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Mathematics Association Declares Math Is Racist
2020-10-05
[Post-Millennial] The Mathematical Association of America released a statement Friday claiming that mathematicians should engage in “uncomfortable conversations” about race.

It also called out the fact that the Department of Education launched an investigation into Princeton University after the university publicly condemned itself of being rife with racism "embedded in structures" of the university. The group says this action "weaponized" the statement from Princeton administration.
"Hey, you can't do that!! Only WE can do that!"
"As mathematicians, we notice patterns - this is something we are all trained to do. We bring these Executive actions to our community’s attention for several reasons: we see the pattern of science being ignored and the pattern of violence against our colleagues that give voice to race and racism," the statement continues.
Wait a sec, I thought noticing patterns was racist?
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Posted by:charger

#18  Showing work sounds a lot like hark of slavery, you racist.

The concern would be if they, for lack of a better word or maybe right word, monetize emotion and SJW points. I believe the Chinese have their Social Credit System built along such lines.

I only halfway kid about "Pokemon, SJW!" where participants figure their D&D sheet based on race, sexual orientation, gender, alignment, and special attributes to make a score which can be compared to others. Someone (or group) scores above another, they have the conch. Score below a certain number, and well you (they) get the haatz.

This would be backed by the Science! of all those University studies and dissertations, especially those in the Peter Vankman Style.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-10-05 23:31  

#17  Party of Science! Quick, base everything on Emotion!

Would it be mean to ask them to show their work? I'd give 'em partial credit if they got the math right but just munged up the arithmetic.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-10-05 18:48  

#16  They should read Omnilingual(1957) by H. Beam Piper -- "Science is Universal".
Posted by: magpie   2020-10-05 14:06  

#15  No, I haven't. But the mathematicians I know are not Americans.
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-05 13:48  

#14  Mathematical Association of America

Anyone heard of these clowns before?
Posted by: gorb   2020-10-05 13:24  

#13  It is time for all members of our profession to acknowledge that mathematics is created by humans and therefore inherently carries human biases.

Hahahahahahahahah Wrong.

Pi is pi. Triangles are triangles. Speed of Light is speed of light whether measured is miles/second, meters/year, or toilet paper rolls/taco bell.

Party of Science! Quick, base everything on Emotion!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-10-05 12:59  

#12  Math be rayciss
Y'all need to put da RHYTHM back in da algo-rithm
Posted by: LeBron Leibniz   2020-10-05 12:34  

#11  NBA is most racist of all.

We need an NBA that looks more like America.
Posted by: charger   2020-10-05 12:22  

#10  College and pro football is racist. Wait, maybe it really is.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-10-05 12:01  

#9  


People who label things as racist, are closet Racists.
Posted by: NN2N1   2020-10-05 11:30  

#8  "As mathematicians, we notice patterns..." VS. Correlation is NOT Causation.
Posted by: magpie   2020-10-05 11:12  

#7  is it 13% of the population commit 53% of the murder?

We notice patterns, but not *those* kind of patterns, you racist! Can't we have a discussion without people bringing up facts all the time?

Posted by: SteveS   2020-10-05 10:24  

#6  So, dissolve yourselves. Do it to end racism!
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-10-05 10:22  

#5  Yes is it 13% of the population commit 53% of the murder?

And it's really an even smaller subset of that 13% (black men aged 16-40 or thereabouts) that commits the bulk of those murders.

So it's more like less than 5% of the genpop doing more than half the murders.
Posted by: charger   2020-10-05 10:22  

#4  Yes is it 13% of the population commit 53% of the murder?

You're just proving their point, BP - math is racist!
Posted by: Raj   2020-10-05 09:58  

#3  Sickle cell anemia stats: inherently racist.
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-05 07:34  

#2  Yes is it 13% of the population commit 53% of the murder?

That's an uncomfortable mathematical conversation.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-10-05 07:27  

#1  Guessed Bee, stung again. Gonna run outta dollar bills at this rate.
Posted by: Snagum B. Hayes9452   2020-10-05 00:41  

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