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Embarrassing Karenni (Sharreh Rocco)

Both fortunately and unfortunately I was grown among hill tribes community with very close-minded vision of the world as a result of that no one taught me how situation around me or us is going on and how to have competed with basically our close different ethnics in education (knowledge) until this period arriving in Chiang Mai for my sole ambition to become a valuable journalist for my community for reaching some information or knowledge of how abroad and just around them are manipulating. However, I don’t imply that I am currently very fortunate and extremely useful to my loved people. All other-ethnics-friends are making enviable achievements which are very impressing as I can’t do some impressing to make them say “WOW, excellent”. Saying openly, I don’t even know what the name of FOREIGN MINISTER OF KARENNI is. Personally for me alone, upsetting or embarrassing things are that very rarely hear about Karenni in here- followings are slowed as real-experienced examples which might be a touch of heart for some other ethnics individuals. There was, in August, a Mon Press conference held in a central part of Chiang Mai discussing about the human rights abuses, child rights abuses, and especially women rights violations done by the all-known rulings regional soldiers in southern Mon state. In that, one of them whose name is not preferably mentioned said “Many within ethnics’ minorities are suffering from brutal rulings or lords, for example the states like Shan, Karen, Kachin, and Mon”. It really touched or hurt my sensitive heart as usually does expecting my Karenni is possibly improving its known or reputations to outside community, but nothing was heard. I was not expecting hearing the word “karenni” in their conference actually, but when mentioning all the other states in Burma, mine also wanted to be included as an implication that we are suffering together under the head of ruling regime. I think you notice what I mean as saying this sentence. I once believed myself that my state called Karenni is the same as others’ in much of affairs. Indeed, there is nothing but sole name. Many questions within me were raised secretly for instance: does he or she really know or hear nothing about Karenni?..or…some questions like this. Or just carelessly done? There was the same another one happened which this time took place in my Journalism school. I heard nothing about karenni as information about all others’ was partly released by the man. I started assuming we are still very unrecognized or very little winning in recognition even among ethnics’ minorities. I am afraid of trying for whole ruling of Burma as we are still nothing. The reason of writing now is just to let friends notice the differences of how I am feeling inside camp and here in Chiang Mai, but not to ignite misunderstanding after all. In addition, when even trying to type or research about “Karenni” in Google search, only a few or no information come out, but for sure is several of news of “Karen” will be seen. It means we are much less developing than mentioned “Karen” in especially the field of education. Educated are needed to have many information in the internet from now on to be able to catch up with, not the world trend, our neighbors states first. On our martyr day of August 9 this year, we, four Karenni students, were given by various friends from different organizations an unforgettable and good-lessoned suggestion when the agenda of welcoming all constructive criticisms was inserted, saying that Karenni youths are not using Karenni language publicly when, as good Karenni, meet each other. He meant he wants us to speak our own language even though among the different nationalities shamelessly when karenni each other meet. Finally, every time of question stick on my lip is who are behind these happenings? My personal strong assumption of the first person to blame and to carrying out the responsibility of those is in me for beloved innocent citizens of Karenni in as ten years as possible to recover from the long sufferings which every body is facing.