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Black Lives Matter: Oxford will ‘decolonise’ degrees
London Times ^ | June 16, 2020 | Nicola Woolcock

Posted on 06/17/2020 5:02:17 AM PDT by C19fan

Oxford University has revealed plans to “decolonise” its maths and science degrees and will allow students of any subject who have been affected by the Black Lives Matter furore to seek lenient marking. In a letter to the student union, Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor, said that the mathematical, physical and life sciences division had been awarded a grant to develop teaching resources that supported the diversification of its curriculums, describing it as “an area that is frequently overlooked”. She added: “Many departments in social sciences have begun work on making their curriculum more inclusive and adding diverse voices to it. This includes steps such as integrating race and gender questions into topics, embedding teaching on colonialism and empire into courses, changing reading lists to ensure substantial

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1 posted on 06/17/2020 5:02:17 AM PDT by C19fan
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I can’t wait to fly in an aircraft designed by some ‘woke’ engineer


2 posted on 06/17/2020 5:03:23 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: C19fan

In a real job, if you can’t do the math, you can’t do the math, and everyone around you will know it. Set up for failure.


3 posted on 06/17/2020 5:05:35 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: Mr. K

“I can’t wait to fly in an aircraft designed by some ‘woke’ engineer”

Or a doctor who can’t calculate a dosage based on body weight, age and condition.

Dear heavens.


4 posted on 06/17/2020 5:12:08 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: C19fan

Good thing traitor Mitchy Poo and his fellow Gope
dont have a say .


5 posted on 06/17/2020 5:16:07 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: Mr. K

Don’t worry. There will still be people that will keep things going. What will happen is that these “enlightened” members of society will make sure that the scientists will never stray from group think.


6 posted on 06/17/2020 5:17:00 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: C19fan

They already get points added to their test scores. They already get admitted free, while Whiteys pay full tuition. They already get promoted while failing. They already get jobs for which they are not qualified, with Whitey doing the actual work so the company doesn’t fall apart. (Whitey is expendable, and can be fired if someone sees his hand in the configuration of the “White Power Symbol.”)


7 posted on 06/17/2020 5:18:16 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Never forget Justine Damond, murdered by a NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN cop. (Oh, and no riots))
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To: C19fan

The bigotry of low expectations.


8 posted on 06/17/2020 5:34:51 AM PDT by SirFishalot
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When did math become maths?


9 posted on 06/17/2020 5:40:52 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: HighSierra5

Who is John Galt?


10 posted on 06/17/2020 5:41:29 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: C19fan

Bookmark


11 posted on 06/17/2020 5:45:50 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: cuban leaf

“Maths” is British usage.


12 posted on 06/17/2020 5:46:58 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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“I can’t wait to fly in an aircraft designed by some ‘woke’ engineer”

“Or a doctor who can’t calculate a dosage based on body weight, age and condition.”
10 years ago would you have believed that gay marriage would be legal and it would be illegal to discriminate against transgendered people in hiring? In 10 years it is likely that our consumption decisions will be regulated based on diversity. You will have to go to a doctor who is a minority, or LBGTQ, because otherwise they might have no business, because customers suspect they only got their degrees (at least in part) because of affirmative grading action, not merit. So customers will be forced to use their services whether they want to or not. You will be forced to watch their movies (Brokeback Mountain and White Men Can’t Jump, e.g.), listen to their music, watch them play sports, buy the things they make, because otherwise they will not be superior to straight whites. You will have to watch the WNBA and LPGA whether you want to or not. Maybe this is all great news, but don’t be surprised when it happens. I realize these views disqualify me for employment for the rest of my life, but... I’m retired ;) But in 10 years it won’t be enough to shut people out of employment for being “racist”, i.e. saying things that are uncomfortable but true. In 10 years people will be put in re-education camps for what I just said. Orwell was early but correct.


13 posted on 06/17/2020 5:49:57 AM PDT by brookwood (Obama said you could keep your plan - Sanders says higher taxes will improve the weather)
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Isn't that what China did in the Cultural revolution? Poor farmers were suddenly declared to be doctors and doctors were sent out to grow food. It was only "fair" and everyone would be finally equal.

What could possibly go wrong?

14 posted on 06/17/2020 5:53:37 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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No more Rhodes Scholars.


15 posted on 06/17/2020 5:55:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan

This is a war on White people. The corporations, financial institutions, news media and governments are against us. They spout the same rhetoric every day. They are humiliating us now, they will kill us later. There are sinister forces at work behind the scenes in my opinion.


16 posted on 06/17/2020 5:56:33 AM PDT by dljordan
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If you are considering some “higher learning” may as well scratch this school off your list. Hard to understand how the “black lives matter” issue should ever enter into a college curriculum. No use spending big money on books for this course when you could probably pack all that you need into a comic book.


17 posted on 06/17/2020 6:05:47 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: cuban leaf

“When did math become maths?”

Didn’t you get the memo?

We left it in the boot of your motorcar?


18 posted on 06/17/2020 6:10:14 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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Math and physics are racist.

Gravity is a racist law. Minorities and women hurt worst of all!

Mark


19 posted on 06/17/2020 6:16:52 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: BwanaNdege

I didn’t see it. Maybe it’s next to the air cleaner under the bonnet. :)


20 posted on 06/17/2020 6:17:21 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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