News Comment #4
18 09 2015Stereotyping and racism are a huge issue in this county, everyone jumps to conclusions. An example of this is when Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade alarm clock to school and was quickly in police custody in fear that the alarm clock was an alarm clock. I think that this has made national news is because Mohamed is Muslim and was stereotyped for making a bomb. The story has gotten even bigger when President Obama invite the young boy to the White House for the Astronomy Night. I think that the idea of stereotyping needs to be addressed and this story brings it to the surface and gives it the attention it needs.
Stereotyping is one way to read this. Another is that high school have a habit of overreacting. Both issues have a certain amount of currency at the moment. This is also an interesting story because of the spped and variety of social media involvement.
“high schools” ….. “speed”