Comments on: Is Sri Lanka A Black Star? http://indi.ca/2012/08/is-sri-lanka-a-black-star/ I'm a Sri Lankan blogger and hopeful entrepreneur Wed, 22 May 2013 18:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: greene http://indi.ca/2012/08/is-sri-lanka-a-black-star/comment-page-1/#comment-262314 greene Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:41:40 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=11213#comment-262314 i have a feeling Savan and I might get along.

]]> By: Oshada http://indi.ca/2012/08/is-sri-lanka-a-black-star/comment-page-1/#comment-262305 Oshada Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:57:15 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=11213#comment-262305 Noted, but it’s quite accepted usage these days :P Southern Asians are brown, East Asians are yellow, and I’m extremely politically incorrect.

]]> By: Chavie http://indi.ca/2012/08/is-sri-lanka-a-black-star/comment-page-1/#comment-262272 Chavie Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:08:42 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=11213#comment-262272 LOL :D

]]> By: vansohn@gmail.com http://indi.ca/2012/08/is-sri-lanka-a-black-star/comment-page-1/#comment-262206 vansohn@gmail.com Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:48:11 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=11213#comment-262206 er in our own language (if that be sinhala) we refer to ourselves as kalu (black) to distinguish ourselves from sudu(white people). Kalu suddo -black whites for westernized Sri Lankans.
We dont call ourselves dumburu (brown) that some new politically corect thing but it has little historical
The colonial administrations that came up with a lot of these racial terms also didnt use brown- coloured, black, native seems to have been the basic classificaiton.

]]> By: Oshada http://indi.ca/2012/08/is-sri-lanka-a-black-star/comment-page-1/#comment-262196 Oshada Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:57:12 +0000 http://indi.ca/?p=11213#comment-262196 What is this I don’t even-

Totally and utterly pointless. We’re brown, not black, if anything.

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