“The idea that math (or data) is culturally neutral or in any way objective is a MYTH. i'm ready to move on with that understanding. who's coming with me?” Brooklyn College professor of math education Laurie Rubel tweeted last week to her roughly 1,200 followers. “Along with the 'of course math is neutral because 2+2=4' trope are the related (and creepy) 'math is pure' and 'protect math.' reeks of white supremacist patriarchy. i'd rather think on nurturing people & protecting the planet (with math in service of them goals),” she continued.
Rutgers University's English department declared that proper grammar is racist.
"This approach challenges the familiar dogma that writing instruction should limit emphasis on grammar [and] sentence-level issues so as to not put students from multilingual, nonstandard, ‘academic' English backgrounds at a disadvantage," department chairwoman Rebecca Walkowitz said. "Instead, it encourages students to develop a critical awareness of the variety of choices available to them [with] regard to micro-level issues in order to empower them and equip them to push against biases based on ‘written' accents.”
The school's English department will alter its grammar standards to "stand with and respond" to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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