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The Decolonization Movement’s Assault on Western Values

Part 3 of a three-part series on decolonization
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The Decolonization Movement’s Assault on Western Values
Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus in New York City on Nov. 15, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/Tribune Content Agency
Brock Eldon
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Ontario parents must have been bewildered if not horrified several years back to discover that math was racist. A new school curriculum put forth by the province included a preamble declaring “mathematics can be subjective” and “has been used to normalize racism.” It urged “a decolonial, anti-racist approach” to mathematics instruction.
Brock Eldon
Brock Eldon
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Brock Eldon teaches Foundations in Literature at RMIT University in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in English Language and Literature at King’s University College at Western in London, Ontario, and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. His debut non-fiction novella, “Ground Zero in the Culture War,” appeared in C2C Journal.