Mr. Thanh said he had faced particularly harsh discrimination in Vietnam because his father was black.

Facing harsh discrimination from within her surroundings, she left her village to study at a secular school.

In the East German penal code, "flight from the republic" is punished by long prison terms and followed by harsh discrimination in professional and social life.

All lived in the countryside in conditions akin to slavery enduring harsh discrimination until the 1959 Revolution brought with it literacy, education and equality.

Persons with disabilities face harsh societal discrimination and widespread physical barriers.

The urban culture of the underclass, he argues, is a self-destructive echo of a rural black culture weakened by harsh discrimination and dependence on whites.

The first black students who pioneered entry to the school suffered harsh racial discrimination from students of Asian descent.

The small Hindu and Sikh communities suffered harsh discrimination during that period.

Having survived harsh discrimination in her life, Mrs. Campbell "refuses to tolerate or participate in it regardless".

In fact, the harsher discrimination is felt by immigrants from other Asian countries (Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, Bangladeshis).