It's certainly been my personal experience, but it is rare to see it articulated in forums such as this.  eg it's anoy an atypical first response as people tend to deep dive and look at other factors and issues first - ie perhaps overcomplicating and overemphasising other vectors.

I've only really had one bad experience with racism, and that was in malaysia when Matahir was in power - he stoked anti-chinese and anti-australian attitudes amongst the political elite which radiated down into govt employee attitudes.  it's a different country now (thank god he is gone, he was an idealogical firestarter )

well mahatir's malaysia is still alive today. because the chinese are so much more dynamic and successful, the only plus the malays have is their numbers and so this translates onto the political scene, thus leading to his pro Malay policies, malay first attitude , ali baba companies, etc.

 

it also led to increased islamicization, as a tool to isolate the chinese and cement malay power. it is a various dangerous policy, a policy based on hate, since the people don't realize these are just power games and take such prejudices to heart. esp. in a country like malaysia where there has been frequent racial rioting.

 

BTW, gf, i'd like to go onto a thread and start bashing everyone, just for fun hehe. Just to see what it's like.