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This is out of touch? It's one of the most popular shows in the history of Netflix. More than 80 million people watched the first one. But of course it was s

This is out of touch? It's one of the most popular shows in the history of Netflix. More than 80 million people watched the first one. But of course it was so racist, no one would watch the Bridgerton 2. Oh, wait, it had the biggest debut of any English speaking show in Netflix history. Who's out of touch again? > Woke people are currently trying to claim that maths education is racist because too many famous mathematicians are white. I'm in the middle of "Woke America" and work on math curricula, and I've NEVER heard anyone assert this in one of the most liberal public school districts in the US. Is there someone that has said this before? I'm sure there is. Just like there are people on the right who believe Blacks don't have the intellect to learn math - neither represent the majority of these groups. Now if someone tried to pass off white Africans as real history -- yes, you'd have complaints. But a fantasy story about it I think could be absolutely fascinating. Spoken from someone who self-identifies as "woke". Just in case you're keeping count. You're statements would be funny, if they weren't so scary.

native_samples 5y ago
Most people don't care about anti-white racism so much that they'd stop watching a TV they liked because of the choices of actors. That isn't evidence that it's not actually racism, the definition doesn't depend on viewer counts. Is there someone that has said this before? Oh boy, yes. Just search for 'racist maths' to find endless discussion of it. For instance here's Ontario editing maths textbooks to put woke nonsense at the start: https://www.tvo.org/article/what-does-an-anti-racist-math-class-look-like https://www.tvo.org/article/what-does-an-anti-racist-math-cl... And California: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/focusing-on-the-correct-answer-in-maths-is-racist-96gcztfs2 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/focusing-on-the-correct-a... Here's a British university jumping on the bandwagon: https://jonathanturley.org/2022/04/11/decolonising-math-durham-university-asks-professors-to-consider-the-race-of-mathematicians-before-relying-on-their-work/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/04/11/decolonising-math-durh... These are just random examples. There are many more.

native_samples 5y ago

Most people don't care about anti-white racism so much that they'd stop watching a TV they liked because of the choices of actors. That isn't evidence that it's not actually racism, the definition doesn't depend on viewer counts. Is there someone that has said this before? Oh boy, yes. Just search for 'racist maths' to find endless discussion of it. For instance here's Ontario editing maths textbooks to put woke nonsense at the start: https://www.tvo.org/article/what-does-an-anti-racist-math-class-look-like https://www.tvo.org/article/what-does-an-anti-racist-math-cl... And California: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/focusing-on-the-correct-answer-in-maths-is-racist-96gcztfs2 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/focusing-on-the-correct-a... Here's a British university jumping on the bandwagon: https://jonathanturley.org/2022/04/11/decolonising-math-durham-university-asks-professors-to-consider-the-race-of-mathematicians-before-relying-on-their-work/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/04/11/decolonising-math-durh... These are just random examples. There are many more.