Scholars spend $500K in taxpayer funds to deconstruct whiteness in physics

The College Fix ^ | June 10,2022 | Daniel Nuccio

[ChipMarne]

econstructing whiteness in an introductory physics classroom may seem like a nonsensical goal, but according to a pair of critical whiteness scholars from Seattle Pacific University, this endeavor is actually an important step toward the larger undertaking of freeing students and professors alike from the weighty fetters of whiteness.

Funded through a $495,847 National Science Foundation grant, researchers Amy Robertson and W. Tali Hairston aim “to develop a knowledge base that could lead to awareness of how power relations may be embedded in the way physics is taught and learned.”

The two record introductory physics classes and interview participants, then analyze them using a critical whiteness theory lens “to show how privilege operates in undergraduate physics teaching and learning.”

In one study funded through the grant, Robertson and a colleague from SPU examined the demographic characteristics of students in introductory physics classes at six universities to see which groups were over- or underrepresented.

In another, Hairston and two of his colleagues recorded nearly two weeks of footage from introductory physics classes at three universities, then analyzed a single, seemingly uneventful episode in which a group of students completed a hands-on, in-class assignment dealing with mass and acceleration.

The scholars carefully evaluated the footage for instances of marginalization through displays of “certain characteristics that U.S. culture typically associates with white masculine behavior, including control, independence, and decisiveness.”

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[Steely Tom]

Four days ago: Scholars spend $500K in taxpayer funds to deconstruct whiteness in physics.

66 comments at present.

[cpdiii]

I did not realize physics was racist?

[gw-ington]

“to develop a knowledge base that could lead to awareness of how power relations may be embedded in the way physics is taught and learned.”

That's absolutely true!

Einstein's relativity equations explicitly factor in skin color as part of spacetime. In fact, two "Black" holes colliding cause a gravitational wave. What more needs to be said? The far-left liberal psychos in academia are clearly on the correct track .......... Ban Racism From All Physics Equations NOW!

[DoughtyOne]

People of the wrong color honed it, so yeah, they are racist.

Of course the people calling them racists aren’t.

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article ChipMarne. Please note that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

"Funded through a $495,847 National Science Foundation grant unconstitutional, unaccountable, desperate Democratic, election year federal taxes, [...]"

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[Seruzawa]

Er, some of the premiere mathematicians are from India.

What a maroon.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

So if”n you don’t have nuff mass for ‘celeration, you can use collard greens for makin’ y”alls stew.

[Savage Beast]

"nonsensical"???

A more precise word would be harebrained.

[southernerwithanattitude]

Thats what I’m thinking. What was the Racial makeup of these classes?? I’m betting there were more Asian kids in there than any other group

[TigersEye]

Schrodinger’s cat is black.

Change my mind!

[Political Junkie Too]

So, no more black holes or dark matter? No more red shifting and blue shifting? Infrared and ultraviolet?

Only white noise?

-PJ

[DannyTN]

-Space Force (TV Series)

[fruser1]

So instead of nice little pics like this to describe projectile motion:

We'll get the gansta version of the problem to solve:

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You know, if you do not like it you are perfectly free to go some where else and use their version of what ever it is you do not like.

Go to India, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia or where ever floats your boat.

[ridesthemiles]

CALL Sheldon Cooper

Maybe he can explain it.

[Chgogal]

Newton’s Law of Gravity is racist! Who knew!

[VanShuyten]

Physics is pretty white. There have been 7 Japanese, 4 Chinese, 2 Indian and 1 Pakistani Nobel winners in physics, all of whom are considered “white-adjacent” by lefties. All the rest have been White.