News Comment #4

18 09 2015

Stereotyping 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.


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2 responses to “News Comment #4”

20 09 2015
  fuglsang (15:53:47) :

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.

21 09 2015
  fuglsang (08:07:11) :

“high schools” ….. “speed”

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