'Should Material Like This Be In A Mathematics Textbook?': Byron Donalds Grills Panel About CRT

At today's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) questioned witnesses about the contents of a math textbook.
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[@caramia1042]

This is an example of dumbing down students and radicalizing them instead .

[@johnellis5820]

A better equation would be, “If you hoe all thru your twenties, what are the odds you’ll hook a good guy in your 30’s”?

[@BST-lm4po]

This is just the tip of the iceberg. The radical Left has monopolized Hollywood and media! They influence our children everyday through the TV.

[@LostSoul1031]

Correct, and this is what Pelosi has stated. To dumb down America! They don't want us or our children to be smart enough to see through their radical agenda!!! Home school the children!

[@KManwarren]

It's the same thing that awful suicide bombers are told, "You need to focus on problems, math is only useful to build bombs and hurt people." They tell them your future is short, no need to think about or be educated on other things. Sad.

[@SA-5247]

It’s easier to move kids through the system when they’re basically liberal drones. Meanwhile the rest of the world is eclipsing us in engineering.

[@lisaculver1829]

I love when he says “kids are a CAPTIVE audience, they can’t just walk away” brilliant! “Victimhood should not be taught in a classroom setting” there is simply no transformation value in it -EMPOWER OUR CHILDREN-show them what is right about themselves, others and their country.

[@LittlebitofDixie]

When the Pandemic Treaty is signed into place, we'll all be captive audience for the U.N. .....there are mamy levels to the communism being forced on all, from the students to the rest of the citizens.

[@jojopapa7521]

Am black and agree!

[@kareyna45]

That's why they are targeting our youth because these evil demons want to do nothing short of shoving a demonic ideology down their impressionable throats!!! They are sneaking this in!!!! Shameful!!!!

[@PennywiseTheDancingClown274]

Well said by you and this peaker

[@adamhesse2586]

Hear hear! It's so critical for young people to have an aspirational positive message of self-empowerment and taking responsibility for themselves.

[@OldWorkingMan]

Thank God for Byron Donalds - we need 10 million more like him.

[@chrhadden]

and 10 million not like him to go wherever it is they think is better

[@OldWorkingMan]

@@chrhadden 100 million

[@shelleyharrop1419]

Yes we do wish he would run for president

[@chrhadden]

@@shelleyharrop1419 im not saying hes the same but we all thought obama would help with all this bs and look how that turned out . for the recoed i actually like this guy. obiden, not so much.

[@timmarshall7292]

@@chrhadden Former President Barrack Obama had a different ideology; You know, the same one as the white Nancy Pelosi and the white Chuck Schumer and the white Censured Adam Schiff and all the other white Career Politicians of the Democrat Party.

[@stephwalsh9158]

What is happening in the US, so that some people even justify allowing math text books to create divide. That first response was shameful

[@JoelC724]

We are a white country. White people need to be only in school books. Daniels knows his place.

[@sheritacotten5293]

division is only created by those who are fearful of the truth

[@TradBarbie]

It was pathetic.

[@TradBarbie]

​@@sheritacotten5293those who bank.

[@spiritmatter1553]

Just doing math, being in math class, was "uncomfortable" enough for me! I’d have sweated bullets if I felt my answers had to be both mathematically and politically correct.

[@cdrtej]

🏆

[@dvig3261]

I would have purposely made the answer in opposition to the racist drivel on the page.

[@buddyguy4723]

Politically correct is usually code for factually wrong

[@obeb787]

Well all the country in the future shouldn’t be victims of your shortcomings! The problem presented is one of the greatest opportunities to teach math in a problem that still affects us, it should 1000% be teached. Teach our kids about racism. We can’t say our country isn’t racist when you don’t want next generations to know better, this is incredibly dumb.

[@mssrus]

You are probably good enough at Math to understand that inserting bias and racism propaganda is inappropriate for a lesson of this sort. By careful placement of such 'reminders' in non-sociology/psychology texts, the publishers can make them endemic throughout school curricula. No student can get pure, direct instruction that way, only indoctrination.

[@rebchizelbeak5392]

So… The first guy’s answer was basically “yes, cause if people feel uncomfortable, that shows racismz” That is straight out of the rationale for CRT scholars. People like that should be kept far away from children.

[@Archimedes616]

I wonder if he would be uncomfortable with a bar graph showing percentages of murders committed by the different groups in the country.

[@dmthandmade5674]

​@@Archimedes616 That bar graph would also be the racismz tho'... along with the people who made it, the analytical methodology used to generate it, and you for bringing it up... ...and me for mocking.

