For a Black Mathematician, What It’s Like to Be the ‘Only One’
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it's not a real thread about racism until that one guy comes in to somehow find a way to justify said racism
good job my man, fight the good fight amirite
So...
1) The poll was not just about the team name of "Redskins." It also included questions such as: "If a NON-Native American person called you a Redskin, would you be personally offended, or not?" The poll found that 80% would not be offended. Try doing that same poll with black people and the term "nigger" and I assure you you'll find a number closer to 95%. Why? Because they aren't anywhere near the same thing.
2) The poll you cited doesn't actually exist in any official capacity, as far as I can tell. The activist professor came out and said he had data, but it doesn't seem he actually bothered releasing it anywhere. If I'm wrong, I would love to be corrected. The link in the article you cited doesn't lead to it, and I can't find it by googling his name.
I would be willing to bet it never gained traction because it was totally non-scientific in nature. By his own admission, he went to specific tribal meetings in one area and did individual interviews. They were not randomly sampled, where not anonymous, and were certainly biased through Fenelon's own lense. He broke every rule of legitimate polling.
It's disgusting that racism is still so alive and well.
What's even more unbelievable is that the prejudice is in such a highly educated field like mathematics.
You'd think they would understand that equations are just equations; doesn't matter if they're written on a piece of paper, written on a chalkboard, whiteboard, a window, or a cell wall. What you write on doesn't matter, what matters is what you write. In we end, are we all so different? Just people who have their lives written onto them, the numerical makeup of who we are doesn't care what we look like.
What the fuck is so hard to understand about that?
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