Posted on 10/23/2019 8:40:01 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Seattle Public Schools Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee (ESAC) released a rough draft of notes for its Math Ethnic Studies framework in late September, which attempts to connects math to a history of oppression.
The framework is broken into four different themes: Origins, Identity, and Agency, Power and Oppression, History of Resistance and Liberation, and Reflection and Action.
The committee suggests that math is subjective and racist, saying under one section, Who gets to say if an answer is right, and under another, how is math manipulated to allow inequality and oppression to persist?
Jason Rantz of KTTH in Seattle noted that, ESAC is made up of a number of educators and was created due to a legislature mandate to advise, assist, and make recommendations to the office of the superintendent of public instruction regarding the identification of ethnic studies materials.'
It is also stated in the document that Western mathematics is used to disenfranchise people and communities of color.
SNIP
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Arabic numbers are really Indian (Hindu) in origin.
The man who brought using these style numbers to the for front was Leonardo Fibonacci (also invented double entry bookkeeping - so Father of Accountancy!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci
The Arabs had their role but now its fashionable to overstate that role!
That is because they need to teach math to Leroy as how many dime bags in a gram. If he sells crack at $10 a hit how much can he make in a day. That is all it take to get the brother to the head of the class
why do old hippies, and radical libs have a say over math and science. Be very afraid.
You know some progressive came up with this idea while reading about the 3/5 Compromise. Turned it into a whole cottage industry for themselves
Making such stupid statements is inherently racist as it is a declaration that one race is superior to an other race in mathematics. While statistics might show this it appear true, it makes no sense to lump everyone of one race into one slot, and the another race into another slot.
Is track and field racist? Perhaps we should not allow such competition in our public schools? I think you all understand what I am inferring.
Yeah, math is racist.
Blacks who rent furniture and sign contracts agreeing to pay $4000 for a $400 sofa are “victims.”
Likewise, blacks who pay usurious fees to loan sharks & check cashing companies.
But wait..dumb white people do that too.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.