#math is racist

[emichevy]

When you fail a math test so you give up and draw on it instead

[ategods]

who up and a misfits & magic fan

[nando161mando]

Whenever chuds make fun of people talking about “an indigenous approach to math”, just know they’re being transparently racist

[liskantope]

Today's job announcement excerpt (a math assistant professorship for a Canadian university):

we are seeking a collegial, energetic, and innovative individual who... will join in the Indigenization of mathematics curriculum and delivery methods...

I've heard "decolonization" before but not "Indigenization" which I suppose means pretty much the same thing. But could someone clarify with actual specifics about what "the Indigenization of mathematics curriculum and delivery methods" means? I think the only concrete example I've ever heard suggested was from an anthropology postdoc I knew once who talked excitedly of abolishing the norm of people raising their hands to speak in class or in a meeting (she briefly explained another method of some indigenous cultures to determine who might have a question that involved going around the group of people in a circle or something) which would be great because the practice of raising one's hand came from colonizer cultures and is therefore Bad.

[hollyoaksmusings]

this was for me lol

[toytulini]

i know doctor who has never been Perfect, and i love capaldi, i love twelve, but christ alive its a hard watch sometimes

[thisismyworldyeah]

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[jynjackets]

fans will say cassian and poe were drug hookups in the star wars universe then have the gall to get mad at me for bullying them about their “fandom preference”

[godysseus]

Un peu fatigué de l'assertion "l'orthographe c'est qu'un marqueur social", non c'est un ensemble de règles qui harmonise la langue écrite.

"Oui mais la langue française est bancale et absurde les mêmes sons s'écrivent de façon différentes et il y a des homonymes qui prêtent à confusion", oui la grammaire française a des racines multiples qui la rendent d'autant plus complexe, du coup heureusement qu'elle est un minimum structurée de telle façon qu'on peut faire la différence entre les homonymes.

"C'est compliqué du coup c'est pas juste pour les pauvres" est un argument qui ne marchera jamais pour les sujets enseignés à l'école primaire, sauf à faire un commentaire extrêmement douteux sur les capacités cognitives des pauvres.

Il n'est pas juste qu'on ait moins de chances de gravir la montagne sociale sans un certain nombre de codes sociaux, sans travail sans salaire, sans relations nouées au sein du bon milieu. L'orthographe ne fait pas partie de ces conditions exclusives, au sens premier du terme.

[theeconstantcompanion]

Loooove how white women are blamed for both Biden and Trump having gotten into office from either side, respectively.

I've heard from left-wing youtubers that it was the rich privileged white women basically just following what their husbands/daddys said, prioritizing their wealth and race above all else, that went MAGA.

And now after Title IX I'm seeing right wing youtubers say it's the "white, overly pampered, suburban women" who keep voting for Democrats despite knowing what they do for women's rights.

Like those aren't necessarily wrong critiques! Those women exist! For a myriad of reasons. But why are they the only demographic singled out? (For context, I am indeed a white woman, but not American). How are ~we~ responsible for both outcomes? While seemingly being purposefully disadvantaged by either "side"?

[emichevy]

Hey yall who here is good at Quadratic formula math shit cause Im about to kms.

[pisshandkerchief]

are you about to copypaste the entirety of the first book of my chemical romance fanfiction unholyverse by critically acclaimed author bexless into your email so you can read it on your school chromebook or are you normal 

[vroomian]

Still cringe at that time I had to do a language exchange with a Mexican woman for a class (I was helping her with her English) and she sent me a math word problem in English she was having trouble with and I LIKE AN IDIOT explained her the math question! Not the English! The baisic addition and subtraction math question!!!

This woman was about thirty years older than me!!! She knew the math!!! God I’m so sorry I promise lady I didn’t think you were dumb!! I just helped my little brother with a similar question and I was still in math explaining mode!!!

[raziraphale]

see I love 12 and understand that he's a cunt that needs time to soften into a kind old man but godddddd the bit where he keeps calling danny a PE teacher is insufferable

[coentro]

i hate when people talk about racism as like the reason not to root for argentina bc the other girl is literally FRANCE aaaaaa

[megkuna]

i love and hate sports because it truly does bring out how many people you know (of) including blogs w huge followings here are just straight up racist and/or xenophobic or believe in european superiority in the year 2022 ... still have to see people posting that this world cup was fixed lol