This person, and those who think like she does, are fools:
A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites.
Rochelle Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Illinois, made the claim in a new anthology for math teachers, arguing that teachers must be aware of the “politics that mathematics brings” in society.
Same fool I referred to in these three posts.
Just so her stupidity doesn't go unchallenged: math isn't "racist" and it doesn't perpetuate unearned privilege. Math has no more power to do that than a hammer does; both are tools, tools which can be wielded for good or evil. In that way they're like a word processor, which Gutierrez uses for evil.
Arg...I cannot abide "progressive" nonsense like this.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of idiot must you be to ignore the fact that people of ALL skin colors have to be taught algebra, geometry, calculus, differential equations, etc. A lack of melanin does not give you magical powers, but a mastery of numbers and how to work can build a bridge to the future, so that not even "systemic racism" can hold you back.
It's like that idiot University of Washington Tacoma professor (part Asian, even) who claims that insisting upon correct grammar is racist. He really chaps my hide.