Apparently, Mathematics Can Be ‘Racist’

Published on May 2, 2024

Commentary Is maths racist? Professor Rowena Ball at the Australian National University (ANU) thinks so. Professor Ball leads a research and teaching initiative called Mathematics Without Borders, aimed at “broadening and diversifying the cultural base and content of mathematics.” “Mathematics has been gatekept by the West and defined to exclude entire cultures. Almost all mathematics that students have ever come across is European-based,” she recently claimed. “We would like to enrich the discipline through the inclusion of cross-cultural mathematics.” Unsurprisingly, the allegation that maths is racist and therefore needs to be “decolonised” is not unique to ANU. In the United Kingdom, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), which oversees curriculum standards in UK universities, states universities “should present a multicultural and decolonised view” of mathematics....

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