I disagree with that notion and ask you to look into other communities before putting ourselves down. Please visit different ethnic communities if you are in US or else where and have serious 101 conversation with the older generation folks, mind it not the new generation ones as the older generation are the ones who teach values to the newer generation. I will try to generalize what I have found in US: Every community is proud of themselves of who they are and what they are. Even though they might be open for inter racial relationships their preferred ones are of the same ethnicity. I do agree with some of the examples you have given. Like you have said you will find that every where, in every part of the world where the locals do not like non-locals especially if they are from a different country. Nepal is no exception. Education and understanding will lessen the racial friction in societies however it will take a long time, very long time before people start looking past racial differences. I have also seen how they call names to the recycle material collectors in Nepal but they do that even to the Nepali kids who are trying to earn few bucks. Even though they make racial remarks at times it is a social discrimination for the poor rather than a racial discrimination. my .02 paisa