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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4245514" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>It seems like the point he is making is that there are different ways of solving problems, but most of what is taught is mathematics developed by Europeans. I had never heard the claim that Europeans created math, it sounds like a strawman, or an idea held by misinformed people. I learned plenty about the origins of mathematics growing up. Sir Isaac Newton famously said "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." I don't think he meant only other Europeans mathematicians.</p><p></p><p>If there are other ways for people to understand mathematics, I don't oppose teaching them. But America, by and large, is populated by European decendants. To decry their way of doing things as "racist" is tantamount to calling all culture racist, and may as well be the final nail in the coffin of the failed idea of multi-culturalism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4245514, member: 63706"] It seems like the point he is making is that there are different ways of solving problems, but most of what is taught is mathematics developed by Europeans. I had never heard the claim that Europeans created math, it sounds like a strawman, or an idea held by misinformed people. I learned plenty about the origins of mathematics growing up. Sir Isaac Newton famously said "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." I don't think he meant only other Europeans mathematicians. If there are other ways for people to understand mathematics, I don't oppose teaching them. But America, by and large, is populated by European decendants. To decry their way of doing things as "racist" is tantamount to calling all culture racist, and may as well be the final nail in the coffin of the failed idea of multi-culturalism. [/QUOTE]
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