Segregation was an useful tool in preserving the economic and social dominance of the white southerners. With segregation the African Americans were being discriminated against and kept in socially inferior position thus enabling the whites to get better paying jobs and generally better positions thus continuing the cycle of economical dominance of the white southerners.
The election was won overwhelmingly by Aung San Suu Kyi. However, the government refused to honor the results of the election.
1. The British were trained soldiers.
They enforce the laws of the land, and keep everything and everyone in line.
