sorry lots have them have borne the worst amount of discrimination. Even recently the Sri lankan Army had wanted all the names of the Tamil Brahmins living around the Jaffna region. The IPKF harrased them a lot too, as they were very suspicious thatthe Native Tamil Brahmins and the Tamil Christian/Catholic priests were supporting the LTTE. In Sri Lanka the church is divided along ethnic lines. Other than a few Sinhala Chrisian priests who openly condemnthe the racist polies of succesive SriLankan governments. Most of teh Sinhala church and the Sinhala Christians are firmly behind the Sri lankan governmet. In fact the Sinhla Catholic Church of teh South actively participated in the forced assimilation and Sinhlalisation of aorund 250000 poor Tamil Catholic fishermen in the Chilaw and Puttalam districts, soon after independence. The Sinhala Christian like their native Tamil counterparts are very well bonded with their Buddhist ethnic kin. Like the Native SriLankan Tamil Christians, they have realtives and close family ties amongst the majority Buddhists and will arrange and amrry mongst teh Buddhists generally on caste lines. In fact the Bandarnaikes, Jeyawardenes. the Wickremesinges are from Christian families, They only became Buddhists ofr political gain. The SInhlese unlike the Native Tamils will not accpet a Christian as thoer leader . The largely HIndu Tamils have elected Chritians as thoer leaders.Even President Mahinda Rajapakse's Wife is form a CHrisitian family
