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Again, I don't like using the term of "racism." The more correct term is hate and prejudice. In Asia, it's a pretty interesting application. My family immigrated from Vietnam after the Vietnam War which is also dubbed as the Second Indochina War. So basically my mom knows a good amount of Vietnamese history and class dynamics. To start out, "racism" in Vietnam is not uncommon. There are three groups Vietnamese: the North, the Central, and the South. The Central and the South don't think much of the North Vietnamese due to differences in customs.

My mother is South Vietnamese with a bit of Chinese. She explained to all the customs of various regions of Vietnam. Which I learned my mother's reasons for her disdain towards the North Vietnamese. The North Vietnamese tend to treat people like garbage. The South Vietnamese tend to treat people like family. For example, if you're working as a maid or servant for a North Vietnamese household, you're just treated like a maid or a servant. In a South Vietnamese household, the mains and servants are treated as part of the family. The Central Vietnamese aren't going to treat you like family unless they benefit in some way or another.

One of my ancestors started a business in North Vietnam. Most of the North Vietnamese wanted to work for him. Reason being that he was from South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese usually tend to be more genuine and caring versus the North Vietnamese whom only treat workers as just workers. They left their North Vietnamese bosses to work for my ancestor. So "racism" in Vietnam is a pretty tricky and complex thing to deal with. It's mainly associated with customs. A good number of North Vietnamese customs can be deemed very degrading to other people. If a Westerner got wind of at least a few of the North Vietnamese customs, that person would probably be apalled. So one factor that drives racism in Vietnam is a conflict of customs.

The other factor is religion. Yes, there's plenty of religious persecution between Buddhists and Catholics. My family is part of one of the three riches families of Vietnam: the Tran family. We still own plenty of land out in Vietnam. However, the land cannot be claimed because there's a Catholic church built on the grounds. Basically you try to expel the church, it's goes along the grounds of religious persecution. I really have nothing against the Catholic Church as a whole nor any other religious faith as a whole. But playing the persecution card does nothing but help

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