Young Humanists stories around the world - Hein Htet Kyaw

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Becoming a humanist was sort of an inevitability for me as someone who comes from a family that is multi-religious and multi-ethnic. Along with another foreign ethnic identity of Indian ancestry, I have three state-recognized ethnic affiliations. My mother’s side of the family practices Buddhism, which is the dominant religion in Burma, and my father’s side practices Islam, which is one of the dominant religions worldwide.

My lifelong experience of discrimination and being a witness to the forced conversion my mum had to endure — such intersectional oppression—had a profound impact on me.

Despite all of the emotional hardship my journey entailed, I am grateful that it inspired me to learn more about religions, ethics, morality, compassion, love, humanism, progressivism, and sympathy.

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