LOVINGTON, N.M. – Some parents of fourth graders in Lovington, New Mexico are upset over an online quiz students took on Martin Luther King, Dr. Day because they claim it’s racist.

The controversy centers around one question on a quiz administered to New Mexico student through the company BrainPop that asks: Why was segregation more common in the south?

One of wrong answers on the multiple choice question reads: “Because hot weather in the South made white people angry,” KOB.com reports.

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“You’re going to have one kid that might mark that and he’s going to believe that’s the right answer,” parent Billy Ray Smith told the news site. “So it’s racist on all sides.”

Thomas Davis said “I’d like to see that quiz question off and never presented to any kid of any color or race.

“If you’re going to teach something, teach the right thing, not the wrong thing,” he said. “They’re teaching kids ignorance.”

Smith said he believes the wrong answer could leave students with the wrong impression.

“I’m flabbergasted because they would offer an answer like that,” he said. “The hot weather in the sough made white people angry. If I’m reading this, I would think as a fourth grader, ‘oh, maybe that’s why white folks were angry in the south.”

The news station contacted Lovington superintendent Darin Manes, who said the quiz was part of the BrainPop website used by many New Mexico schools, and he contacted the company about parents’ complaints.

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“We apologize for the contents of the question and will delete this particular quiz from future use,” Manes said in a statement. “The use of the quiz was not intended to be disrespectful and we sincerely apologize to anyone interpreting it as offensive.”

BrainPop replied in an email to Manes that they also “sincerely apologize for inadvertently offending anyone,” according to KOB.com.

The company’s editors reviewed the question and replaced the controversial wrong answer with something else: The South’s economy was weaker than the North’s.

Many who commented on the controversy online didn’t think the question was racist to begin with.

“I’m as pale as the wind-driven snow, and I sure don’t see any anti-White racism here. The wording is a bit inelegant, and it’s a pretty dumb comment overall, but I also suspect this was intended to be a somewhat humorous answer that students could immediately dismiss as one of the possible choices,” Rob Finfrock posted to Facebook.

Tonya Wall agreed.

“Being a very white lady, I thought it was stupid – not racist,” she posted.

“If you open your mouth now days it’s racist,” Georgiann Smith added.