Ahmed was arrested instead of being praised for his sense of discovery and innovation — which, as Ahmed is a young Muslim of color, raises questions of prejudice and inappropriate knee jerk reactions.
While there may be much more complex and deeper issues at play when questions of prejudice are raised, issues of unfair testing and unfair grading can be addressed.
If we're going to question issues of prejudice around the area of male circumcision, I think your newspaper has a case to answer.
The consensus was that nearly all medical practitioners, and particularly Maclean, approached the question full of prejudice.
It has also moved the discussion to the larger question of racial prejudice in Dutch society.
Wang berated the journalist's question as "full of prejudice against China and arrogance" and as "totally unacceptable", to the visible discomfort of global affairs minister of Stephane Dion, who stood next to him.
The Chinese minister interjected and said the question was "full of prejudice against China and arrogance".
A woman assumed to be white was revealed after months to be a light-skinned black, turning the story, and the audience, sharply to questions of racial prejudice.
"It gives them a chance to ask questions, because a lot of prejudice often comes from fear and misunderstanding," says Craggs.
"It's not a question of whether people are prejudiced, it's a question of what they are prepared to express prejudice about," said Professor Dominic Abrams, a social psychologist from the University of Kent.
