8. Malaysia
Percent of respondents who don’t want people from a different race as neighbors: 31.3%
Racism ranking based on this criteria: 12
Percent of people who observed racist behavior in their neighborhood: 34.4%
Racism ranking based on this criteria: 22
Average rank: 17
Overall rank among Asian countries: 8
Malaysia, next on our list of most racist countries in Asia, is one of the rare countries that have not ratified International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Racism is present in Malaysia on many different levels – in the educational system, labor market, finance, health care and welfare system racial discrimination is supported and encouraged by country’s laws which favor one ethnicity over another.
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