compare between the Belgium and Sri Lanka dealt with cultural diversity???
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Q. 6
Compare the different ways in which the Belgians and the Sri Lankans have dealt with the problem of cultural diversity.
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In Sri Lanka, major social groups are the Sinhala speakers who constitute 74 per cent of the population and the Tamil speakers who are the remaining 18 per cent.
In Sri Lanka, the democratically elected government adopted a series of majoritarian measures to establish Sinhala supremacy.
In Belgium, the minority French-speaking community was more rich and powerful than the Dutch-speaking community. The Belgian leaders realized this problem and took some significant measures to solve this as follows:
• Number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers shall be equal in the Central Government
• Many powers of the Central Government are given to State Governments.
• Brussels, capital of Belgium which has a separate government, has both the communities with equal representation.
• Community Government is elected by people belonging to one language community which deals with cultural, educational and language related issues.