Is there no end to this stuff? "Teaching math preserves white privilege"

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I am curious if anyone has any defense of the actual argument of whether it is appropriate or effective to be politicizing math

There is no defense. But I think we can all rest easy knowing that the sort of people who would try to politicize mathematics have zero influence over this because they teach shit like women's studies.

the problem is these sort of people end up on elementary school boards and setting up curriculum for public schools. And when you become a parent who is putting their kid in a public school this is definitely something you have to worry about. My understanding is there has been a lot of "experimenting" in school districts teaching math and sciences in more politically correct ways, and predictably the results have been abysmal.