Ramanuja initiated untold numbers of non brahmins into the brahminical faith. most brahmins in tamil nadu are indigeneous and even look so. However, it is convenient for political purposes to portray the divide as a racial one. It is odious and what more, clearly most people get fooled by it.
Even if one were to think of people as "natives" and "outsiders", you are doing nothing but persecuting your own cousins. It is amazing how much stupidity goes on in the name of race!
