A math education professor at the University of Illinois says the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems and teaching such subjects perpetuates so-called white privilege.

Rochelle Gutierrez laid out her views on the subject in an article for a newly published anthology for math educators titled, “Building Support for Scholarly Practices in Mathematics Methods.”

“School mathematics curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean Theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans," she says, according to Campus Reform.


She also says that addressing equity in mathematics education will come when teachers can understand and negotiate the politics outside the classroom.

“On many levels, mathematics itself operates as whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as white,” she writes.

Further, she says mathematics operates with unearned privilege in society, “just like whiteness.”

Mathematics itself operates as Whiteness.
- Rochelle Gutierrez
Gutierrez did not respond to an email from Fox News Tuesday seeking comment.

“As with all of our faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Prof. Gutierrez has the rights of academic freedom necessary to pursue scholarship and research on important subjects and to reach conclusions even if some might disagree with those conclusions,” he said.

He added, “The issues around equity and access in education are real – with significant implications to our entire educational system. Exploring challenging pedagogical questions is exactly what faculty in a world-class college of education should be doing.”

In the book Gutierrez points out that mathematics operates as a proxy for intelligence, but asks, “are we really that smart just because we do mathematics?”

“As researchers, are we more deserving of large grants because we focus on mathematics education and not social studies or English?”

Gutierrez says evaluations of math skills can perpetuate discrimination against minorities, especially if they do worse than their white counterparts, Campus Reform reported.

“If one is not viewed as mathematical, there will always be a sense of inferiority that can be summoned” because the average person won't necessarily question the role of mathematics in society, she writes.

According to the website, Gutierrez adds that there are so many people who “have experienced microaggressions from participating in math classrooms… [where people are] judged by whether they can reason abstractly.”

Her solution is a call for teachers to develop political "conocimeinto," or knowledge, to better prepare them in deciding on what learning opportunities work best for their students.

Film at 11... 🤔 🤔

How far is the Left willing to drag us down the PC hellhole? This too?

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The insanity is more than anyone should have to bear. You want to slap the $hit outta someone but don't because it splatters.

Who cares? If you are offended and outraged by what some ignorant college professor has to say you are truly a snowflake. [ram27bat]

That poor ignorant Messican....Why does everything have to be about race and skin color? I take it this brainiac didn't fair too well in the math dept. and is now bitter about her place in life and how SHE perceives herself as a.....


LOSER

not gonna lose any sleep over it but people will listen to her... soon higher math classes will be electives... they'll be handing out Engineering degrees right outta high school just so nobody gets embarrassed in Physics... 😟

Everybody gets a blue ribbon just for showing up, win or lose it does not matter.

Don't let the truth get in the way. What an f'n idiot.

I work with a guy that has a Bachelor's Degree in Bio-Mechanical Engineering AND an MBA from Tulane. He's about 10 times smarter than I am. His accent sounds like a Puerto Rican Cholo. I'm pretty sure he would laugh at this

Does it?

Thank you.

Not outraged.
But somewhat disheartened that these are the people teaching our children.

This professor isn't simply ignorant.
It takes a special kind of mental deficiency to consider math racially biased.
Do we want mentally imbalanced people teaching at our universities? (Rhetorical, of course. Because liberals don't care as long as the rhetoric aligns with their agenda.)

Thank You Joe....=d>

We need Republican teachers teaching conservative talking points. This emotional garbage that the dems are touting as education is disgusting.

how about teachers teaching Algebra, English and especially History without personal opinions... 😟

More MALARKEY

JUST WHAT WE NEED

Then don't send your kids there. And I'm pretty sure that the majority here don't care as long as the rhetoric aligns with their agenda or belief system. 🌫

So, we should send our kids to colleges based on our political affiliations and not based on curriculum..?? 🤔

They can go there and not take any classes from that particular professor. Also, a significant number of college students have to choose their college based upon what they can afford and not the curriculum. I do think this particular professor is a loon based upon these comments from her. All I cared about when I was in engineering school was passing my classes. I had no idea and didn't care what any of my professors' thoughts were on anything. 🌫

And I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that these types did not exist or @ least were not given a pulpit in which to disseminate their message to their students. But alas I've been wrong before...

Things have changed... But history tends to repeat itself.. prior to the Bush-bashing and Obama-worshipping there was that Bassard Johnson.. but things were pretty mild most of my edjumication career.. 😟