because he is a khan

We were playing cricket the other day. As usual we were short on players and were yelling at the top of our voices to gather children playing around. So after a lot of effort our teams were set and we started playing. There was this small child named Waiz, harmless fellow who was sitting alone on a bench. I called him and asked him if he wanted to play. With little nod i understood that he was either afraid or really low on self confidence. well then it was all set and ready to play.

During the match there was this kid playing football and he kicked it to our section of the ground. He started yelling 'bhaiya aap de do, waiz ko mat marne do' (he asked me to kick the ball and dont let Waiz kick it). A friend of mine asked the football kid what was the problem if Waiz was to kick the ball. And the reply we got was shocking. He said "kyunki woh khan hai" (because he is a khan)..

Coming from a well educated family how can young people think like this. I mean we all hear bullshit about secularism and unity in diversity crap. There is no point if the young generation are still hardcore at heart.
Tell me what should we do???