"john B." wrote

Travel a bit and you'll discover that racism is the norm in most parts
of the world. In fact in most languages the term used to refer to you
is a "foreigner", usually with certain less then complimentary
connotations.

I worked at Las Vegas Strip hotels for about 13 years. We had a lot of
Middle Eastern travelers. To them, if you worked for a living, you were all
lumped together. The president of the hotel would be in the same low class
to them as the dishwasher. And they treated people like it, too.

Steve