As Sri Lanka marks 43 years since the tragic events of Black July 1983, the current government has reiterated its commitment to preventing the resurgence of racist political agendas that previously plunged the nation into decades of bloodshed and violence. The organized anti-Tamil pogrom, unleashed under President J.R. Jayewardene's United National Party (UNP) regime, saw law enforcement systematically rendered inactive while violence raged across...