Posting date: 2017-10-27 | ||
University Professor Claims Math Skills Perpetuate “Unearned Privilege†Among White People. |
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A math education professor at the University of Illinois is worrying that algebra and geometry perpetuate privilege because "emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi" give the impression that math "was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans." | Rochelle Gutiérrez, PhD, argues, “On many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness. 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". | |
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