Re:The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
by onos on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @07:18AM
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Absolutely these people are American centric. They aim to convince everyone that USA is uniquely evil and having people look into what humanity has really been up to in any other location or time period would severely discredit their goal.
Similar for communists. Don’t bother asking them for a historical track record of that idea.
Re:The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
by WindyMiller on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @08:57AM
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It does say 'in the United States'. And it doesn't say that any of these are unique to that culture.
Re:The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
by crashingintoyou on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @10:59AM
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It might seems pretty American, but if you want the Canadian version you can find it here: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/only-white-people-can-b...
see, e.g., "Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture" docs around 50-60 pages into the document dump at https://www.scribd.com/document/501975490/Government-of-Cana...
Re:The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
by bawolff on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:50AM
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Can you be specific as to what you are trying to say here? The docs dont look remotely comparable to me.
American doc: logical thinking is a part of white culture (with the implication it is not a part of other cultures)
Canadian doc: white supremists are often defensive and hoard power.
Like im white and canadian, which is basically the same culture as america, but like a quarter of these seem specificly american to me.
And a bunch seem rediculous to apply as "white culture". Like that your intent matters when it comes to morality. I can appreciate that different cultures fall differently on the spectrum between outcome vs intention, but i highly highly doubt that white people are the only ones who give primacy to intention.
The white people value rationality part seems straight up racist.