It helps to think of the things _around_ math rather than the elements of any particular mathematical field. For example, the authority conveyed when an economi

It helps to think of the things _around_ math rather than the elements of any particular mathematical field. For example, the authority conveyed when an economics argument relies heavily on partial differential equations. Those things _around_ math are studied in the anti-racist math classes. The American Mathematical Society has been grappling with this: https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/2020/01/31/can-mathematics-be-antiracist/ https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/2020/01/31/can-math... Pure math is very different than social studies. But, in applied math, your research will be used for something promoting one group over another. Personally, I find it manipulative to attribute my own problem-solving contributions to the politics of someone using them.