Controversial Exam Question About Race Under Investigation At Cal State Long Beach

A Cal State Long Beach student claims a final exam question crossed the line into racism.

[@BradThePitts]

The bigger problem is the idiocracy of a multiple choice take-home final exam for Health Science class. If it were Engineering, Physics, or any technical science where the final exam might take 18 hours to do, I'd understand.

[@Cynthiaa315]

Brad the Pitts i honestly don’t think it was a take home test

[@DecafUnknown]

Its always CSU long beach, plus, some gangs do more graffiti than others. A gang that is predominantly is black, on average, will make more graffiti than a white gang (as there is less of them). It may seem racist, but its true.

[@ButterySkater]

Wouldnt that be a criminal justice question? Why health.

[@joesoria2624]

Buttery Skater for sure something that could be in CRJU, but there would have been stats in the question or answer choices or that topic would’ve been gone over in class. This question had no stats AND I don’t even know how it’s related to the Health Sciences field.

[@ReynaDPerez]

Some teachers will put humorous questions on exams, but this one is offensive to all those mentioned in the multiple choice and very inappropriate.

[@i.m.7710]

I'm a white old lady and it's highly offensive and racist in my opinion; the teacher who wrote it should be publicly investigated. What does graffiti have to do with health science unless you are worried about spray paint fumes?? I took a chemistry class at the height of the aids crisis and the teacher was telling 18 year olds (the age group most in danger of contracting aids at the time) that the black abalone disease (on abalones) was what they should worry about, and not aids at all.

[@greatstuff5]

Wow as a masters student in math at this school, I do not even know where to begin. If you look at the context, NONE of the other questions have ANYTHING to do with gangs, gangs have NOTHING to do with the health sciences, furthermore as an educator myself I apologize on behalf of instructors and educators all over, this is NOT common protocol for ANY instructor or educator ANYWHERE. There is absolutely ZERO excuse as to why this happened this faculty member need be held fully responsible.

[@filipinoheat8054]

This is what they are learning in College these days, Gangs and Graffiti lmao 😂

[@mattonthemic]

I was walking back to the bus stop one night this semester and I wondered what kCal 9 was doing there

[@KimmyKaat]

My school be thinking it’s so progressive and does shit like this smh

[@liamjay6181]

I wanna know the answer to the question and I want to know the race of the person who complained about it.

[@gicelasalgado9219]

Liam Jay it was a black guy who complained about it

[@gghhjjsamehh3093]

@@gicelasalgado9219 it was Mexican

[@Benji6390]

I took this health science course back in 2015. If I remember correctly, there was a survey conducted years prior, early 2000s to late 2000s, that asked middle and high school students if they have ever done graffiti on public property. If students answered the race/ethnicity question, the survey states Asians are less likely to graffiti public property. Surveys are always flawed, but the information was likely provided by the professor. Whether the survey is valid or not, it should be questioned by the professor. I agree the question is posed incorrectly and that it may not have relevance anymore.

[@kevin6293]

Benjamin Villanueva, what’s that got to do with health??

[@Benji6390]

@@kevin6293 It had nothing to do with Health, but was part of a Sociological survey which asked certain behaviors/ activities students partake. Some topics includes drug-use, sexual orientation, sexual activity, and criminal behavior.

[@unmissedrose]

Never knew we had gangs name white,black,and hispanic. 🤔 learn something new everyday

[@STXRBOY999]

“A student is questioning a question"😂

[@originaste2662]

Maybe the teacher was high ?

[@jondoe2679]

I had this same question on my criminal justice gang test

[@alfredoalcala6622]

My corrections final dealt with questions on gangs and it was nothing like this. Ridiculous.

[@Ponch102979]

As a professor of graffiti the answer is E.all of the above..

[@l01j99]

How was he supposed to answer the question? That's really messed up.

[@Jazfresh12]

Who was the professor I took the class not to long ago and felt my professor said so ridiculous things in the class.

[@lilyopson902]

Hey I go there!

[@Daria_thedesigner]

Hey, I'm about to start here in a few weeks lol

[@ryank0351]

What s the right answer?😁

[@joshposh7239]

Maybe it's the same teacher that teaches the latin gang class at CSULB... I avoided that class when I was there because there were too many essays

[@MysLed]

😞Well????😕 What was the correct answer?

[@bentlyespinoza8937]

The answer was D

[@cross3052]

This explains all those roving gangs of graffiti spewing Asians I keep seeing...

[@Trophy398]

Lol I took this exam two semesters ago 😂 The question didn’t offend me, I just wanted to be done with this stupid boring night class. The professor uses humor to teach the class because it’s so boring. Otherwise students would fall asleep or not attend class.

[@Dudettesluv]

lol this is humour? I dont remember laughing.. but i do know that this is pure prejudice/stereotypes and ignorance.

[@anthony1thru7]

Doubt it’s really that serious. I’m Latino and I take no offense. That really expensive book that the professor is using in the class probably has some stats on this.

[@kevin6293]

Anthony Martinez, why would a health text book have stats on gang graffiti?

[@isaacskylee]

Haha it’s so weird to see the campus I walk every day

[@edgarchacon5935]

Go BEACH!

