The workbook is a month-by-month guide for teachers. Each month has a theme. Each theme begins with "White supremacy culture shows up in math classrooms when...

The workbook is a month-by-month guide for teachers. Each month has a theme. Each theme begins with "White supremacy culture shows up in math classrooms when... <theme of the month>". For example, one theme is "Contrived word problems are valued over the math in students' lived experiences". The themes for each month - from my perspective - are not necessarily bad ideas. My concern here is how everything is attributed to white supremacy, when these pedagogical suggestions are widely applicable all over the world. This exact document could be distributed to a teacher in China. Is a Chinese teacher, in China, teaching mathematics to a classroom full of Chinese students perpetuating white supremacy? I would like to see the contortions someone goes through to explain such a thing. Also their thesis is complicated by the fact that Asians have the highest educational achievement in California, despite being non-white. Regarding donations, I think intent matters. Does big tech donate because they believe in the entire platform, or are they trying to buy politicians to achieve a more advantageous regulatory environment? I would argue the latter. All the social issues are an irrelevant side show from their goal of increasing their bottom line. Now what is the Gates Foundation intent here? When donating to a single issue non-profit, what can it be other than to support the mission?