Censorship of Math Texts: A Syllable-Square with Questions
Florida educators have banned
Lots of mathematics texts because
The books’ problems-to-solve include some
REAL problems – bias and racism!
Are the banners blind to their bias?
Do they fear exposure and critique?
Do they worry that knowing the need
for drastic changes may open doors
to fair, equal treatment of us all?
Here is a link to a news article about the Florida censorship -- written by Moriah Balingit, from 5/9/2022 in the The Washington Post.
I would like to share this poem with as many people as possible. May I? Imagine banning books - the next stage is burning them! But to ban books about mathematics. Do they know where algebra comes from? Or Zero?
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