because those doing the discriminating know they can get away with it. they instinctively know the 'strength' of different nationalities.

many discriminators might not worry when dealing with an Indian person, and the Indian Embassy here is likely to collude in keeping everything quiet anyway. The American Embassy in most countries (though likely not the Gulf) is a force to be reckoned with.

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