'The workbook's ultimate message is clear: Black kids are bad at math, so why don't we just excuse them from really learning it,' Erec Smith, a professor of rhetoric and composition at York College of Pennsylvania and co-founder of Free Black Thought, told The 74 Million. It's part of a larger push nationwide to have students learn about critical race theory, which teaches that racism against minorities is embedded in every aspect of life - even in something as seemingly cut-and-dry as math.īut many critics of the workbook say it actually reinforces negative stereotypes and drives wedges between students according to their race. So far, the workbook is being used by school districts in Georgia, Ohio, California and Oregon, according to education news site The 74 Million. The workbook was created by Oakland, California-based advocacy group The Education Trust-West under its 'Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction' initiative, which is funded through a $1million grant from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Grading students, asking them to show their work, requiring participation and even pushing them to get the right answer are depicted in the workbook as harmful to minorities. The program is centered around a workbook for teachers entitled 'A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction' which asserts that America's education system – even mathematics instruction – reinforces the dominant power structures of white colonizers. Published: 18:10 BST, 23 June 2021 | Updated: 14:33 BST, 24 June 2021Įducators around the country have come out to condemn a 'Dismantling Racism in Mathematics' program which tells teachers not to push students to find the correct answers to math problems because doing so promotes white supremacy.
It's part of a larger push nationwide to teach students about critical race theory.The program was funded through a $1million grant from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.'The workbook's ultimate message is clear: Black kids are bad at math, so why don't we just excuse them from really learning it,' one critic said.Critics say to it actually reinforces negative stereotypes and drives wedges between students according to their race.So far, the workbook is being used by school districts in Georgia, Ohio, California and Oregon.It centers around a workbook which asserts that asking students to find the correct answer for math problems is inherently harmful for minorities.Educators around the US have come out to condemn the 'Dismantling Racism in Mathematics' program.Now MATH is racist: Educators condemn $1M 'Dismantling Racism in Mathematics' program funded by Bill Gates which tells teachers NOT to push students to find the correct answer because it promotes white supremacy
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