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Escape from Black July
Escape from Black July
4 pages
Author: Kali Shivam
Hope
Journey
Courage
Diversity
Advocacy
Summary
July 1983 23-30th Anti-Tamil pogrom Tamil Tigers Defensive Complex goals Terrorists but for a good reason though terrorism is not good Polarized both Tamils and Singhalese Singhalase antagonists as they started a war and were extremely racist Multiple perspectives: Singhalese Tamil Government Outsiders 1st character: Kali The god of war (Hindu, mainly a Tamil culture) Tamil girl Main character Shiva The god of destruction Brother of Kali Kasun Singha name Means gold in Sinhala Story line: Goes to school and slowly notices a man who keeps coming to talk to the principal English and Tamil start getting taught less Overhears the man (Kasun) talk about stopping every language and history other than Singha history and language She panics and tells her brother He says that they should leave because Tamil people are getting fired from their jobs for being Tamil They get on a boat and go to Canada Fast forward 10 years She is an advocate for immigrant rights and she speaks about how Canada was welcoming The negative speech was about how not enough education and representation is going into or`
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