swedish media didn’t report anything about the Rohingyan attacks, just “Burmese bad, rohingyan good”. No context from both sides at all!

[@christianmiller9934]

Lmao the Rohingya attacked because they’ve been discriminated against for years and were deprived of citizenship did you forget that or is your racism brain on

[@zainur-]

Hi Barb!

[@ominous_reefshark]

Terrific work with this video! Succinct, unbiased, and very well presented 👍🏼

[@huzandikaurinta4067]

clarification - 2:26 that's not a Chin traditional wear/headdress. It's a traditional headdress of the Chang tribe of Nagaland, India :) very different culture, language and tribe from the Chin people of Burma. :)

[@kahkxtn]

I had no idea. Thank you for a well done segment!