When a couple of men join them, comic riffs à la Woody Allen on the New York Jewish psyche press threateningly close to old-school prejudice, and free-spirited spontaneity veers into calculated runs at madness.
(To be fair, they're dealing with pockets of that kind of old-school prejudice in cities like Baltimore, too).
Nevertheless, he remained a creature of certain old-school prejudices.
Old-school prejudices about whether transgender men and women are "really" men and women, respectively, could conceivably create friction around the process of nominating those actors for their performances in the correct categories -- or at all.
But Run-DMC and Jam Master Jay, all middle-class natives of Hollis, Queens, a mile or so from where Mr. Mizell was shot, created rap with a social conscience, urging listeners (between boasts) to stay in school, fight prejudice and respect one another.
Although the incident could have happened in any inner-city school, the prejudices in traditional societies that devalue women made the event more difficult to deal with, teachers and students said.
Public school curriculums foster prejudice against Hindus and Christians.
Then there is 17-year-old Cinnamon, who is openly gay at school and meets prejudice every day.
Perhaps even more remarkable than the not-so-subtle exclusion of Noah Feldman and his future wife from the published version of his 10th high-school reunion photo and the yeshiva's subsequent newsletters is Feldman's uncommon restraint and reasoned effort in trying to understand the school's obvious prejudice.
"The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth.
