If you have 56 apples and eight slaves picking them how many does each slave pick?
If Johnny gets beaten twice a day for a week how many times has he been beaten?
I'm honestly at a loss for words here. I would figure that even in the most sheltered, even racist place that this wouldn't have made it past the joke phase. I don't give (within reason, two shits about political correctness. I'll even occasionally rub people's faces in it. Particularly homosexuals who get offended at the off handed comment of something being gay or the parent or friend of a developmently challenged person when something turns out to be retarded. Or the occasional person who wants to change a sports team.) Still this didn't raise any red flags prior to being sent out?
It would be one thing if this was an email sent back and forth between some teachers that somehow leaked. I wouldn't care and would be giggling (more than I already am) about it if it was even more offensive but clealry not meant for general distribution. "I bet them little N***** would understand math if the question was I have eight bags of weed. If each bag of weed is twenty dollars and you pimp your sister out for 15 dollars how many times do you need to pimp her to buy all the bags of weed for your party? If spread out evenly how many times a day is that?" It wouldnt' be any less offensive but behind closed (or semi-closed if there was some comedy tour doing it I'd say at worst the same thing as I said about the guy from Seinfield, make sure you know your audiance first and perhaps be funny instead of angry) and move on.
wtf?