[@renealmaguer8449]

The first guy that answered is the problem with public education. If my son is uncomfortable in any situation does that mean he is guilty?? Just asking

[@melaniejay3457]

@@renealmaguer8449 Which has what to do with math?

[@sugarfalls1]

You forgot the "I daresay" x 10 part lol j/k

[@AnglandAlamehnaSwedish]

As a highschool math teacher it’s sickening

[@safaith6502]

The more I see of Byron, the more I respect him. I think he will go far in the political world. Maybe to the top.

[@ricee6384]

He’s a convicted criminal That’ll play against him at some point. Someone will aske the question, who expunged his record and why? At that point his campaign will fall apart like a cheap suit.

[@HB-yq8gy]

@@ricee6384 Yeah maybe not like the Biden's decades of criminal activities.

[@batmanforpresident9655]

I've seen Byron Donalds before. He is a true American patriot. GOD BLESS him.

[@crucifiedthief]

He's not just there to beat his chest, get on the Internet ("Look at me berating a Democrat!")

[@danceteachermom]

I also have seen him speak in person, and I completely agree. I wish we had more of him in every state! 🇺🇸

[@stanw909]

Amen. I hope he's representing a district that can use a strong leader who's willing to confront the issues with this much honesty.

[@patriotintheso8707]

He is a great guy I love listening to him speak

[@sgodsellify]

The author of that Math book went out of their way to purposely make up a math question that brings racism into a math question, especially when they could have made up a math question that is not divisive. Next they will be bring racism into kids cooking classes and or other books, computer classes, science, and every other thing that is taught in public schools. When does it stop? Should racism be brought up in every lesson, or class that is being taught?

[@stevenkalavity9879]

Math is agnostic and there is no need to politicize problems. Without knowing how the values for the chart were derived, such values are nonsense.

[@dragonstaye4557]

Thank you.

[@patrickfennell6372]

Trusting public schools to government is way too dangerous! It is like letting Hunter Biden run a Pharmacy.

[@stevenkalavity9879]

I have taught math in middle school and substitute teach mostly in middle school. The last thing students need is to complicate math concepts with a political agenda.

[@josephbingham1255]

No need unless you have an agenda.

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

Exactly. Why on earth do we have people holding hearings on what they should censor from math textbooks. The politicization of mathematics is the stupidest thing the GOP has done in a very long time. This used to be the party of freedom and of intelligence. Shame to see it flushed down the toilet this way.

[@m0nookiE]

He didnt grill anyone, he respectfully put his point forward after letting others do the same. He simply had a very coherent and smart way of saying when the others didnt. Man did waaay more then grill them, he changed some minds with that.

[@Internutt2023]

Mr. Donalds attempts to get a proper discussion on why these "lessons" do not need to be pushed in a math class, is spot on. It's proper venue would be in a social studies curriculum, openly discussed with all views voiced and accepted, instead of trying to "impress" a one sided view by just dropping charts into a context that doesn't allow for proper discussion.

[@Dragonblaster1]

"If you have 8 lesbians, 4 trans men, 6 plus-sized people and 11 people of colour in a room, how many victim points are there?"

[@vespacheck]

And what % of the trans men will commit suicide.

[@matthewmaning4859]

Zero.

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

Wait: someone felt so victimized by the idea of implicit bias that they had to make a law to censor it. Talk about victim complex. "No, no, my child cannot hear that racial bias is a thing! It will make him ask too many questions!"

[@ryanstroppel4966]

@@matthewmaning4859 second this

[@ryanstroppel4966]

@@alexanderhalavais8837 Censoring it to impressionable people yes because, racial bias exists because people want it to (not something anyone is born with) in order to condemn those they don't like. In other words, You're guilty of something (having a negative implicit bias) that I cannot be solely based on your skin color is in fact the accuser showing racism.

[@lizs8853]

Maybe if America focuses on math during math our students wouldn't be doing so poorly. School vouchers would be a blessing.

[@69shovlhed89]

actually, vouchers are only a blessing for the few kids that get to use them to go to a charter school that doesn't suck. for the rest of the kids, its resources taken away from the public schools that they must attend. those funds should be used to make sure that every kid gets a chance at a decent education, not just a small minority. that means making sure that no child gets a politicized math book, or is fed creationism, or is forced to compete against other students with a clear biological advantage, or is harassed and bullied for any reason. this is more proof that our education system is broken, and it is a system that desperately needs fixing.

