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CUNY Professor Denounces Meritocracy and Color-Blindness In Math As "Tool of Whiteness"
• https://jonathanturley.org, jonathanturleyNow, CUNY Professor Laurie Rubel has published a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Mathematics Education arguing that the concepts of meritocracy and "color-blindness" are ideological precepts that work against minorities. It is a worrisome trend among academics to challenge even the most objective fields of advancement as requiring a more race-conscious approach.
Rubel is a former high school math teacher who published an article entitled Equity-Directed Instructional Practices: Beyond the Dominant Perspective.
She writes "Teachers who claim color-blindness . . . are, in effect, refusing to acknowledge the impact of enduring racial stratification on students and their families." She insists that by rewarding students on their performance — or ability to do math — math "functions as a tool of whiteness."