RACIST MIDDLE SCHOOL TEST SHOWS UP IN ALABAMA…AGAIN

…The over 30,000 that attended Trump’s Alabama Rally

 

The 8^th graders thought the test was a joke, but the teacher said it was for real.

 

Many of us here on the “Left Coast”, we were very surprised when early on in one of Donald Trump’s first large rally’s, he was able to get 30,000 Alabaman’s to attend. 

 

Having had a long-time business history in Alabama at the NASA Space Center in Huntsville, I had been previously exposed to many of the racial attitudes of the locals in Alabama.  So I was not as surprised as those in the press, after the large size of Trump’s crowds were first announced.  From my opinion, the deep South hasn’t changed that much since Dr. King and the demonstrators made their Civil Rights marches in the 1960’s.  In fact, with the rise of the number of white supremacist groups after the election of President Obama, attitudes of the older generations in the South may actually be worse today than that of 50 years ago. 

 

But understanding all this, I was still taken aback when I discovered the 10 question math test that had recently been given to the 8^th graders in the Burns Middle School in Mobile, Alabama.  The test has now hit the internet, and it is the most shockingly racist math test you could imagine. 

 

The Burns students at first took the test as a joke.  But the teacher told them that it wasn’t a joke and that they had to complete it.

 

A student took a picture of the test and sent it to his mom.  Below is the exact wording of the 10 question math test that this Alabama teacher gave to her 8^th grade class..

 

1)    Ramon has an AK47 with a 30-round clip.  He usually misses 6 out of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive-by shooting.  How many drive-by shootings can Ramon attempt before he has to steal enough ammunition and reload?

 

2)    Leroy has 2 ounces of cocaine.  If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320.00 and 2 grams to Juan for $85.00 per gram, what is the street value of the rest of his hold?

 

3)    Dwayne pimps 3 ho’s.  If the price is $85.00 per trick, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Dwayne’s $800.00 per day crack habit?

 

4)    Raul wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for $40,000. to make a 20% profit.  How many one ounce bags will he need to make to obtain the 20% profit?

 

5)    Desmond gets $200 for a stolen BMW.  $150 for stealing a Corvette, and $100 for a 4X4.  If he steals 1 BMW, 2 Corvettes and 3, 4X4’s, how many more Corvettes must he steal to have $900?

 

6)    Pedro got 6 years for murder.  He also got $10,000 for the hit.  If his common-law wife spends $100 of his hit money per month, how much money will be left when he gets out?

 

7)    If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square feet and the average letter is 3 square feet, how many letters can be sprayed with 3, 8 oz cans of spray paint with 20% of the paint left over?

 

8)    Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in the gang.  There are 20 girls in his gang.  What is the exact percentage of girls Tyrone knocked up?

 

9)    LaShanda is a lookout for the gang.  Lacuna also has a Boa Constrictor that eats 5 rats per week at a cost of $5.00 per rat.  If LaShanda makes $700 a week as a lookout, how many weeks can she feed the Boa on one week’s income?

 

10)  Marvin steals Juan’s skateboard.  As Marvin skates away at 15MPH, Juan loads his 357 Magnum.  If it takes Juan 20 seconds to load his piece, how far away will Marvin be when he gets whacked?

 

Fox News decided to do some research on the math test and they discovered that the test has a very long history.  Similar versions of the 10-question quiz have been turning up in classrooms across the country since the 1990s.  Apparently, many teachers have gotten themselves into hot water over the test in several states, including Texas, Southern California and New Mexico.

 

The Alabama teacher apparently received the test from her highly racist uncle who had forwarded a racist e-mail that has been circulating amongst Southern racists for over 20 years.

 

Parents in Mobile had told Fox News that the teacher was retiring at the end of the school year and had probably decided to go out with a blazing ball of racist glory.  Once the word got out about the test, the Burns Middle School teacher was immediately placed on administrative leave.

 

Fox interviewed a number of the parents of the 8^th grade class and they all were shocked and felt it was totally inappropriate for their children.

 

However, based on my past experience in the South, I’m not surprised that this type of activity is still occurring, especially amongst the older generation in the South.  Hopefully, that attitude is changing with today’s young southern millennials.

 

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