[@unknownsword9042]

@@69shovlhed89 What are you talking about? The world will always harass and bully people. Kids should learn how to handle that pressure instead of being protected so they develop no skills for dealing with real adult issues. Guess what you have to compete against people with a clear biological advantage in the adult world too. Childhood is about learning how to be an adult. That won't happen if you make their environment sterile from any of the real challenges they will face as adults. They need smaller versions of the same types of problems.

[@mssrus]

@@69shovlhed89 If enough kids are able to escape the edu-gulags for better schooling, the competition will force the public institutions to either improve or cease to exist. If they continue to benefit from forced attendance and higher funding, they will continue their lackluster performances.

[@starguy2718]

While we are allowing CRT into our education system, China is building engineering and scientific universities, just as fast as they can.

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

Absolutely love how he conducted that line of questioning. Why can't we have politicians with this kind of professionalism in Canada?

[@andryu_0764]

Props to Rep. Donalds. Glad he's representing my State of Florida.

[@indianahoneybee8852]

My daughter will not be returning to public school in the fall. We are now a homeschooling family even though it will keep me from employment. By the grace of God I will be able to provide because I will no longer accept this bigotry and hatred being perpetrated on my little girl. These people are evil and should be ashamed of themselves. Its disgusting 🐝

[@valeriegeorge134]

So true

[@reflectionsinthebible3579]

I haven’t worked in years save for a couple kids I tutored and some times I interpreted.

[@mmctest]

Well said Rep Donalds! Please keep protecting our kids. Let's hope and pray for everyone to see the light and do the right things for everyone not just themselves. My opinion

[@shanenoel1270]

When I was in school, in English class we were taught English. History class, history, Math class, math. Most of the world was taught that way. That's why we have all of the things we enjoy as part of lives today. Restaurant, universities, cars, grocery stores and a myriad of technology. People would never have gotten that far if they were taught the things the now teach in schools

[@mogznwaz]

Maybe that’s the point. If you want to destroy the West you have to destroy its future

[@wanderer263]

Well I’d have to disagree to an extent. In higher level education, these subjects start to intertwine with each other. For example even in congress they have to be able to combine subjects like history, math, science and many advanced levels of these subjects to have complete understanding of a topic.

[@janetteduncan4164]

@johnanderson4220 lol no. The students graduating are not ready for any real world event, except joing activists to help politicians with thier current agenda

[@wanderer263]

@@janetteduncan4164 Untrue. I think you’re all misunderstanding to a large extent. There is no agenda. Just facts people are uncomfortable with. Education is shifting now to show how math, science, history, etc aren’t just subjects you’re meant to study at school but apply in the real world. These subjects intersect and have actual effects in our real lives. There’s a reason why America is falling behind rapidly in education for the world. It’s because our students aren’t taught how to apply these very subjects to real instances in the world. When you get into college or a career, a math problem isn’t going to talk about the number of apples on a tree. It’s going to talk about real world issues and race is one of them. That’s just a fact. Like it or not.

[@trenton9]

@johnanderson4220 America is falling apart, in part, because it's more concentrated on imparting agendas (which you claim don't exist) rather than teaching the foundational skills within each subject. We don't need math books shoehorning shaky theories into its high school word problems. It's pure agenda.

[@TheSmbTechy]

Byron, thank you for bringing these issues to light

[@carrieregan5883]

These people need to be kept as far away from children as possible. Unbelievable

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

Absolutely. Keep politicians out of our classrooms. I mean politicians used to leave our kids and their classrooms alone--they kept their grandstanding BS away from our kids. But that has gone by the wayside, it seems.

[@carrieregan5883]

@@alexanderhalavais8837 yeah they used to not be globalist shills trying to groom our children and teach them to keep secrets from their parents. If your cool with it you're in on it. The politicians have every right to step in and protect our children from these pedophiles

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

@@carrieregan5883 LOL. If you are using the word "grooming" to describe teachers being open to a range of sexualities, you have swallowed another line of nonsense uncritically. I'm sure you also misuse "CRT." It used to be that Republicans were free thinkers, before they embraced "dittohead" as a compliment. Kids keep secrets from their parents. If you didn't, that's sad. I hope you don't fall so far down the "scary pedos everywhere" hole that you end up shooting up a pizza joint. But even short of that collective delusion, you should critically consider why it is you are adopting language that is patently without merit. If, on the other hand, you are just a garden-variety bigot who won't accept her kids if they turn out to be gay, the problem isn't with anyone but the person in the mirror.

[@JuliusCaesar888]

The Left are groomers. Their primary goal...

