I think they are still at a minimum uncomfortable about Ali and likely still bigoted underneath their exterior friendliness.
They can be seen as selfish when they come to realize a benefit from a friendly relationship with Emmi - she has room in her cellar, she is a good customer, she is another ally in helping to get a raise, and she has time to babysit. Going back to ecology, there is the spectrum of 'mutual' (both benefit), commensal' (one benefits), and 'parasitic' (one benefits at the expense of another) relationships. Where exactly does Emmi benefit in any of these transactions? At best some are commensal transactions whereas they mostly seem parasitic to me.
With this, I think Fassbinder illustrates that racism is not always overtly spoken. Emmi's acquaintances still treat at least Ali unfairly (and depending on how you feel about the above transactions, Emmi too although Emmi may have been taken advantage of prior to her marriage anyway). Remember the scene where they all 'ooh and aah' over his muscles as if he were an animal? They even compliment him on the fact that he is clean and showers daily. The one lady talks literally behind his back as he stands there instead of asking him to sit with them (may seem normal these days, but I'm sure in the 70's lack of such manners would have been rude, although these folks do appear to potentially lack such refinement). These backhanded (no pun intended) compliments at first don't strike Emmi as racist, but they clearly show that no one's mindsets have changed. Instead of overt racist, it's just thinly concealed racism, which may even be potentially worse as Emmi does not even recognize it (as she had recognized everyone's racism before) and now joins them, unknowingly insulting Ali as well. Poor Ali, as the foreigner and likely used to veiled insults, very well understands these insults and leaves. Only the girls are confused when they ask 'what's gotten into him?' But to Ali and the audience I think it's quite clear what's going on.
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