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White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says
Fox News ^ | 10/24/2017 | Robert Gearty

Posted on 10/24/2017 2:38:01 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: discrimination; education; math; minorities; uofillinois; whiteprivilege
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Well if the minorities can't solve math problems, I guess us white folks will have to suck it up and solve the problems for them.
1 posted on 10/24/2017 2:38:01 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat

This person did not think this thing through very well. The outcome is that non-whites cannot solve equations, etc? WTH?


2 posted on 10/24/2017 2:39:47 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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I guess al the Indians and Asians who excel at subjects like math haven’t heard of this.


3 posted on 10/24/2017 2:40:59 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: antidemoncrat
I suggest the this person watch Hidden Figures and then rethink his racism.
4 posted on 10/24/2017 2:42:26 PM PDT by j_guru
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>>I guess al the Indians and Asians who excel at subjects like math haven’t heard of this.

When some snowflake says “white privilege”, they are including Asians and Indians.

So, are we supposed to stop learning math now? I had no idea that math was a zero sum skill set.


5 posted on 10/24/2017 2:46:53 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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“I guess all the Indians and Asians who excel at subjects like math haven’t heard of this.”

I think we all know that the word “minority” has a very narrow meaning in this context. Indians and Asians, both value education, “a certain other group” doesn’t in large measure. They favor “learning Ebonics” and developing clothing styles that expose their butt cracks. No algebra involved in either activity.


6 posted on 10/24/2017 2:48:42 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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“..I guess us white folks will have to suck it up and solve the problems for them....”
We’ve been doing that for centuries...nothing new.


7 posted on 10/24/2017 2:49:01 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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Well, some people are good at math, some aren’t.

So what excuse can white people use who aren’t very good at math?


8 posted on 10/24/2017 2:50:39 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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She may not really know any math as she is a “Math Education Teacher” and not a Math Teacher.


9 posted on 10/24/2017 2:51:38 PM PDT by strings6459
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"She may not really know any math as she is a “Math Education Teacher” and not a Math Teacher."

That also occurred to me with I posted this. Education Degrees are considered a Joke by most Academics including Educators.

10 posted on 10/24/2017 2:59:56 PM PDT by wmileo
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Then the “professor” should immediately quit teaching. What an idiot.


11 posted on 10/24/2017 3:05:19 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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And Asians and Indians can’t jump and have no rhythm, so more proof that they’re actually White people wearing clever disguises created by White people to fool “authentic” people of color.


12 posted on 10/24/2017 3:06:18 PM PDT by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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We are all supposed to join in with bone rattlers, dance around bonfires in loin cloths, and outlaw science to prove we are not racist.


13 posted on 10/24/2017 3:06:45 PM PDT by odawg
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Yet, even with the LA school system hostile to the effort, Bolivian born teacher Jaime Escalante turned hundreds of poor Black and Latino street kids into masters of algebra, trigonometry, calculus. His secret was to apply traditional methods of encouragement, hard work, frequent testing, and never letting his kids give up. Of course, such methods are contrary to those of modern public school education.

This offers us the insight that liberal criticisms of America are accurate as to what liberals discern and expect to accomplish. Conservatives have a different view of America, with opportunity and hope for everyone, regardless of race or poverty. The price though is hard work using proven traditional methods and values.

14 posted on 10/24/2017 3:09:07 PM PDT by Rockingham
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Weren’t algebra and geometry invented in Africa when the White man was still living in trees? That’s what Al Sharpton says.


15 posted on 10/24/2017 3:09:09 PM PDT by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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I had a latino male teacher for Calculus I and a black female for II. How does that figure?


16 posted on 10/24/2017 3:11:47 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: antidemoncrat

And while we continue to argue about this BS, the rest of the world marches on.

Maybe that should tell something — that we are whiny ingrates who have too much free time on our hands to think up this crap.


17 posted on 10/24/2017 3:13:10 PM PDT by dhs12345
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There appears to be no end to the efforts to claim ‘victimhood’ in today’s world. Perhaps the most cherished and privileged generations in the history of the world, are finding it necessary to claim even the faintest of excuses for their non-successes. These past two generations, whatever labels are attached, have had their personal electronics, participation trophies and endless deference to feelings over substance.

As a Baby Boomer, I thought I had good things, and I did in comparison to my parents who were born in the Great Depression and then had WW2 on top of that. Still the things that these literal snowflakes cry such bitter tears about would not faze the Greatest Generation in the slightest!

GROW UP or SHUT UP!


18 posted on 10/24/2017 3:17:53 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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Call outs for using big words too. Being entitled through your own means is indeed a privilege.


19 posted on 10/24/2017 3:19:14 PM PDT by Recompennation
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To: antidemoncrat
"I don't read cursive"


20 posted on 10/24/2017 3:22:19 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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