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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 Condoleezza question went on to ask when the watermelon will hit the ground, based on a formula provided.
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.
Story Continues Below 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.
© 2006 Associated Press.
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