A Google (or Bing if you're nasty) search of the terms "racism math education" easily reveals the real issue being discussed by educators - that mathematics instruction is just one more way in which systemic white supremacy has led to inequitable distribution of knowledge, resources, and opportunity. In brief, white students on the whole are directed toward more advanced math courses and content than non-white students, including Latinx (which, like it or not, is the currently most accepted way to refer to a group of Hispanic people of both, any, and all genders.) Absolutely nobody is saying that math itself is racist. It seems that where Danehy's ability to make rash comments based more on his discomfort as a white person than actual facts is concerned - to continue the Mean Girls reference thread - the limit does not exist.
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