A math education professor said that using the phrase "2 2=4" to demonstrate the objectivity and neutrality of mathematics "reeks of white supremacist patriarchy."
"The idea that math (or data) is culturally neutral or in any way objective is a MYTH," Laurie Rubel of Brooklyn College tweeted a week ago. "I'm ready to move on with that understanding. who's coming with me?"
She added in a subsequent tweet that "along with the 'of course math is neutral because 2 2=4' trope are the related (and creepy) 'math is pure' and 'protect math,'' and that it all "reeks of white supremacist patriarchy. I'd rather think on nurturing people & protecting the planet (with math in service of them goals)."
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