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"Racism in Dubai - as in the US south"

"Someone doesn't know what he is talking about...."
"That one crack makes the credibility of the whole article suspect"

You are correct, I believe, to suspect this author's motives and perspective. But forget his politics. Dubai is, indeed, a weird place in the Arab world. It's almost like some twilight zone kind of Disneyland, when compared with Saudi Arabia and the like. Any discontent in Dubai among the worker bees is likely due to the contrast between them and the people they see every day around them. In Saudi, for example, the wealth exists but is not so much displayed, and Islam is practiced such that the misery is evenly spread. There is no less racism, discrimination or misery among the hired help in other Arab countries but in Dubai there is open temptation, unavailable to the peons. Dubai is a playground for rich Arabs as well as westerners, so it is natural that a good leftist would focus on it.