[@lw6402]

Vouchers for school choices or Homeschooling is a must at this point

[@margolockwood9323]

Vouchers or not they all push CRT, even home schooling text books.

[@josephbingham1255]

Unfortunately correct unless top management like those is Florida resist those ideas and the textbooks most likely created by a New York City publishing houses.

[@litrogue6328]

Why do you can indoctrinate your kids?

[@TheLouHam]

@@litrogue6328 their kids, that’s why.

[@bvegannow1936]

Gov could give $15,000/y to kids who cant and whos parents cant afford it. Ban directly tax funding schools. End taxes on lower middle class so they can better afford their kid education. Ban: mandatory school, gov control over education and curriculum, hsd and ged requirements, public school. Let kids learn job skills and work instead

[@truBador2]

The Long March continues straight through the school system. That they are having this conversation at all about the book in question demonstrates perfectly how successful the Long March has been. Two or three generations worth by now. Comrade Brandon! Vamos!

[@Runescythe9852]

When I was in school, lessons like History, Math, Reading, etc, all taught the fundamental facts about the subject material, rather than using it as a platform to set the expectations of society on the students. When we understood and reinforced that knowledge into our studies, we either passed or failed by our own merits. Stuff like this in today's schools shows the teachers who would teach all this would already show that they are going to be biased towards a certain group of kids, and ostracize those that they think would become 'future racists'

[@UserOfTheName]

Statistical data about racism is fact, though maybe history class is a better place for it

[@teresabenson3385]

@@UserOfTheName True, but the IAT has never been validated to be accurate. Examples in the math textbook shouldn't present data that can be misinterpreted or presumed to prove something that it can't. Better to use objectively verifiable and relevant outcomes such as generational wealth passed on, historical lynching data, etc.

[@smkh2890]

Math has to be taught in real-world contexts. For example relative consumption of resources, comparison of state expenditure on education, health, taxes, environmental impact. These are all relevant topics which because they are real-world, of course have a political aspect. You can’t sanitise the numbers and only deal with math in the abstract.

[@UserOfTheName]

@@smkh2890But I wana learn about Johns 350 melons he got from the store

[@smkh2890]

@@UserOfTheName that’s junior school maths. By age 11 we should be teaching in authentic and relevant contexts .

[@brettg274]

“We can’t remove that because it’s make people talk about something uncomfortable.” Are you supposed to be talking about uncomfortable social issues in math class? Or math?

[@will-ob7pr]

Is this a multiple choice question ?

[@UsserError]

There is no wrong place for aggressive brain washing apparently..... Beside.. They have your children isolated and vulnerable while in school.

[@SA-5247]

Not knowing math and looking like a complete idiot when you can’t pass algebra your freshman year of college is a pretty uncomfortable moment as well. Especially if you got into a college because of actual bias’s

[@will-ob7pr]

@@SA-5247 It be like a ∙ x2 + b ∙ x2 + c = ? ... "The white man did it" ... and .. congratulations you're a professor now!

[@jensmith4411]

Not using the requested pronouns make some people uncomfortable. So by the same token we shouldn't use preferred pronouns, right?

[@jtchristiank1]

As a 31 year teacher, I can say that's part of the problem: students ARE a captive audience who get little to no say in what they are taught. Not what they learn but what they are "taught".

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

As someone who has been teaching longer than that, I think it is a shame you feel that way. I've worked to ensure my students have a voice and are able to pursue their passions and develop their minds. I don't think I could have stayed in the profession as long as I have if I thought my students were merely audiences, let alone captive audiences.

[@jv-man3698]

@@alexanderhalavais8837 really hope this guys been fired since. If not, most definitely lives in a liberal shithole state.

[@robertbogan7557]

@@alexanderhalavais8837 you sound like a complete narcissist

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

@robertbogan7557 Oh, dear, random person on KZbin, I am so sorry you feel that way. I am sure it isn't just that you disagree with me and have never learned to express yourself well. It must instead be that people who don't share your own viewpoint are "narcissists."

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

@bobk4707 Yes. Having met enough parents, the idea of doing away with teachers does frighten me. It certainly isn't the case in Finland, where 98% of all schools are public, an estimated only 250 families homeschooling, and all must adhere to the mandated national curriculum. As for doing away with "subjects," many educational researchers advocate this and many public schools have inplemented it. But then a bunch of half-witted parents complain that only math should be taught in math and because of the way public schools are organized in the US, it makes it hard to engage in the kind of progressive education that we, frankly--from Dewey forward--largely invented.

[@allenpullman-ki2pd]

Thank you, Mr. