The this one sentence comment at the BBS of people.com [1], which suggested that the unrest in Urumqi was a result of long term oppression:
一次一次的被欺压,却没地方说理,当然就要暴力!
The Han's ethnic discrimination towards Uyghurs has been a source of conflict in China long before the July unrest. Searching from the online discussions on Tianya forum [2], there are many stories about Han's prejudice against Uyghurs. Here is one [3] of the stories:
先就我亲身经历来说说。我在乌鲁木齐上大学时,那时候中央电视台很出名的一档节目——非常6+1,有一期的电话幸运观众是个新疆人,主持人问他最大的梦想是什么?他的回答竟然是:希望到首都北京去住上几天旅馆。他的这个梦想把主持人都弄蒙了,问其原因才知道,原来90年代初的时候他带儿子去北京治病,结果就因为是新疆人,竟然没有一家旅馆敢收留他们的
People's press [4]also has similar experience back in 2006:
2006年圣诞夜,我正好在北京。北京任何一家酒吧都不必在门口挂出“不欢迎新疆人”的牌子。但无论我走到哪家都被门口保安拦下。
Apart from all the everyday life conflicts, many are frustrated by Hans people's misunderstandings and prejudices. Looking at cloud and water flow, [5] yelled out loud on Tianya forum that he is a Xinjiang people to express his anger on such prejudices,
我要大声说我是新疆人…. 新疆是有小偷,可是哪里没有小偷?难道新疆有小偷,就说小偷都是来自新疆么?去做小偷的少数民族很容易被认出来。好么这就将小偷的帐全都算在了新疆人身上。我去过几次内地发现内地的治安远不如新疆。
Even the government wants to adjust policy for preserving Uyghur's language and culture, many Han Chinese refuse to support. A recent example is the Central government's plan [6] to invest double amount of funding (USD 121 million) on bilingual kindergartens education in Xinjiang. Again, there are many complaints on such kind of policy favoritism:
Liar without draft [7] was angry about the policy:
为什么其他地方幼儿园严重不足,而政府却不予重视呢?
Shenqike replied [8]:
会闹的孩子有奶吃啊!~~~其它地方没人闹啊!
Xwni added [8],
坏孩子有糖吃.