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"ref": "2020 April 22, Aung (pseudonym), “How the word 'kalar' is a depressing indictment of Myanmar society”, in Myanmar Mix",
"text": "I was bullied during middle school, called a gorilla and kalar.",
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"Burmese people of South Asian origin, especially Bengali, Rohingya, or any South Asian Muslim."
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