{"id":31827,"date":"2017-10-24T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31827"},"modified":"2017-10-24T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:41:39","slug":"education-run-amok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31827","title":{"rendered":"Education Run Amok"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about the study of mathematics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

A University of Illinois<\/a> math professor believes that algebra and geometry perpetuate \u201cwhite privilege<\/a>\u201d because Greek<\/a> terms give Caucasians unearned credit for the subject.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But that isn\u2019t the professor\u2019s only complaint. She also believes that evaluations for math proficiency perpetuates discrimination against minority students, if they do worse than their white counterparts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rochelle Gutierrez argues in a newly published math education book for teachers that they must be aware of the identity politics<\/a> surrounding the subject of mathematics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOn many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness<\/a>,\u201d she argues with complete sincerity, according to Campus Reform<\/a>. \u201cWho 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<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Gutierrez claims that the importance of math skills in the real world also places what she calls an \u201cunearned privilege\u201d for those who are good at it. Because most math teachers in the United States<\/a> are white, white people stand to benefit from their grasp of the subject disproportionate to members of other races.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One wonders what this professor teaches in her math class. One also wonders why she is teaching math.<\/p>\n

Has it occurred to this woman that the study of math is either directly or indirectly responsible for all of the modern conveniences she enjoys? Would we have electricity without math? Would we have potable water<\/a> without the math to know how to purify it?<\/p>\n

It frightens me to consider that this woman is teaching our college students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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