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    Racism in the math classroom: “Pythagorean theorem” and the two myths of “Euclid”

    February 8, 2022 - By ckr

    The term “Pythagorean theorem” is #racist, based on a lie that (White) Greeks did a superior axiomatic math unknown in (Black) Egypt. Did they? Was “Euclid” a White Greek male as imagined by Wikipedia or a Black Egyptian woman as in the cover of this book? Does racism affect math?…

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