Posted on 07/07/2020 8:16:29 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
A Black Lives Matter-supporting teacher took to Twitter to assert that 2+2 only = 4 because of “western imperialism.”
Yes, really.
Brittany Marshall’s tweet went viral after she claimed during the course of a discussion about racism, “Nope the idea of 2 + 2 equaling 4 is cultural and because of western imperialism/colonization, we think of it as the only way of knowing.”
Marshall, who includes her pronouns in her bio, lists her occupation as “teacher, scholar, social justice change agent” and apparently is studying for a PhD at Rutgers.
Her bizarre statement is yet another example of Intersectionality, the pseudo-intellectual garbage feminist notion taught in all major universities that racism and sexism are prevalent throughout all areas of society and are intertwined.
In this case, Marshall appears to be arguing that maths itself is racist, an argument that has been made by numerous social justice warriors down the years, some of whom question why ‘Western Math’ is in common use and not other methods such as the way Aborigines count (maybe because we’re western and not Aborigine).
The notion that 2+2 might not = 4 is of course lifted from George Orwell’s 1984, when the one party state was able to torture dissidents into believing it could equal 5. Respondents to the tweet expressed their varied opinions.
“Unfortunately it’s nothing new,” remarked one. “There are videos circulating showing black students promoting to stop science because it represents white supremacy. They would prefer magic and voodoo.”
“Scary thing is, this person is a teacher probably preaching the same nonsense to our children,” said another.
I like to think of Intersectionality as the deformed offspring of the Post Modernist movement.
She’s a “teacher” as much as the late night-show clowns are “comedians”.
“I bet she uses “western math” when she cashes her paycheck.”
+1.
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Her specialty at Rutgers MATH EDUCATION......
Hey teach, if 2+2 isn’t 4, what is it?
Juneteenth?
2 + 2 = KFC
Was this the idiot on Joe Bidet’s NEA online conference yesterday?
Orwellian
Literally out of Orwell.
2 + 2 = 10 (Base 4).
DANG!
“I bet she uses “western math” when she cashes her paycheck.”
Absolutely! Unless the school tells her $100,000 = $10,000!
... and I bet the bank uses “western math” to calc her mortgage.... if she even has one.
All this nonsense in order to have a reason to bitch about skin color.
Well, technically, 2+2 = 4 is an algebra problem and algebra was created by the Persians (non-Western civ types). Therefore, she should be denied her PhD due to stupidity.
Do you want people this stupid building bridges and skyscrapers? These morons are dangerous.
Would you board an airliner built by these idiots?
Do you want these people designing brakes for your car?
Math is just cultural?
The speed of sound and light are just white imperialist notions.
The laws of physics are lies.
It looks like she has deleted or hidden her tweet.
Here is the google cache
Further proof Idiocracy is a documentary.
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