Is there any reason to suggest Math, The universal language, is racist?

[Anonymous]

This strikes me as straight up stupidity. But some Shit stain leftists in California have declared math racist in schools. Only California could generate such stupidity.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-california-2-2-4-may-be-thought-racist-11621876555

https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-leftists-try-to-cancel-math-class-11621355858?mod=article_inline

[NaultD]

There are still the base language and signs of primary Latin roots. Take the same math problem and put it in any other language, and suddenly it's not that universal, is it?

It also takes away from thousands of years of history and development that independently discovered different parts of math. In the same way, writing was independently invented in six different places, which is crazy to think about.

Then we get into base-10 problems like computers use binary (1, 0). Then there is the common base-16, but the English system only has individual symbol numbers being 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Now come up with six more that make sense to even start using mathematics, let alone it even being close to a universal language.

[gorydetails]

everything is racist.

[Dargil]

Even NASCAR.

[Anonymous]

Math itself isn't racist! It's a tool used for everyone. Maybe you heard someone talking about how math is taught being unfair? Sometimes people worry that some teaching methods might leave certain students behind. The important thing is to make sure everyone has a chance to learn and love math!

[Dargil]

Sooner or later, these freeloaders will say all higher education other than political propaganda is Racist.

[LogicBomber]

Simple minded people will always find a way to play victim.
looking for reasons to cry racism is a simple minded thing.

[Fukaroo]

Math is logic and logic is true therefore it can't be. Unless...

[OtterMan68]

article behind paywall

[Asker]

Huh not for me.. Weird.

[OtterMan68]

I don't subscribe to WSJ

[Asker]

Ah ok

[NamerOfStars]

Exactly as much reason as there is to suggest that math is a "universal language". It's an invention, not a discovery.

[Asker]

When you study math as I have you realize the vast majority functions on it. For God's sake fractals occur in nature. And the way the planets and stars move.. All math.. So our understanding of it may be an invention, it's existence is not.