I am in the same situation, as are many of your commenters it seems - maybe we should start a club. My husband is from the south of China and I am caucasian. We face the same racism on a weekly basis. We refuse to buy things in the shops now if the sales person ignores him and only talks to me. I recently found out that even one of his bosses at work makes inappropriate comments to him. I encouraged him to go to HR about it, but he's scared of losing his job if he is a 'troublemaker'. Its sickening that this everyday casual racism is seen as okay in our society.