Comments on: Yet Another Race Based Swipe at Condoleezza Rice

By: RightWinged.com

RightWinged.com — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:50:22 +0000

UPDATE: Condoleezza Rice Watermelon Math Problem. See The Actual Test.

As I mentioned in my round-up of unhinged teachers last week, and Michelle Malkin had full coverage of here and here, a professor at Bellevue Community College included (wrote) the following, racially charged math question on a test: Condoleezza holds…

By: IndependentConservative

IndependentConservative — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:58:58 +0000

Ron, haven’t you figured it out yet? It’s OK for THEM to take from others. This is why they enjoy candidates that promote wealth redistribution. But when they see folks who do not endorse their candidates doing anything then they must complain. Iraqis are the ones talking about how they will split the profits from their oil sales. But that is not the point if you hate Bush.

By: Ron_B

Ron_B — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:23:00 +0000

I really don’t have a problem with the watermelon issue. We eat them. White folks eat them. This would be like teasing Jews about matzo balls.

I am more concerned about how she is the subject of daily attacks on a local Black talk radio show on WAOK. There seemingly is not a day that goes by when a callers states their strong dislike for Dr. Rice as a “sell out”.

At some point I am going to call in and ask them when they will stop consuming the fruits of Dr. Rice’s labor as she keeps the oil from the Middle East flowing into their car’s gas tank?

By: IndependentConservative

IndependentConservative — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:31:05 +0000

The professor made no mentions of the question being a symbol of a Black woman liberating herself from a stereotype. Of course if he wanted to show how she’s freed herself from stereotypes he could have asked a question that involved the time it took her to travel to the many colleges she’s graduated from.

It was simply the use of a racial stereotype with negative intent.

By: imli

imli — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:02:46 +0000

I had no idea that watermelons were racist — and one could also interpret the question as “anti-racist” if one says that Condi liberated herself by throwing the melon from a great height to it’s certain demise. For extra points, she could maybe aim for the head of a KKK member?

I like mine with a slice of lemon, or lightly curried, but always well chilled.