A Mongolian author in He'nan county told us, "We all have the ethnicity complex of Mongolians, but ethnic feelings won't feed you, it is still important to face reality, solve real problems, which is our attitude towards our ethnic responsibility".
"Ethnic feelings" was all one could get out of him.
"If religious authorities in both religions put the demands of God above nationalistic and ethnic feelings," Professor Nasr said, "then maybe something can be done".
And his obsession has left some in established ethnic communities feeling slighted.
The mistrust spread to Sudan people's liberation army (SPLA) soldiers, with those from the Nuer ethnic group feeling particularly targeted in the process of executing the order of disarming the presidential guards.
AB: Well I mean he ran a full on Stalinist dictatorship which did indeed suppress an awful lot of inter-ethnic bad feeling, but at a price which I don't think that the United Nations could possibly pay.
This negative assessment could be explained by ethnic minorities' feelings of loneliness or not belonging in society [ 65– 65].
"But there are some unexamined ugly features of Norwegian nationalism that have to do with ethnic nationalism, a feeling of specialness, an element of racism," Mr. Eriksen said.
This is particularly important for BME (black and minority ethnic) students, where feeling like an outsider in lectures and labs may be deterring students from pursuing STEM qualifications.
Many residents say that local politicians stir ethnic and religious feelings to win votes.
