Q4 Globalization Benchmark Rharris
PERSONAL STATEMENT
My topic of choice for this benchmark is the topic of statelessness. The way I believe statelessness relates globalization lies directly in the name. People who are statelessness belong to no one. They can’t get jobs, health insurance, or citizenship with the worst part being the countries that live won’t grant it to them. Since countries don’t recognize them as citizens, their welfare is completely irrelevant to the global world. They aren’t granted basic human rights that we, as citizens in a global community, try to uphold. Also a lot of the time with stateless people, their culture is also at stake. The government, or anyone for that matter, has the ability to do literally whatever they want to stateless people because they belong to no one. Because of this, many stateless people fall into human trafficking, another serious issue. Granted, many countries have been making advances to help these people regain citizenship but one thing I was thinking of covering is when different cultures assimilate into other cultures. Is their culture also being lost when they gain these basic human rights through gaining a nationality? Something like statelessness can easily been fixed but the reason it hasn’t been is because many countries don’t know how to deal with something like statelessness. The majority of people can’t even really comprehend what it’s like to be stateless because they’re used to the idea that someone born somewhere are always considered a citizen. I think that in order for statelessness to cease to be an issue, countries must first recognize that these people are being greatly discriminated against and then development laws that both ensure a citizenship and also ensure the protection of their basic human rights.
Annotated Bibliography
Primary Sources:
- Constantine, Greg. Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya. LiveBooks, 2006-2012. http://www.exiledtonowhere.com/ 03 May 2013.
I will be using the Rohingya that Constantine profiled as the main focus of my benchmark. The photos from Constantine’s galleries will also be greatly used in my project as well.
- Constantine, Greg. “Part One: The Unwanted”. 2013. Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya.
One of three of Constantine’s galleries of actual Rohingya people.
- Constantine, Greg. “Part Two: The Unwelcome”. 2013. Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya.
One of three of Constantine’s galleries of actual Rohingya people.
- Constantine, Greg. “Part Three: Exiled To Nowhere”. 2013. Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya.
One of three of Constantine’s galleries of actual Rohingya people.
- "The Rohingya Crisis of June 2012: A Survivor's Testimony | OpenDemocracy." The Rohingya Crisis of June 2012: A Survivor's Testimony | OpenDemocracy. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2013. (http://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/hamid-emma-crichton/rohingya-crisis-of-june-2012-survivors-testimony)
This article contains the personal testimony of a Rohingya man named Hamid after survivor an incident during June of 2012.
Secondary Sources:
- Motlagh, Jason. "Palm Oil for the West, Exploitation for Young Workers in Malaysia." Pulitzer Center For Crisis Reporting. 09 Apr 2013: 1. Web. 10 May. 2013. <http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/malaysia-sabah-palm-oil-for-the-west-exploitation-young-workers>.
I read this article to get a better understanding to the types of things stateless people are subjected to. Also, when researching the Rohingya, they were also subjected to similar things like the kids in Malaysia.
- "The Silent Suffering of the Rohingyas." YouTube. YouTube, 18 Apr. 2013. Web. 10 May 2013. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0W7qNxtFU0)
This news profile talks about the seriousness of the situation that the Rohingya are facing. They are not only being discriminated and systematic killed in Burma, but in Bangladesh, where many refugees live, are also being discriminated against greatly.
- Glazer , Ilana. "How Anonymous Used Twitter to Expose the Rohingya Genocide." Daily Beast. 27 Mar 2013: 1. Web. 13 May. 2013. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/27/how-anonymous-used-twitter-to-expose-the-rohingya-genocide.html>.
This is article about the Internet enigma known as “Anonymous” helped shed light upon the genocide of the Rohingya people in Burma.
- "Genocide Watch." Genocide Watch. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2013
The website delves into understanding genocide, what causes it, people(s) affected by it, and how to prevent further genocides.
Social Media Sources:
- "Storytelling Video about Stateless People in Vietnam Granted Citizenship." YouTube. YouTube, 09 Jan. 2012. Web. 10 May 2013.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTjzWW2ZwsA)
This shows a country (Vietnam) starting to deal with statelessness and people who become stateless. A positive sign towards getting rid of statelessness.
- "Stateless in America." YouTube. YouTube, 13 Dec. 2012. Web. 10 May 2013. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dol2QbNWfs)
This video demonstrates that statelessness doesn’t just exist in smaller and third world countries.
- Arakan News Twitter (https://twitter.com/Arakan_News)
This is twitter account that reports on all issues related to Muslim people. Since the Rohingya are a Muslim group, the twitter account tweets information about the Rohingya people in Burma and Bangladesh.
- Rohingya Community Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Rohingya?fref=ts)
This facebook page acts a hub for people around the world to learn about the Rohingya and it also gives current news about the condition of the community.
- "Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees." YouTube. YouTube, 09 Apr. 2013. Web. 13 May 2013. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXUIu_25LIk&feature=player_embedded)
This is a UN sponsored video about the condition of Rohingya in specifically Bangladesh, where their situation is even worse.
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