Posted on 10/24/2017 9:14:39 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A University of Illinois math professor believes that algebra and geometry perpetuate “white privilege” because Greek terms give Caucasians unearned credit for the subject.
But that isn’t the professor’s only complaint. She also believes that evaluations for math proficiency perpetuates discrimination against minority students, if they do worse than their white counterparts.
Rochelle Gutierrez argues in a newly published math education book for teachers that they must be aware of the identity politics surrounding the subject of mathematics.
“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness,” she argues with complete sincerity, according to Campus Reform. “Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as White.”
Gutierrez argues that subjects like algebra and geometry, which relate to arithmetic, also perpetuate racism and white privilege. She worries that “curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans.”
Gutierrez claims that the importance of math skills in the real world also places what she calls an “unearned privilege” for those who are good at it. Because most math teachers in the United States are white, white people stand to benefit from their grasp of the subject disproportionate to members of other races.
“Are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?” she asks, raising the question as to why math professors get more grants than “social studies or English” professors.
“If one is not viewed as mathematical, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned,” she says, claiming that minorities “have experienced microaggressions from participating in math classrooms… [where people are] judged by whether they can reason abstractly.”
To resolve the intelligence gap, Gutierrez calls on math professors to develop a sense of “political conocimiento,” a Spanish term for “political knowledge for teaching.”
She concludes her argument with the claim that all knowledge is “relational,” or is, in other words, relative. “Things cannot be known objectively; they must be known subjectively.”
A dad.
What does that make hsr, if she is s math professor?
So does boxing, basketball and football then.
was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans.”
Maybe its because it was developed by them for the most part.
Just offering Occam’s razor here...oops there goes that whiteness thingie again...
lawdy...give this sh@t a rest
Rochelle Gutierrez a BLOOMING A**!
Actually, everything I see these days is STEM.
Science
Technology
Engineering
Math
Like stem cells, of course.
My rascally algebra, geometry, and calculus teachers intentionally hid the Mhlanga-Nyahuye Theorem, the Dabengwa Postulate, the Muchinguri Corrollary, the Chikwinya Hypothesis, the Nhamoinesu Equation, the Nhamoinesu Number, and the Matongo Constant from us. Shame on them for keeping African brilliance and invention from us. It was a PLOT, I tell you!
It really is an excellent math test.
I applaud this, but I am talking about contributors on the level of Fourier, Lagrange, Poisson, etc.
I thought Cardano was one until I looked him up and saw he was Italian.
A University of Illinois basketball coach believes that shooting and dribbling perpetuate “black privilege” because (edited).
But that isn’t the coach’s only complaint. Xhe also believes that evaluations for basketball proficiency perpetuates discrimination against non-minority students, if they do worse than their black counterparts.
The coach argues in a newly published sports magazine that they must be aware of the identity politics surrounding the subject of basketball.
“On many levels, basketball itself operates as Blackness,” xhe argues with complete sincerity, according to Campus Reform. “Who gets credit for doing and developing basketball, who is capable in basketball, and who is seen as part of the basketball community is generally viewed as Black.”
Xhe argues that subjects like passing and ball-handling, which relate to basketball, also perpetuate racism and black privilege.
Xhe claims that the importance of basketball skills in the real world also places what xhe calls an “unearned privilege” for those who are good at it. Because most NBA players in the United States are black, black people stand to benefit from their grasp of the subject disproportionate to members of other races.
“Are we really that smart just because we do basketball?” she asks, raising the question as to why basketball coaches get more salary than “social studies or English” professors.
“If one is not viewed as athletic, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned,” xhe says, claiming that non-minorities “have experienced microaggressions from participating in gym… [where people are] judged by whether they can put a ball in a net.”
To resolve the athleticism gap, xhe calls on math professors to develop a sense of “political covfefe,” a Swahili term for “I won, get over it.”
xhe concludes xher argument with the claim that all athleticism is “relational,” or is, in other words, relative. “Things cannot be done objectively; they must be done subjectively.”
“It was a PLOT, I tell you!”
They worked in concert with the muslim founders of the very fabric of America.
ITs like every islamic invention they lay claim to... its stolen.
The oldest algebraic expressions come from Sumerian clay tablets...The muslims springboard started with Diophantus and them capturing one of his 5 volumes of arithmetic and then translating it.
Islam is truly the pirates code.
This is ivory tower rhetorical sophistry.
Rhetoric can be applied to any subject but has no subject matter of its own.
Rhetoric contains in itself no moral position other than that conclusions established by reasoning from principles approximating truth are superior to those produced by poor reasoning disguised by the overuse of emotions; one conclusion is in principle as good as another.
And: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
Irony. This SJW professor apparently did not receive a liberal arts education.
Did you redo it? If so, well done!
“...develop a sense of “political covfefe,” a Swahili term for “I won, get over it.”” LOLOL
haha, Is he saying that Intelligence is white privilege? hahah
To be racially sensitive, black students should be taught mathematics in a relatable way. For instance, if Tyrone needs to brick 50 Benjamin’s before the club opens in 4 hours, how much heroin does he need to sell per hour if he cuts it 30% with 10 ounces of milk powder. Or, if a pimps ho is on 12th street then walks west to 5th for a dumpster trick at 4 mph, how long will it take for the bitch to start earnin’?
Believe me, they are trying hard to dumb down math. I took a Math for Teachers class that made my brain spin - AND the guy with the PhD in Math was up in arms. A ‘drama major’ taught it - and it included ‘there are many ways to.’
This was 10 years ago, mind you (but California). It has only degenerated. I tutor middle school and teach kids ‘the way math is supposed to be (ie the way we were taught).’ Parents should all do that with their kids.
At first I though you were referring to the Asian scientist Xhe.
Asians named Xhe will have a rough time.
Possessives xher and xhis are still sexist.
Also, it was hard to read.
The prof is an inferiorist who will never be supreme
“So does boxing, basketball and football then.”
Not curling, though.
(which is among the stupidest “sports” I’ve seen)
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