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Just a little PSA because people are too daft to understand. Being tamil isn’t just about speaking, writing or understanding Tamil. You can speak tamil will and not be proud of your identity, just as you can not know a word of Tamil and still love and embrace that you’re Tamil.
Reading a Tamil book or speaking Tamil isn’t the only thing that makes you Tamil. There are white people that speak Tamil. Are they Tamil?????? Being Tamil is in the movies, music, memes, culture, it’s in shared experiences and shared trauma, beliefs and goals.
Tamil is an ethnicity. Before you get annoyed at this and deny it, google it, save my time and save us all from thinking that you’re an empty vessel. It’s not just a language. It’s from your ancestors, in your blood, in your home, in your breath.
Being Tamil is Amma telling you that it’s late and you’re still sleeping at 6am. Being Tamil is Amma asking you how you know the girl in the photo when you show her a meme. Being Tamil is saving your bf’s name as a girl’s name so you don’t get caught 
So if it bugs you so much and you will die if other’s don’t speak Tamil, then do something about it to help those who want to learn. If you don’t want tamil to die, first help your Tamil community. Help each other UP. That’s the only way Tamil won’t die.
If it bothers you so much, YOU RUN TAMIL CLASSES. TEACH YOUR FRIENDS. Introduce Tamil songs to them, learn Tamil history, spread TAMIL knowledge, teach them Tamil if they wanna learn. Don’t just come on to twitter and spout whatever the hell you want and degrade others.
*tamil well
