Tamils face durable subordinate citizenship even after the civil war ends

Evidence

The LTTE is not in a position to realize eelam, and Sri Lanka will not be divided. Most Tamils today merely want peace with dignity and selfrespect, and many soured on the LTTE long ago. Recent allegations that the LTTE accepted money from the Rajapakse camp to prevent Tamils from voting in the November 2005 presidential elections have further sullied the organization’s image. The international community too would not tolerate a state created by a group widely considered terrorist. As this monograph suggests, however, irrespective of when the civil war ends, Sri Lanka’s Tamils and other minorities may have no choice but to continue to live as subordinated citizens in a state dominated by political Buddhism and the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist ideology. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 302

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sinhalese nationalists co-opt Tamils who subordinate Tamil grievances to the nationalist order — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 325; Defeat of the LTTE will not end Tamil subordination because ideology outlives armed struggle — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 302

Broader Connections

• Sinhalese nationalists co-opt Tamils who subordinate Tamil grievances to the nationalist order #qualifies (0.80) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 325