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But we don't have one set of words for whites and one set of words for blacks. The words are the same for both groups. Reminds me of when I was young and my team lost a neighborhood football game and I told someone that we lost because it was raining and he asked me if it was raining on the other team too.Oh I get it.
I've taught math for 40+ years.
Geometry.....Circles, Other Shapes, Areas......simple Formulas.
Not Racist in ANY way.
Same for Trig, Algebra, Addition, Calculus, etc.
He is my example of a bad word problem.
I'm not saying it's 'racist' I'm saying it has cultural bias.
1). Michael is playing golf. Michael scored the following on his Front 9.
3 birdies
2 quadruple bogeys
a double bogey
A Hole in One on a par 3.
and 2 Triple Bogeys.
Question: What was Michaels score compared to Par?
This question is unfair.
If the test is designed to add positive and negative numbers, which it is, then this question failed.