Sri Lankan American

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Sri Lankan Americans are Americans of Sri Lankan descent. In 1975, Sri Lankan immigrants were classified as something besides "other Asians" for the first time and, in that year, 432 entered the US. The number would increase due to the civil war and is largely in cities.[1] As of 2005 Los Angeles's Sri-Lankan American community claims 35,000 members.[2]

One potential difficulty could arise is that many Sri Lankans identify as Tamil or Sinhalese and may continue to do so in the US.[citation needed]

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[edit] Organizations

  • Association of Sri-Lankans in America: Jay P. Liyanage, Chairman.
  • Sri Lankan-American Cultural Association (SLACA)[3]
  • Sri Lanka Association of New England (SLANE)[4]

[edit] Notable Sri Lankan Americans

[edit] Web sources

  1. ^ Every Culture
  2. ^ PBS
  3. ^ Slaca.org
  4. ^ SLANE
  5. ^ Nirali Magazine
  6. ^ Harper Collins "She was concerned that as one of the first Sri Lankan-Americans writing in English, her depiction of Sri Lankan culture might be taken as overly authentic and authoritative."
  7. ^ Minnesota State University Mankato

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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