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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
MOORSMOORS
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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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