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Monday04172006

If Condoleezza Gets a KFC Big Bucket, and Eats One Piece of Fried Chicken Every 20 Minutes…

condoleezza%20rice%20headshot.jpgOooh boy. First came this incident; and now, from Bellevue, Washington, we get this:

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….

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.

We’d like to know: If it takes the president of Bellevue Community College 5 seconds to walk 10 feet, and the teacher’s classroom is located 300 feet from the president’s office, how long did it take for this math teacher to get fired?

(As it turns out, the professor didn’t get fired. Instead, he “apologized and requested cultural sensitivity training.” Which is pretty much the first time in human history that someone requested sensitivity training.)

Condoleezza ‘Watermelon’ Test Question Raises Ire [NBC10]

Earlier: We Are Totally, Totally, Totally, Totally, Totally Sorry For This
An Addendum: Doing Live Radio Is Hard

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Thursday03232006

We Are Totally, Totally, Totally, Totally, Totally Sorry For This

Let’s say you’re a drive-time radio talk show host. You wish to suggest that Condoleezza Rice would made a great NFL Commish. Here is how not to do it:

“She’s been chancellor of Stanford,” Lenihan said on the air. “She’s got the patent resume of somebody that has serious skill. She loves football. She’s African-American, which would kind of be a big coon. A big coon. Oh my God. I am totally, totally, totally, totally, totally sorry for that.”

He said he had meant to say “coup” instead of the racial slur.

Whoops. Well, we’re sorry, Dave. It happens to the best of us. But hey, gook on the bright side. Tomorrow is another dago. Etc. etc. etc.

Host, Praising Rice, Utters Slur; Fired [CNN]

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