That's true, to use Malaysia as an example again, that's apparently how they got their independence in the first place.

The three main racial groups hated the British that much that they were willing to work together. Well, there was that time they kicked Singapore out but that's another can of worms.

Seriously, the more I read about those guys the more baffling it is that a group of mussies, chinks and jeets of all people could somehow tolerate each other for that long and still make a relatively successful country.