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"Critical Race Theory in the Mathematics Classroom"
"To ignore critical race theory is to set our democracy back, to neglect the difficult history of our country, and to further marginalize students in mathematics and other areas who have struggled hard to build a positive mathematics identity, a solid educational experience and to work towards success despite the reality of their classrooms and our social world." -Dr. Lidia Gonzalez
Summary of the Article
Critical Race Theory, while widely thought to be mostly applied in History or English classrooms, has an equally large place in mathematics classrooms. In the article linked above, a classroom uses their experiences growing up in an urban environment in combination with their class to study the statistics of CEOs in major companies and their intersectionalities (more specifically women and p.o.c.). Because of the way that the students was inspired in the implementation of their identities in their class, they were motivated to submit statistics to their school board in hopes of creating change in their school.
How to Apply into the Classroom
The usability of applied techniques in mathematics is incredibly invaluable in the classroom setting. Teachers interested in education of mathematics should use what they are teaching in conjunction with their students' backgrounds. When students are able to connect their backgrounds outside of the classroom to what they are learning inside the classroom, they are able to not only able to see mathematics in a new light, but have the possibility to invoke change in their community.
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