can\'t we all just get along?
oh, and this is funny....
Racist Standards
California has a competency test for public school teachers. Sample question: "Which fraction is closest to 0.35: 3/5, 1/2, 1/5, or 1/3?" The 13-year-old exam, which tests for 10th-grade level abilities, has a 80 percent pass rate for whites, 35 percent for blacks, 51 percent for Hispanics, and 59 percent for Asians. Non-whites have declared the test "racist" and are suing.
One of the black plaintiffs is Sara Boyd. A journalist reported on a portion of her deposition:
"Boyd testified that six out of 80 teachers at her school were black – by her estimation, 1 or 2 percent. Then she realized that eight teachers were black. "Oh," her interrogator remarked, "10 percent." "No," she said. "So what percent of 80 is 8?" she was asked. For 40 seconds – I timed it – Boyd was silent. Then: "Can you rephrase that? I\'m drawing a blank here." The question was rephrased. She answered, "That\'s about 1 percent."
Miss Boyd was formerly a vice-principal in a California school. (Debra Saunders, 2+2=4 Doesn\'t Equal Racism, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 9, 1996.)