It was an experience

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At university, I had an instructor for a practical class. This instructor seemed to have a cultural bias. His in-class hierarchy was: Asian men, Asian women, Indian men, Indian women, White men and lastly White women. He would mostly ignore students that were white. Moreso if they were a woman. He made life difficult for me which included assigning me to work on my own. After that I then moved to a different instructor. I noticed after I did this he started picking on said instructor. My new instructor went out of his way for me on more than one occasion. In the last 15 minutes of the practical (I was behind because the practical is designed for partners) I still had some things to do and went to the resource tray and realised there was none left (there should have been) so I had to ask my original instructor because mine was busy. He told me that I should pack up and go home because I can't complete the practical. Thankfully my current instructor came to my rescue he went to a fridge and got a small vial of what I needed telling me to use it and all the while my original instructor was protesting. Fortunately I managed to finish the experiment with my instructors' help and 2 additional hours in the lab. Have you ever come across something like this while in education?