Verified Hate: Is Math Racist?
Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, December 9, 2021
According to USA Today, many “students of color” struggle with math. (Somehow, I don’t think they mean Asians.)
Q: Is Math Racist? Why do “students of color struggle with the subject”?
A: Congratulations to our first place US Math Olympiad team members Vincent Huang, Colin Tang, Edward Wan, Brandon Wang, Luke Robitaille, and Daniel Zhu. Pictured. pic.twitter.com/Y5UwABU0Xu
— Eric Weinstein (@EricRWeinstein) December 8, 2021
Thus, the solution is to change the way the subject is taught.
Does this mean Hidden Figures is a lie? I thought we couldn’t get to the moon without the mathematical supremacy of people of color.
Many people are laughing at this in the comments. However, it’s all logical. Unless you are willing to accept racial reality, you are left with “disparate impact.” If the premise is that different groups must perform equally absent racism, this is a reasonable response. If you say the premise is wrong, well, welcome to the “far right.”
Some new approaches to math learning include customizing lessons to students’ cultural interests and collapsing math “tracks,” often the gateway to Calculus for gifted students. https://t.co/KblviXsyuR pic.twitter.com/PLUrlMNQ0A
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) December 7, 2021
Remember, The Great Replacement is a dangerous conspiracy theory.
To show support for the BIPOC community, white people shouldn’t have babies. Totally normal stuff pic.twitter.com/sBQRST5pqe
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) December 7, 2021
David Brooks was trending on Twitter for a typically foolish column. David Reaboi points out the critical flaw in Mr. Brooks’s lament for conservatism.
This is gibberish. If “America’s racial arrangements are fundamentally unjust”—do you mean slavery? Or Jim Crow? Or other things that no longer exist? Will we be able to overcome them, or will the left get whatever it wants in this sphere because rejecting it is a “moral crime”? pic.twitter.com/kY3GRAzL5m
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) December 8, 2021
Of course, Mr. Brooks’s column contains a grain of truth. If you concede the racial argument, you will ultimately end up conceding all American history before 1965. “Respectable” conservatives like David Brooks legitimize this process of dispossession.
Speaking of abandoning American history, Charlottesville has given the Robert E. Lee statue to a black museum that will supposedly create “art that will represent racial justice.”
Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down to create “art that will reflect racial justice” https://t.co/LlEwtKhwXf pic.twitter.com/NfNVXEZXcx
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2021
I suspect it will be an unintentional insult to “racial justice,” much like the current state of cities like Baltimore, Selma, Jackson and countless others.
I think this is a direct insult to Jared Taylor.
Social justice warrior “educates” us on the difference between WHITE people and YT people.
Her “understanding” of history is also par-for-the-course when someone is steeped in Critical Race Theory. pic.twitter.com/Zn08vH9gz6
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) December 8, 2021
I mean, there is Europe – but I suspect that if we went back to Europe, we’d have blacks begging at the gates soon afterward.
Meanwhile, from the Jussie Smollett trial:
Webb: I don’t intend to do that sort.. you can read your messages aloud.
Smollett then reads his own message— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) December 7, 2021
This is a metaphor for America today. What most people think is offensive is not what’s happening — crime, corruption, waste, dispassion. What’s offensive is the wrong people drawing attention to it.
A new legal precedent is born:
A jury room with a Confederate flag and a portrait of Jefferson Davis. Aren’t there any judges in charge of this courthouse? This should be a no brainer.
Black Man Wins New Trial Over Confederate Memorabilia in Jury Room https://t.co/KyHvDUl7an
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) December 5, 2021
The logical conclusion of this way of thinking is separation, which is fine by me.
Who’s spearheading equity & inclusion efforts within crypto/NFTs? Would like to talk.
— Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) December 6, 2021
“I’d like to speak to your manager.”
D.C. schools have improved their hiring, but representation lags for Latino teachers and male teachers of color. https://t.co/u6UlX7pnaO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 8, 2021
Washington DC public schools are majority non-white. Figures from the public schools system show white students were outperforming black and Hispanic students in 2019. Overall, students in the Washington DC public school system lag behind other students in the country. Will changing the race of the teachers help? It would probably mean more to change the race of the students.
Some vibrant scenes of American life:
Sam’s Jewelers inside Southland Mall shows a worker screaming and trying to scare off robbers seen smashing glass and quickly fleeing Sunday evening.
Witnesses described a mob of thieves wielding hammers and other tools. pic.twitter.com/4AxXUdv9gY
— Art TakingBack 🇺🇸 (@ArtValley818_) December 3, 2021
Muggers throw brick at man’s head, pick pockets in disturbing video https://t.co/7GZQrYYEk5 pic.twitter.com/utvzrdr1Ds
— New York Post (@nypost) December 2, 2021
SHOCK VIDEO: Houston Gas Station Clerk Shot In The Face Point-Blank By Gunman Without Warning – https://t.co/rUkhO0rNvg pic.twitter.com/g9fO6r7m6k
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 7, 2021
A long thread from a “White Backlash” teacher.
1) Nearly a year later, the state has still failed to meaningfully punish those who carried out the deadly 1/6 assault on the Capitol, much less punish its organizers in Trump, Bannon, Guiliani, Christopher Miller, Josh Hawley, etc.
— Dr. William Horne (@wihorne) December 7, 2021
Let’s stop there. “Deadly” to whom exactly? A black officer shot an unarmed white woman, Ashli Babbitt. NBC News then gave a platform for black Capitol Police officer Lt. Michael Byrd to claim he saved “countless” lives.
Radical 5th grade history teacher’s tiktok video says that black student Union meetings is “where the revolution begins” pic.twitter.com/yx2XjtDUct
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) December 7, 2021
Consider the amount of privilege and official protection required just to have a student union dedicated to your race.
The end result of a historical dispute about the actions of the murderer and traitor John Brown.
young cracker, gaze into the mirror
— doctor palvaro (@palvaro) December 8, 2021
The latest crisis:
More than 200 cast members and thousands of guests have pledged to boycott the Great Dickens Christmas Fair over its failure to protect its volunteers and guests from racist and sexist behavior.https://t.co/06prXJoJai
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) December 4, 2021
I feel like they should stop appropriating our culture anyway.
BREAKING NEWS:
Breaking News: The Justice Department closed an investigation into the murder of Emmett Till, saying it could not pursue charges against a central witness. https://t.co/wpN9QhXtDx
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 6, 2021
It’s like you wouldn’t even know we’re in the grip of a crime wave right now.
The New York Times also posted a “guest essay” on the important topic of “Is My Little Library Contributing to the Gentrification of My Black Neighborhood?” There’s a lot to unpack here, notably the assumption that it is legitimate for a community to preserve its racial identity and that The Gray Lady should give a platform to this argument. However, this is probably the best quote:
Can the New York Times please stop legitimizing outright racial hostility? Seems bad for society pic.twitter.com/yTsADgbAON
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 6, 2021
Again, we aren’t resented because of anything we or our ancestors did. It’s because of who we are.