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comments, ephemera, speculation, etc. (protected political speech and personal opinion) 2020- 2020-10-16 f The Alleged Whiteness of Mathematics The Mathematical Association
of America Defiles the Altar of Math
... I still love math, although math still doesn’t love me back. I moon about in the street under her balcony, hoping for a glimpse, occasionally playing a mournful love song on my lute. That’s how I feel about math. So now, this October 2nd statement from the MAA Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics. Title: Anti-Science Policy and the Censure of Discourse on Race and Racism. Members of the stone-kicker fraternity might respond positively to that heading. “The Censure of Discourse on Race and Racism” Hey, maybe the MAA is taking a stand against the suppression and outlawing of race realism! “Anti-Science Policy”? Yay, let’s have more respect for careful empirical inquiry, no matter where it leads. You might object that math is a rational inquiry, not an empirical one; and that there is no need for the MAA to take any position at all on race realism. Sure, yeah, but the heading as it stands is open to a positive interpretation. Vain are the hopes of man! In fact, the statement is mainly an angry denunciation of the Trump administration’s bans on the anti-white indoctrination of the federal workforce. I’ll just quote the last paragraph to give you the flavor: It is time
for all members of our profession to acknowledge
that mathematics is created by humans and therefore
inherently carries human biases. Until this occurs,
our community and our students cannot reach full
potential. Reaching this potential in mathematics
relies upon the academy and higher education
engaging in critical, challenging, sometimes
uncomfortable conversations about the detrimental
effects of race and racism on our community. The
time is now to move mathematics and education
forward in pursuit of justice.
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