An 11-year old Philipino boy was at school cutting his food with a fork and eating it with a spoon, as per his people's custom. The teacher got all pissed off and told him to stop. The boy's mother took up with a human rights group and she was awarded $17,000 by the school board.
Every bit of racism or culturally insensitive act needs to be reprimanded with a lot of money. It's the only way the world is going to learn to get along.