>From Eric

 

>  But ignore Mohamed's race and religion for a moment, and the concerns remain.

 

I disagree. The concerns would have vanished, if not had been greatly reduced.

 

>From my POV it appears that the argument you are making, as well as the school 
>administrator's POV, were NOT ignoring Mohamed's race and religion. If Ahmed's 
>skin had been white and his name, Arnold, I seriously doubt this regrettable 
>fiasco would have even raised to a fleeting level of amused interest in the 
>high school cafeteria among fellow nerds.

 

Well... maybe not if a Caucasian looking Ahmed had turned around and said to 
the teacher, "All be back." ;-)

 

Regards,

Steven Vincent Johnson

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