Math is now racist.
At least that is what is being argued at the Australian National University, and they aim to do something about that. It’s time we drop the White cisgendered heteronormative numbers-focused math and get down to some witch-doctor driven engineering.
The Science dept at Australia’s most prestigious university, is now offering a course in “Indigenous Mathematics,” in an effort to “decolonise maths.”
“Numbers and arithmetic and accounting often are of secondary importance in Indigenous mathematics.”https://t.co/hw4DLFy0nt
— Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) April 16, 2024
All I can say is that I wouldn’t be enthused to fly an airplane not built with some European math; it’d be like flying a 737, or perhaps worse.
What constitutes mathematical knowledge? What is included in mathematics? Who gets to decide? These are some of the questions being asked in a growing…
