Japanese and Koreans people usually discriminate against Chinese people the same way people of Isan , who tend to have darks skinned , are discriminated .
The current value ( 2006 ) of one head of buffalo is about 20,000 Thai baht ( 2006 : USD 530 ) .The cultural separation from Central Thailand , combined with the region 's poverty and the typically dark skin of its people ( ethnic central and southern Thai 's also have dark skin ) , has encouraged a considerable amount of discrimination against the people of Isan from non-ethnic Thais of Chinese descent in the same way that most Japanese and Koreans look down on the Chinese in Northeast Asia .