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The 18th Century view on Africans and Maths...

Quote:

"...in reason [blacks are] much inferior to [whites], as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid.”

Thomas Jefferson



The 21st Century view on Africans and Maths...

Quote:

"1. a focus on getting the “right” answer is “perfectionism” or “either/or thinking;”2. the idea that teachers are teachers and students are learners is wrong; 3. to think of it as a problem that the expectations you have of students are not met is racist; 4. to teach math in a linear fashion with skills taught in sequence is racist; 5. to value “procedural fluency” – i.e. knowing how to do the fractions, long division … -- over “conceptual knowledge” is racist. That is, black kids are brilliant to know what math is trying to do, to know “what it’s all about,” rather than to actually do the math, just as many of us read about what physics or astrophysics accomplishes without ever intending to master the math that led to the conclusions; 6. to require students to “show their work” is racist; 7. requiring students to raise their hand before speaking “can reinforce paternalism and powerhoarding, in addition to breaking the process of thinking, learning, and communicating.”

(e.g. A much more elaborate way of saying the thing that Jefferson said in the 18th Century...)



From the 1st 'stride' of 'A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction."


A link to the document in question is here...


https://equitablemath.org/wp-content.../1_STRIDE1.pdf


And critical commentary by an African-American writer is linked below...


https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p...ect-black-kids

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