April 17, 2006
From SeattleTimes.com:
(Bellevue, Washington) Bellevue Community College Board of Trustees issued a statement Saturday condemning the behavior of an instructor who wrote a racially insulting math question recently brought to the college's attention by students.The math question is considered contrary to the college's core values of respect for diversity and elimination of stereotypes.
The question began, "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." It went on to ask when the watermelon would hit the ground, based on a formula provided.BCC President Jean Floten wouldn't name the instructor who wrote the question, however, she said there was no intention to connote the negative caricatures of blacks eating watermelon. Instead, according to Floten, the instructor was fascinated with the name "Condoleezza." Yeah, right. Notably, before being rewritten the question logically referenced the entertainer Gallagher who at least uses watermelons in his comedy act.
As corrective action, the math department issued an apology and the college announced the creation of a new vice-president for diversity and blah, blah, blah. No mention was made regarding the oozing liberalism of an infected institution of high learning.
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Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 17, 2006 04:23 PM (0yYS2)
Liberalism is a virus. Who would have thought it would pass to the mathematics departments of the world?
Posted by: shoelimpyâ„¢ at April 17, 2006 04:31 PM (98B7s)
Posted by: Last word Larry at April 17, 2006 05:00 PM (FCC6c)
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Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 17, 2006 06:39 PM (8e/V4)
I will admit that they have their moonbats. What college nowadays would be complete without them? But they are heavily outweighed by the excellent, intelligent, fair instructors present.
I had a geography teacher with a PhD tell us that Global Warming is just another theory-and went to pains to point out that it is far from a proven one. I had a polysci Prof who was from Pakistan and hated conservatism-but would let us debate the issues instead of preaching his liberalism without dissent. I respect the man very much. I had a History prof who was extremely knowledgeable and was also unafraid to challenge PC Herstory.
If you want to find unhiged whackos, then I suggest that you look to Shoreline Community College, Seattle Central Community College (where they kicked off the recruiter in January of 2005 in a riot), or Evergree (famous for producing Racheal Corrie and many, many more like her through their "peer review" grading system). BCC is a good school.
And HARD too. There is a high degree of academic pressure there.
Just my two cents.
Posted by: Peter Bland at April 17, 2006 09:09 PM (a7n4N)
Let me ask you this, how many people do you see rioting over this? Any embassies/consulates firebombed over this? How about restaurants destroyed? Anyone killed in the mayhem?
Hrm, I didn't think so either. Thanks for coming out though!
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