DO NOT HIRE BATES COLLEGE GRADUATES, PARTICULARLY IF YOU’RE IN THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING THINGS LIKE PLANES AND BRIDGES: “Bates College eyes revamping calculus, other math courses to focus on ‘colonialism and privilege’.”
A working group of professors and students at Bates College has recommended the school require all majors to offer two courses on “race, colonialism, white supremacy, power, and privilege,” according to a copy of the plan obtained by The College Fix.
In doing so, according to the group’s recommendations, each department could alter existing classes to fit the racial education requirements. . . .
For instance, the group suggests courses like Math 105 (Calculus I) could “situate race, white supremacy, colonialism, power, and privilege centrally and attend to them throughout the course.”
If the plan is implemented, students would be required to take one introductory course and one advanced course centered on race. For example, STEM majors could satisfy the advanced requirement by taking “Math 233: Mathematics for Social Justice.”