I've had it happen to me... from a former friend, no less - though online. Racism is embedded deep within many folks here. However, one of my close relatives

I've had it happen to me... from a former friend, no less - though online. Racism is embedded deep within many folks here. However, one of my close relatives (who's Chinese but started his career in France) got that a lot in France, a few years ago, too. The sentiment is latent, lurking and waiting for the right circumstances or personality to bring it out.