Date of Award

8-1-2023

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of Sociology

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Francisco P Vieyra

Committee Members

Zawadi Ahidiana-Rucks, Katherine Trent

Keywords

Civil War, Conflict, Donald Horowitz, Ethnicity, Race, Sri Lanka

Subject Categories

Sociology

Abstract

The social constructs of race and ethnicity played a pivotal role in the Sri Lankan Civil War as the intercommunal violence between the Sinhalese and Tamil groups was attributed to discriminatory policies. However, there is a lack of literature from published academic sources and archival/governmental data pertaining to the variables of race and ethnicity from a sociological perspective. The concept of race and ethnicity are an integral component of social conflict that identifies positions through self-consciousness as a cultural, religious, and linguistic community. This thesis utilizes historical research through qualitative secondary data sources to analyze how racial and ethnic inequities in society led to marginalization. Therefore, it is imperative that countries such as Sri Lanka address issues of systemic racism and ethnic inequality within a heterogeneous society through the lens of diversity to preclude future conflicts.

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