Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#0Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:12pm
Condoleezza Rice Subject of Racially Offensive Test Question
"A controversial question given to students during a practice test for a math final at Bellevue Community College has students - and others - shaking their heads because of its lack of racial sensitivity.
A civil rights activist said it refers to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice although it doesn't mention her by name.
The question read:
"Condoleezza holds a watermelon just over the edge of the roof of the 300-foot Federal Building, and tosses it up with a velocity of 20 feet per second.
The height of the watermelon above the ground ‘t’ seconds later is given by formula h~ -16r2 + 20r + 300.
a. In how many seconds will it pass her on the way down (she is standing at the height of 300 feet).?
b. When will the watermelon hit the ground?
c. How high did the watermelon get above ground?"
BCC spokesman Bob Adams said the college has received e-mails that are primarily angry that this could happen.
Student Chelsey Richardson, 25, said she discovered the question while studying for the math test in March. She was one of the students who brought the issue to officials at the community college in the Seattle suburb.
The college has refused to release the name of the teacher who wrote the question, but said the teacher hasn't been fired. The teacher has apologized and requested cultural sensitivity training, the college said."
#1re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:14pmI'm waiting for cookie to solve this test question. Gravity acceleration is what, 32 feet per second?
#2re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:17pm
I think the more important part the teacher left out, though, which is whether Condi was also eating fried chicken.
#3re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:20pmDoesn't it actually directly refer to her by name? How many Condoleezzas have you heard of who hang out at the Federal Building?
JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#4re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:21pmI don't find anything very racially offending in that question... although I have to wonder how she'd have enough strength to toss it "up" in the first place.
#5re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:21pmHmmm. How old are you, JC?
JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#6re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:23pmare you commenting on my "non-racially offending" part or "the how she had enough strength" part?
#7re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:24pmCalvin, I think it's 9 meters/second squared.
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#8re: Beware of Condoleeza When She Gets Her Hands on a Watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:24pmThe former.
#9beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:26pmlord a'mighty, dat wemmins crazy when she lays hold o' dat melon, i tell you what.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
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JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#10beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:28pmWell considering the fact that it does not actually say anything against the race of Condoleeza (unless you bend the words to your liking) I wouldn't find it offending. Although I do think the person who wrote it may have had a different idea...
#11beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:29pmand i sure do love them ol' boys amos and andy, yassuh.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#12beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:29pmThat's why I'm asking how old you are - you don't seem to realize that the watermelon reference has the potential to be racially offensive.
Allie
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/04
#13beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:32pmI'm admitting that I didn't get that either, Rath. I had to Google.
#14beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:33pmFor some reason, all I can think about is robbiej.
#15beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:33pmgreat googly-moogly, these young 'uns, today.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
JustChillin8908
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/06
#16beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:33pm
I'm 16 by the way, and not afraid to admit I grew up in a very sheltered family
#17beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:35pm
I'm not chastising you - I didn't understand how there could be any way you wouldn't get the watermelon reference as being offensive unless you were very young.
#18beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:36pmAh yes, 32 feet per second per second.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#19beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:37pmNow I want some chicken & waffles!
#20beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:38pmwould it still be offensive if it were a honeydew?
PED
#21beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:39pmOh DG, that sounds so good!
#22beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:40pmyes, but to koreans.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#23beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:42pmDon't Koreans eat that weird dragon fruit thing? It's purple and bumpy, white inside with black seeds? Or is that Vietnamese? Which are the chinks and which are the gooks? I can never remember.
#24beware of condoleeza when she gets her hands on a watermelon
Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:42pmMargo, get back in here, you bitch.
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