Brittany Marshall, a self-described teacher and Ph.D. student, took to Twitter this past weekend to voice her displeasure about the concept of 2+2=4, saying the "idea" of the simple math equation is merely "cultural."
1984 called. It wants Room 101 back.
"Nope the idea of 2+2 equaling 4 is cultural and because of western imperialism/colonization, we think of it as the only way of knowing," wrote Marshall (HT:
Disrn). Never mind that the Arabic numeral system we use is not, you know, "Western."
Marshall goes by the pronouns "she/her" and describes herself on Twitter as a "teacher, scholar, social justice change agent, Chicagoan, PhD student, architecture enthusiast, wannabe math person, BLM always..."
Just the kind of person you want teaching your kids, right?
Comment: If only Western leaders had the guts to order the arrest of corrupted and criminal politicians. Maybe there would be an increase in trust in the political system.