How does an imagining of a nerdy white kid provided you with some factual evidence this story has anything to do with ethnicity. These stories happen now and then. Its ridiculous yes, but don't fall for identity politics click bait nonsense.
I obviously have no evidence to back this up, (I'm not sure what evidence there could possibly be outside of a long psychology study) but I could imagine a white kid in my High School getting away with it while an Arab was instantly questioned.
I live in a very, very conservative area, where minorities are given a lot of crap.
