A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites.
Rochelle Gutierrez, a professor at the University of Illinois, made the claim in a new anthology for math teachers, arguing that teachers must be aware of the “politics that mathematics brings” in society.
“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,” Gutierrez argued
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This prof is out of touch with reality in so many ways. As well as showing no evidence of familiarity with any mathematics, also clearly doesn't attend university math classes. Twenty+ years ago when I took my engineering "Calculus 1" (UofT: Toronto, Canada), you could look out over the heads in the class, and white people were rare. The bulk of the class was Asian, then middle eastern, with a sprinkling of whites tossed in. I doubt the demographic mix has gotten any whiter since 1992.
She might say that I have no right to comment since I am one of those "privileged white males". I demonstrated my white privilege by living in my mom's basement in university, and paying my way by doing hard labour in the summers.
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