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Racial inequality is a form of discrimination that is still prevalent in the modern day throughout the world. This is because of the absence of laws to protect vulnerable classes of people who are frequently excluded from participation in the economy, marginalized in relation to opportunities to pursue education etc. In Malaysia, the fragile status of unprotected minority classes, specifically the people of Indian / Sri Lankan ethnicity is glaringly conspicuous. This is a race of people who are particularly vulnerable as they are sandwiched between the frequently feuding two majority races - Malay and Chinese peoples. Statistics obtained from Malaysia will shamefully reveal the level at which this class of citizens are excluded in participation in the economy in all spheres. It is an ongoing dire daily struggle for survival for these people. They are largely left to fend for themselves and if poverty is a feature of their lives, then this naturally further complicates their struggle for basic survival in a country where the two majority races are seen to have a stronghold of the economy and each of whom practice policies which favour their own respective races, thereby marginalizing this minority race of people.