Had a Sikh work colleague lovely bloke, Guardian reading liberal etc etc but…
Was quite worried one of his daughters was possibly going off the rails (in his eyes) at uni, dating English boys, and hoping that nothing would come of it. All came good in the end though, she ended up being ‘introduced’ to a nice Sikh lad from a good family, with good prospects, they married, ended up emigrating to Seattle. Taxi driver line above reminded me of this.
However, my friend was a bit pissed one night while the daughter was still running wild, and he confessed that, in his eyes there was a definite hierarchy of suitable partners for his daughter, with Blacks and Untouchables being at the bottom-marriage to either would sadly mean the end of contact with his daughter.
He had no prejudices that I saw with regard to working with people of any race, or drinking with them, just didn’t want his kids getting married to someone outside his own race and caste. Unsure whether this is racial discrimination or not.