have you stare lately?

a caucasian lady was complaining of being stared quite rudely everytime she's out of the house. she said no one would seat next to her when she's taking a train or bus ride. well, mind you she's staying far from city and does what local people do. she does her marketing in the wet market, have her meal in the hawker centre, and all other normal stuff. she was getting offended by all these. i remember meeting her in the supermarket and people did stare at her. after her comments, all other caucasian chipped in saying they do experience the same especially in countries like indonesia (!) and china. surprisingly, india was ruled out as people do stare but they respect you and still want to sit next to you.
i remember during my high school time on my way home, 2 caucasians took the same ride with me and the driver kept on telling everyone there were 2 bule inside his mikrolet. the caucasians looked at me and asked what he was talking about. so i translated it for them and their next question was "why did he say that? i don't see anything wrong with that" i forgot what my exact answer was but i think i told her that you seldom see foreigners riding public transportation in this area and added that it's just the driver's stupidity here.
i wonder now, do we asians really look up to caucasians until we feel so intimidated to be around them? truth be told, i used to distance myself as well as i know my english is not perfect but i think as i grow older i don't see anything wrong with that and they are simply human being, nothing different from us. i started to open up whenever my parents friend come to our house and just chat with my own style of english. i mean, if they can't afford listening to my english then it's their lost not mine. right?
i know people who feel intimidated by caucasians are mostly those not so educated people, but i'm not surprise to find educated people feeling the same as well. i believe it's all in the mentality of each individual. there is no race that is above another race, we are equal in God's eyes.