Ethnic Prejudice

I went to an international school as a child, and consider myself quite tolerant of race, religion, sexual orientation and ethnicity. I do have problems with intolerance, and the recent attacks on Americans following an appalling video about Muhammed are an example for me of where intolerance leads to. Being a very political and touchy topic, I'll rather prove an example of my own shortcomings in this respect: In Berlin, there is a large Turkish minority (nearly 1/3 of the population). Having initially come as "guest workers", many Turkish people have stayed, had kids, and their kids have had kids. These "third generation" Turks mainly live in certain areas, and are viewed as a "problem" by Germans, as even if they hold German passports, they are not "assimilated" as much as Germans would like them to be. A big problem is language, as only recently did Berlin introduce a free last kindergarden year (at the age of 5 or 6), so many children only learn German "correctly" then. A solution I found constructive would be to provide also a free first year, to get the kids into the system early on. In any case, there are a few Turkish kids in our kids' private school (we have very few Turks in our area). I was surprised of three issues. 1) Both parents are Turkish, compared to most other kids' parents who are half German. 2) They live in Turkish areas, and drive their kids to school, whereas most families live close to the school. 3) They are not doctors or lawyers, as I expected (it's not a cheap school), but e.g. kindergarden teachers and bakers. Michelle Obama's biography has several parallels to this - people investing huge amounts into their children's education, but on the other hand being a rather closed community. Finally, the "prejudice" from my title: I had an embarrassing experience during a parent's evening yesterday. I partnered with a Turkish dad in an icebreaker excersise, where we had to tell three things about ourselves, one of which was untrue. The other had to guess which. One of the points the dad said was that he's a baker. I had always thought he's a rich doctor. Will I one day meet someone from an ethnic minority here in Berlin who does not fulfil the stereotypes? This city, wonderful as it is, is not tolerant. (Apologies, a muddled post. Complex thoughts on this issue. But better some muddled thoughts than silence.)