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Condoleezza and the Watermelon (College math exam uses Rice with racial stereotype)
Email from Dr. Wayne Perryman ^
| 4/11/06
| Dr. Wayne Perryman
Posted on 04/11/2006 12:52:25 PM PDT by JulieRNR21
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To: JulieRNR21; xzins
In furtherance of the request by xzins, are there any other sources for this story, any verifications, or any copies of the test that contained this alleged question?
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:24:42 PM PDT
by
atlaw
To: OldFriend
"Racial sterotyping has no place in an academic setting.<P.It's ugly and unacceptable."
And if that is your consistent position then I don't have an issue. I normally would not get involved in a test question that had a watermelon and a black person in it unless some additionally negative stereotype was being applied. I think we are too sensitive in such situations.
Now a pattern of discrimination based on race or a serious individual case of racial discrimination and I'm there.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:26:37 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
To: MadeInAmerica; JulieRNR21
How is this shocking?
Who here believes that the public school system - with some notable exceptions - is not a government funded, union controlled pit of liberal brainwashing??
The higher the level of education, the worst it gets.
The media trends are the dead giveaway
43
posted on
04/11/2006 1:29:55 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: moose2004
I wasn't stating what I believed...I was stating what "they" would say.
To: PLOM...NOT!
How many Condoleeza's do you think there are that can stand atop a "Federal" building?Was that another question from the math exam?
I don't think that one's fair.
To: OldFriend
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:34:40 PM PDT
by
JBR34
To: JBR34
Silence in the face of an ugly sterotype is not the answer.
Speaking out and letting the school know that you don't think the question was appropriate can't hurt.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:35:59 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
To: MadeInAmerica; xzins; atlaw
I trust my source is a personal friend of Dr. Perryman whose church members attend the college.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:36:23 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
To: JulieRNR21
I trust my source is a personal friend of Dr. Perryman whose church members attend the college.
___________________________________________________________
Well, they will get an email from me. This is simply amazing that they would do this. Her name is not common like a Beth. This was intentional and a direct racial slam to our Sec of State.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:39:41 PM PDT
by
MadeInAmerica
(- If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Breaking and Entering means Wealth Redistribution)
To: JulieRNR21
Rev. Perryman would do better to focus on how many of these black students were able to answer the question correctly, and enlist tutors to help those who could not. They should not be encouraged to get all worked up over imagined "racist" slights. Condi got where she is because she stayed focused on important things, and didn't allow herself to get sidetracked by PC whining campaigns.
To: OldFriend; JBR34; sauropod; sportutegrl; TexasCajun
Excerpt from my email to the College:
It is extremely offensive to see your college use the name of a prominent black official like our Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a math problem that uses the racial stereotype of 'blacks and watermelons'. The fact that a 'Federal building' is also mentioned leaves no doubt that the insulting stereotype was directed at her.
In addition, this math problem is an insult to not only Dr. Rice but all black students at Bellevue Community College and especially to those who were required to take this final exam.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:40:01 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
To: lovecraft
And I'd personally pay good money to see Condi throw Osama off a roof. She could probably kick him hard enough to generate 20 fps upwards velocity too.
That would be worth a buck or twenty. We could donate the money to the Second Amendment Foundation, since it's well known that she's a supporter of the *individual* RKBA.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:42:02 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: JulieRNR21
Thanks for speaking up. We must not remain silent in the face of such ridicule.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:44:10 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
To: GovernmentShrinker
Then don't write......I did!
54
posted on
04/11/2006 1:45:04 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
To: OldFriend
Silence in the face of an ugly sterotype is not the answer.
Speaking out and letting the school know that you don't think the question was appropriate can't hurt.
BRAVO BUMP
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:45:51 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
To: bill1952
Thanks for posting, Bill....I immediately thought of that horrible cartoon when I read this email.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:47:22 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
To: lovecraft
I perfer to take action myself.......that's why I wrote an email to the College.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:48:27 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
To: gondramB
Dr. Rice would probably overlook it as you say but this also affects all the black students at the college especially those who had to answer this question!
Just substitute the name 'Martin Luther King' and I think you'll get my drift!
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:50:48 PM PDT
by
JulieRNR21
(Katherine Harris is 'In It to Win It' .....Go here: http://www.electharris.org/)
To: JulieRNR21
I don't know about this. I'm not saying the story is false, but I am, for the time being, skeptical.
Mr. Perryman is identified as "a fact-finding investigator in discrimination cases for the plaintiff," the link you provided at the start of this thread doesn't appear to have any story at all about the "test" (much less a copy of the test containing the offending question), and I can't locate any other sources for the story.
It'd be nice to see some corroboration.
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:56:06 PM PDT
by
atlaw
To: JulieRNR21
a. 1.25 seconds
b. 5.00 seconds
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posted on
04/11/2006 1:59:48 PM PDT
by
Hoodat
( Silly Dems, AYBABTU.)
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