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Re:There Is No Such Thing as “White” Math by mieses on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @01:42AM (#26312529)
Math education in the US has been declining for a long time for all classes and races. The reason has absolutely nothing to do with race but with misguided and futile attempts to make math easier to understand.
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Re:There Is No Such Thing as “White” Math by TakawaraJu on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @05:55AM (#26313946)
Part of the problem is the blurring of the line between mathematics with arithmetic.

I sincerely don’t care if your average person can’t master calculus but I do care that people can’t split a check and work out the gratuity in their head.

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