So-called Woke Math

Only in the US is "2+2=4" considered racist.  Only in the US is expecting students to behave, or to raise their hands and be called on before speaking out in class, considered racist.  The Kenyans and the Jamaicans and the South Africans, all beneficiaries of the British school system, must laugh their heads off at those.  Then, when they find out that in the US, certain people think blacks can't do math and thus the math is at fault, they must feel insulted:

Erec Smith, professor at York College (Pa.) and co-founder of "Free Black Thought," harshly criticized the latest "woke" movement in liberal education that aims to eliminate advanced math classes in schools. Smith agreed Thursday with more than 1,000 professors who took a stand against the movement.

In an open letter, the educators argue that the "woke" movement would actually worsen the problem of inequality because it would reduce access to foundational education.

"This is dumbing down," Smith said of the movement. "If you’re creating a form of education specifically for one group of kids because they can’t learn like everybody else, that’s just another iteration of the soft bigotry of low expectations."

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