[@tracybacani1]

It figures

[@CalisRemedy]

I marked D. White. I hope I got it right 🙏🏽

[@Fernyg323]

Go Dirtbags!!!!

[@David-kg5dk]

It's not a racist question, it's a stupid question.

[@David-kg5dk]

@Adam see, this is racist.

[@juliofuentes8014]

Stupet stupet stupet stupet question!

[@delilahstella3017]

JULIO FUENTES is this a joke or what

[@delilahstella3017]

JULIO FUENTES btw if this is not you spelled stupid weird

[@juliofuentes8014]

IAmConfusion yes .....yes you are!..........stupet too

[@Bongaboi151]

Class of 2008. Someone should lose their job over this. Sign of the times.

[@LauraLeyvaStaysafeStayinformed]

I’ve been going to this school for five years, the teachers pay no mind to their performances at all. I would never recommend anyone to go to this school, it’s a waste of time and money .

[@Bongaboi151]

It's competitive and there is a good value for it. Settle down heretic, you preach nonsense. Go Beach.

[@Yzzo1]

5 years? Dang tf?

[@Bongaboi151]

@@Yzzo1 Should have already gotten the degrees by then. It only took me three, and that was after I transferred from LBCC.

[@OMGitsdiane]

I hope you’re checking ratemyprofessor at least

[@carabarker5388]

Please. This is being taken completely out of context and with no real explanation from the student. Even though it “wasn’t discussed during class”, is it in the book? Did this student even go to every single class? And secondly, those students that were interviewed, do they take that class, or are they just random students? Sounds to me like they’re just plucked off the sidewalk. And their opinions pretty much align together-was a student whose opinion was different going to be put up, if that was taped?(probably not). And PLEASE, explain to me, HOW is this offensive? Maybe it would be if there wasn’t a major ethnicity group not mentioned as an option, I would understand why it could be. But the four major races are there. (and please people, don’t freak out when I say ‘four major races’; I’m sure people will be ‘offended’ by that too-but answer me this: what race(s) do those four words not generally*** encompass? **geneally being key word here folks). Statistics are mapped for almost anything someone could think of, including the act of gang graffiti. So why couldn’t there be a stat for this?? And I’m sure there’s some explanation of that particular stat tying into health science; my guess maybe being that whichever gang that does the most may have high health problems from the fumes and the gang that does the least less health problems. Maybe I’m wrong about how it ties in, but come on. I’m currently a student at Long Beach state, and I’m serious when I ask this-how is that question offensive? I truly believe that people, and I hate to say it but especially the younger generation, millennials, are learning and have been taught that if something, some statement, has to do with race in some way, then it’s immediately offensive. Do not be so narrow minded, do not be so soft, so easily offended. Race is a natural part of life, it’s okay to talk about it. This is a fact of life, of history: People of specific races stereotypically band together. Yes, there are exceptions, but if you go walk through Koreatown near LB you’ll mostly see Koreans and Korean restaurants. If you go walk through Compton you’ll see mostly black and Hispanic people. I’m a millennial, and the people of my generation who are easily offended, who take everything so personal and have to make a large deal out of so many things that shouldn’t be, embarrass me. I’m embarrassed to be a millennial.

[@Bongaboi151]

Trump is your president. This is a big deal.

[@Ken-ur8kt]

This isn't offensive at all and it's definitely worthy of discussion, but why is it in a health science class? Crime stats should not be a part of health science. It doesn't make any sense.

[@piedewdie5080]

My question is how the hell did the student have a phone out during a test

[@bishop208]

Bruh that shit funny lmao

[@Xicayktown1]

They're mad because they got the wrong answer and didn't pass the class. Obviously it's D. The lengths people go to when they're wrong. Lmfao

[@Lyno10851]

This is not racist. Who are the best basketball players? Who are the best baseball players? Who are the best soccer players? Different race for every sport its not racist. Its just giving them props for being masters at their craft.

[@Dudettesluv]

these questions literally scream prejudice and stereotypes... which all stem and lead to racism...

[@Isaac-tj3hj]

There’s a difference, a very stark difference, between racial classification and racialization of a particular group. In this case, the test corroborates the obvious stereotype of Hispanics being in gangs. It assigns a racial stereotype to Hispanics in order to add to the criminalizing narrative pushed forth by anti-immigration groups and nativist movements. This is a VERY racist question.

[@delilahstella3017]

Leonel Castillo this is stereotyping not sports 👎🙄

[@jasons217]

Irrelevant question but certainly not racist.

[@orbitshuffle]

Man,get this bs exam outta here. How a 400 level class going to give you a take home final. Dude that complained was probably failing the class.

[@Alsa95]

If you think the question is racist, then you are racist.

[@Dudettesluv]

lol but thats not how it works. This question screams prejudice and stereotypes. And most of all, ignorance.

[@Bongaboi151]

No. That would be Trump.

[@DecafUnknown]

Its always CSU long beach, plus, some gangs do more graffiti than others. A gang that is predominantly is black, on average, will make more graffiti than a white gang (as there is less of them). It may seem racist, but its true.

[@jimmymagic7686]

what does that have to do with health science???

[@nightmane812]

Really scraping the bottom of the barrel for some racial issues......can we coin nanoagressions yet?