she's a Hindu, of the Hindu religious majority in Sri Lanka, although she is a Tamil ethnic minority. Muslims are also an oppressed minority in Sri Lanka, Partially at the hands of the Tamils' most recently, as they were caught in the civil war between the Tamil and government forces. It looks like the Tamils killed a lot of Muslims in the war.
And she's not just speaking for "her people" she's not talking about Tamils, or Sri Lankans. she's talking about people in Palestine, people in Africa, people that aren't "her people" but are her people. She's trying to link to all oppressed people, including black lives, which she has a history of doing.
I mean, she came off awkward, but she's not as bad as you all are taking her to be.
ok, i'll hush.