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Why do people of Why do people of different races and different races and religions disagree?religions disagree?

• Not allowed to keep traditional way of Not allowed to keep traditional way of life; forced to adopt different set of life; forced to adopt different set of customs and traditionscustoms and traditions

• Language and education policies which Language and education policies which do not consider their interestsdo not consider their interests

• Law has been unfair to themLaw has been unfair to them• Fight for control of powerFight for control of power• Disagreement on how the country should Disagreement on how the country should

be ruledbe ruled• Job opportunities or economic resourcesJob opportunities or economic resources

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How do people resolve How do people resolve these disagreements?these disagreements?

• ToleranceTolerance• Peaceful protest & marchesPeaceful protest & marches• Hunger strikesHunger strikes• Taking up armsTaking up arms

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SRI LANKASRI LANKA

Racial DifferencesSinhalese vs Tamils

Conflicts overConflicts overCitizenship rightsGovernment Jobs

University AdmissionResettlement of

Population

NORTHERN IRELANDNORTHERN IRELAND

Religious DifferencesProtestants vs

Catholics

Conflicts overConflicts overDivided Loyalties

The Education System

EmploymentHousingVoting

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SRI LANKASRI LANKA

ConsequencesConsequencesArmed ConflictUnemploymentLoss of Foreign

InvestmentFall in Tourists

Foreign Intervention

NORTHERN IRELANDNORTHERN IRELAND

ConsequencesConsequencesPeaceful Protests to

ViolenceUnemploymentLoss of Foreign

InvestmentFall in Tourists

Foreign Intervention

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1798 to 1948 1798 to 1948 – British ColonyBritish Colony

4 Feb 19484 Feb 1948– Gained independenceGained independence– Known as CeylonKnown as Ceylon

22 May 197222 May 1972– Officially became known as the Officially became known as the

Socialist Republic of Sri LankaSocialist Republic of Sri Lanka

SRI LANKASRI LANKA

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TheTheviolenceviolence

ininSri LankaSri Lanka

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Tamil woman suicide bomber killed 23, wounded 60Friday 05, July 1996

[Source : http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/nm58/suicide.htm]

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Map 2000

SRI LANKANSSRI LANKANS

3 major races3 major races

SINHALESESINHALESE

TAMILSTAMILS

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SINHALESE SINHALESE SPEAK SINHALA; BUDDHISTS

TAMILS TAMILS SPEAK TAMIL; HINDUS

• Sri Lankan TamilsSri Lankan Tamils• Descendants of Tamils who have been Descendants of Tamils who have been

living in Sri Lanka for centuriesliving in Sri Lanka for centuries

• Indian TamilsIndian Tamils• Descendants of tea plantation Descendants of tea plantation

workers brought in from India by the workers brought in from India by the BritishBritish

MOORS MOORS MUSLIMS

• Descendants of Arab or Indian Muslim Descendants of Arab or Indian Muslim traderstraders

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• Indian Tamils• Highland districts – tea plantation

• Sri Lankan Tamils• Jaffna Peninsular (more than 95% of the

population)• Batticaloa District (more than 70%)• Northern and Eastern Districts : Form large

minorities

• Sinhalese • Found in large numbers everywhere• Except in Jaffna and Batticaloa• In some southern districts, they form almost

the entire population

WHERE DO THEY LIVE?

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Distribution of different racial groups in Sri Lanka, 1993

Indian Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils

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