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I find this article quite instructive.

I'm sure. I really don't think we need to go any further down the US route, especially in how they treat people.

If not allowing people to drown in the sea is "woke" then I despair of humanity

As soon as I saw that it was CapX, and knowing of some of its editorial staff and contributing writers from other places, I suspected that it would be a right wing, ultra-capitalist and racist rant, and so it turned out.

I refuse to partake in this shit so I'm out.

Kaz wrote:I'm sure. I really don't think we need to go any further down the US route, especially in how they treat people.

If not allowing people to drown in the sea is "woke" then I despair of humanity

I didn't say that was "woke". That is a whole different agenda entirely.

As for the racist site and racist posts.

The thing that caught my eye was the fact that there is a move in the US to deem algebra racist and to have "non racist" math lessons.

Now 5 of my family are teachers. They would say the same thing as me. Are they freaking insane?

This article was about that but, hey, if you don't want to read it because it is on a "racist" site, then just go to your favourite search engine and type in algebra deemed racist.

You think this is right?

Now, for me, this should be perfect. I have the numeracy version of dyslexia. Unfortunately whilst I do have issues with numbers I don't have issues with logic.

Algebra is all about logic represented in numbers. If you want to stop teaching people logic you have a seriously twisted agenda.

I read every word of it, that is how I was able to claim that the sentiment of it was a "right wing, ultra-capitalist and racist rant", but that bit of logic escaped you.

I take it that you have scientific and educational evidence that algebra is more difficult for ethnic populations than for us white supremacists and that it is taught differently to accommodate 2a + 3c = X. where a = 3 and c = 5. Try 21. It gets more difficult, as I well know from my HND, where even some of us whites struggled, even with the best tuition.

Wasn't it the dumb Arabs, and others, thousands of years ago who gave us algebra and the astronomy we have today? Most of our stars and constellations came from them. Thick ethnics, eh? Couldn't do maths, apparently, but got the stars right. I wonder if they could knit?

Math is math, algebra is algebra, calculus is calculus; they are immutable - never changing no matter how they are taught, nor for how long, nor to whom. They have noting to do with race. Got it?

Some people, of all races / ethnicities understand. Most of us, sort of, get it, others don't and probably never will. Race plays no part.

Give me one example where White Supremacy in Maths tuition exists, or one where maths is lacking for ethnic minorities. I have loads of time..

I'm not saying it is white supremacist. I'm saying that calling it white supremacist is effing insane.

Dumbing down maths teaching benefits no ordinary person. It only benefits political agendas.