Would the teacher really keep bringing THAT subject up like that?

Would a typical American/western schoolteacher find it worth his while to keep igniting discussions about such issues as the Middle-east and terrorism, at a time like that, with kids of Middle-east origin in his class???

"oh, what is your take on what is going on over there?"

I find his off-handedness far-fetched, more likely he does his best to -avoid- that subject.