State must tackle racismOn the surface, a case involving a group of men assaulting an ethnic Karen worker in Chon Buri may look like an ordinary crime. The beating is racial discrimination and bigotry, a crime that needs to be addressed. By not taking appropriate action, police, like other state authorities, are implicitly condoning racial discrimination. The Bang Kloi ethnic community still cannot return to their ancestral home, even though they have legally proved their community had existed before the forest protection law. We need to eradicate discrimination through education, while the state must be obliged to fix the wrong and ensure that bigotry will not be tolerated.

Source: Bangkok Post March 13, 2026 22:47 UTC