Mathematics could be.
Posted on: February 20, 2017 at 13:31:42 CT
tjwheeler UI
Posts:
49220
Member For:
23.63 yrs
Level:
User
M.O.B. Votes:
0
So, racism is the effect of people's words and ideas in action, it's not hard to see that some mathematicians could be espousing racist ideas. For example, the archaic notion of using IQ tests to determine an entire race of people are inferior. You do realize mathematics was used to buttress that racist view, right?
Mathematics, like any idea, can be or could not be the vehicle of racism.