It is not a trick question - it is a race-baiting question. It is designed to make you feel bad if you haven't. What if you haven't - are you a RACIST!! What if you have - does that make you a saint. Now what exactly is the point of that question? If I haven't, should I run out and find a black person to eat Thanksgiving dinner? Hmmmmm?
As far as Ms. Rice, she went down a long way in my estimation - of course, I never was a big fan, I was sorta neutral. But when I see a black person who is obviously better off than 99.9% of the people in this country crying RACISM - I get sick. Whining bothers me - it bothers me more from someone like her than Jackson. Let's all of us shed a tear because this woman who had a better life than many, many Americans of all ages, actually had people who did't like her - who made fun of her - who didn't want her around them. Well of course we should because that never ever happens to a white person - ] Yes, race matters to her evidently.
Now that's a rant---