So, assuming there isn't more to this story, is this an example of racism, or just outright stupidity? Seems that there's a lot of stories about schools doing idiotic things - expelling a 6yo for "sexual harassment" for kissing a girl, suspending another tyke for nibbling his pop tart into the shape of a "gun," suspending students for wearing American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo, etc.
Truth is, we all went to school with the people getting degrees in education. Some of them are complete dumbasses.