A ship sinks at sea, leaving hundreds of survivors in the water, all struggling to stay afloat. As government rescue ships and aircraft arrive, no effort is made at an immediate recovery attempt until those in the water are carefully scrutinized to identify survivors qualifying as ethnic minorities. It is this group that is then given immediate priority for recovery. Even though some non-minority victims lack life jackets, rescue teams focus totally upon ethnicity in determining who gets priority in their recovery operation...