Math is racist

[Queen K]

If I recall right the musuem holding the original scrolls was entered and ancient scrolls proving that Algerbra originated from Arab sources were destroyed.

[Glacier]

Algebra goes way back at least 4000 years to the time of the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians.

[Queen K]

Well don't tell us that, tell that professor who printed her degree off the internet, Rochelle what-ever.

[averagejoe]

Algebra goes way back at least 4000 years to the time of the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians.

Very true!

[Glacier]

The movement to decolonize math continues...

What constitutes mathematical knowledge? What is included in mathematics? Who gets to decide? These are some of the questions being asked in a growing decolonisation movement.

“Mathematics is a universal human phenomenon, and students of under-represented and minority groups and colonised peoples are starting to be more critical about accepting unquestioningly the cultural hegemony of mainstream European-based mathematics,” says Professor Rowena Ball from the ANU Mathematical Sciences Institute.

Professor Ball leads a research and teaching initiative called Mathematics Without Borders, aimed at broadening and diversifying the cultural base and content of mathematics.

https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/ ... matics-anu