WOKE Brooklyn College Education Prof. Claims Math Is 'White Supremacist Patriarchy'

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Dennis Olson said:
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Brooklyn College Education Prof. Claims Math Is 'White Supremacist Patriarchy'
Tom Ciccotta
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Brooklyn College Professor of Math Education Laurie Rubel argued this week on Twitter that the mathematical equation 2+2=4 “reeks of white supremacist patriarchy.” Rubel’s tweet was retweeted and promoted by several academics at universities and colleges around the nation.

According to a report by Campus Reform, Brooklyn College Professor Laurie Rubel, who teaches math education, tried to make the case this week that basic math is “white supremacist.” The tweets are part of a larger trend in recent scholarship by American academics, many of which have argued that “objective truth” is a social construct.

“The idea that math (or data) is culturally neutral or in any way objective is a MYTH. I’m ready to move on with that understanding. Who’s coming with me?” Rubel wrote in a tweet.

“Along with the ‘of course math is neutral because 2+2=4’ trope and the related (and creepy) ‘math is pure’ and ‘protect math.’ Reeks of white supremacist patriarchy,” Rubel added. “I’d rather think on nurturing people & protecting the planet (with math in service of them goals).”

Several academics from institutions around the nation chimed in. Harvard Ph.D. candidate Kareem Carr suggested that math should be reevaluated because it was primarily developed by white men.

“People say it’s subjectivism to ask if math is Western. I don’t get that. It’s an objective fact that some groups were more involved in the creation of modern math than others,” Carr said. “They may have been *trying* to make it objective but it’s not stupid to ask if they actually succeeded!”

A few academics have pushed back. James Lindsay, one of the academics behind a series of hoax papers that were published in “social justice” journals, reminded Rubel and her peers that mathematical truths are objective.

“It’s certainly the case, and the Woke need to be held firmly to the point, that feats of engineering like space travel and rocketry utterly depend upon accepting stable meanings of mathematical statements like 2+2=4 as objectively true, not mere accidents of culture,” Lindsay tweeted.

Stay tuned to Breitbart News for more updates on this story.
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Dennis, this idiocy reminds me of a politician, I believe it was in Ohio, many years ago, who tried to legisate the value of Pi to be 3.0, rather than it's actual number. Why? Because it would be easier. Of course the individual never considered, or could not consider, what would happen to engineering and so forth... The above post is proof positive that the land is full of ignorance gone to seed...

Thank-You, Dennis, for all that you do!

May You And Yours Always Be Safe, Healthy, Happy, and Forever, Free... So Mote It Be...

OldArcher, Witch
 
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homepark said:
So, is a degree in 'Math Education" where you get to have a degree with the word 'Math' in it without actually knowing any Mathematics? I do remember those kind of degrees being invented in the early 70's so you could keep enrollment ($$$) numbers up without actually learning anything of value.
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Just like having a degree in Economics from Brown University guarantees you don’t understand economics.
 
Blastoff

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Math, shmath, just take however much of that medicine as you want. Pharmacists and doctors telling us how many pills to take are just racist.
 
pauldingbabe

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Dozdoats said:
"Teachers who claim color-blindness...are, in effect, refusing to acknowledge the impact of enduring racial stratification on students and their families."
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just how many seasons does racism take to stratify?

sorry, my Biology degree is strong today, lol
 
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Mtsilverback said:
How about removing the tenure system for professors in higher education. That reeks of special privilege.
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Originally it was set to protect the professor so he could allow his intellect free reign without losing his job. Try to think Conservative today on many college campuses. Tenure or not, you will go.

Now it protects only those with "true thoughts".
 
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OldArcher said:
Dennis, this idiocy reminds me of a politician, I believe it was in Ohio, many years ago, who tried to legisate the value of Pi to be 3.0, rather than it's actual number. Why? Because it would be easier. Of course the individual never considered, or could not consider, what would happen to engineering and so forth... The above post is proof positive that the land is full of ignorance gone to seed...

Thank-You, Dennis, for all that you do!

May You And Yours Always Be Safe, Healthy, Happy, and Forever, Free... So Mote It Be...

OldArcher, Witch
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The legend lays it to Michigan and was caused by some rule they had back then that all contracts had to be read out to the legislature before they were signed. And some politico got sick and tired of Pi being read out to four places past the decimal point so he demanded that the contract by set at 3.0.
 
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Troke said:
The legend lays it to Michigan and was caused by some rule they had back then that all contracts had to be read out to the legislature before they were signed. And some politico got sick and tired of Pi being read out to four places past the decimal point so he demanded that the contract by set at 3.0.
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You could well be right. Seems like several states laid claim to it, but it does show politics does not guarantee "smarts."

Bright Blessings,

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Ping Jockey

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Ok then... I guess it’s white privilege to not only know and understand math, calc, trig, etc. but it’s also white privilege due to we’re the only ones who kept teaching and using for some umpteen thousands of years.

It’s the foundation of not only western civilization but also the mass of technological advances whites have brought into the world. Can’t help it if the other races refuse to gain the knowledge to pull themselves out of the mud hut third world and into at least the 1800’s.

I think the percentage of western whites would exceed 90% who would be willing to help who would extend a hand asking for help instead of demanding they be paid for something they’ve not earned.
 
Ractivist

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Pride comes before the fall.....Pride month ended.
Cloward Pivens wrote the plan. Overwhelm the systems. It has to be understood the left within, the fifth column, has its tentacles everywhere, in every discipline. They take it upon themselves to find the opening.....then they create the narrative. And will be repaid handsomely in time. You can bet they get compensation. Likely a game.

I see the day whiTe people can't be allowed to go to the beach. "You white people have no basis to get a tan.....you white, you stay white....no tanning allowed." It's that insane.
 
Old Greek

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OldArcher said:
Dennis, this idiocy reminds me of a politician, I believe it was in Ohio, many years ago, who tried to legisate the value of Pi to be 3.0, rather than it's actual number. Why? Because it would be easier. Of course the individual never considered, or could not consider, what would happen to engineering and so forth... The above post is proof positive that the land is full of ignorance gone to seed...

Thank-You, Dennis, for all that you do!

May You And Yours Always Be Safe, Healthy, Happy, and Forever, Free... So Mote It Be...

OldArcher, Witch
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Maybe that's the math Hank Johnson used to calculate the island of Guam tipping over and sinking with all the additional troops. :rolleyes:
 
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