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.
LOL! Nomination for post of the year!
One of the most sublime concepts in math is zero. And this twit is one.
2=1+1 So (1+1)+(1+1)=2+2=4
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In her case, PhD = Piled Higher and Deeper
Perhaps what really bothers this person is that math can take form in ways she cannot accept: logic, absolutes, immutable outcomes, justice, etc.
Math stands in the way of her desire to alter the truth to whatever reality she *feels* to be just.
I’m hopeful our culture will soon evolve to rewarding such persons so distanced from reality with ridicule, shame and the bonus prize of being ignored.
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.
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Testing labs, quality control programs, and engineering registration requirements are all.....RACES.
Think the power grid is going to stay up when all the affirmative action hires running it are guestimating and eyeballing it?
Black Lives Matter vs All Lives Matter Supporters (Social Experiment)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL8f5iWrzN0
Quite obviously, we’ve hit the point of being so overly sensitive to issues surrounding ‘race’ that EVERYTHING is now racist.
Which means there is no discussion to be had. This isn’t an adult conversation. It cannot go anywhere, it’s just pathetic and juvenile - like trying to argue with a two year old.
yep
if everything is racist, than nothing is racist.
they are rapidly overplaying their hand....which is what the left always does
This is true if you believe in "Logical positivism." (given most can't "prove" 2+2=4 (you have to prove all other numbers are not))
Georges Sorel the Fascist with Marxist beliefs. Schwartz György George likely call himself George Soros in the honor of Georges Sorel. Sorelianism had a strong understanding of National myth where he didn't believe in science. State-sponsored propaganda utilizing myth was what drove the people.
The bases of why Sorel threw science out the window "Logical Positivism" or "logical empiricism" from William James of Pragmatism
Another Example
“Jim owes me a lot of money” isn’t verifiable because you cannot logically deduce an ought from the fact that you gave Jim money. Also, to “owe” isn’t empirical. It’s just a human convention
The people who say 2 + 2 not = 4, are the same ones who blame Whitey for preventing them from getting a job in engineering.
I bet when she adds zero to ten she gets 10 when I get both ten and one-hundred. She should stripped of her teaching license, made to go back to school as a student in an Asian format school system and then say it is because of Western Imperialism. She wouldn’t last a day.
If we have Arabian numerals like 1, 2, 3 then why don’t the arab countries use these numerals? A: Because they aren’t Arabian and it was a Greek, Dionysus, who documented the Egyptians using Algebra to build the pyramids. But the ejuhmuhcation system will tell you 1,2, 3 are Arabian Numerals, it was Islime that invented Algebra. Got to love revisionist history.
Or was it from China? Or the Egyptians? Or was it the Babylonians? All had a symbol for an empty set at the same time.
If we are going to do pre-Arab math, then really, it’s II + II = IV.
You can use your 2+2=5 math at AASA (Ashanti Aeronautics and Space Administration) and see if you can get a rocket off the ground before it explodes. They knew more math than that when they captured and sold your ancestors to white slave traders.
Hand her a calculator and assuming she is smart enough to use it, she will have her answer.
“What’s a calculator?”
It’s a tool of oppression of the white patriarchy.
Or pays her bills, or buys her groceries — assuming she knows how to count.
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