The English Speaking Elite
http://indi.ca/2010/08/the-english-speaking-elite/ (indi.ca)
published: 2010-08-23 18:32:18 ( 17 months ago )fetched: 2010-08-23 20:15:38 ( 17 months ago )
I am part of a dwindling and slightly pathetic race called the English Speaking Elite, or the Esé. Despite filling out Sinhala Buddhist on every police report (they ask), I cannot really speak Sinhala. If I'm under arrest it somehow comes back to me, but for casual inquiries I can't. The Esé were once the dominant group in Sri Lanka (or Ceylon) or, more properly, the head niggers in charge. We were the government, we were the cops, we were the businessmen, we were the Ministers and we were the Minister's sons. Now we're not. [ ... ]
Source: Kottu.Org