Geo Politics

A group of British math professors has published an open letter opposing the “politicizing” math degrees. What is this about? Recently a movement has grown, calling math a racist colonial pursuit and that it should be taught in a more diverse way. New guidance from the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) states that “the curriculum should present a multicultural and decolonized view of mathematics, statistics and operational research, informed by the student voice. The professors say that they “abhor racism, but one can abhor racism without subscribing to the theory of decoloniality.” They say they do not think math is a “particularly European paradigm” but it almost doesn’t matter because very little history of math is taught in math courses. Math is taught in math classes. Is math racist or is this another way to dismantle rational thought? Watch this program and do the math for yourself!

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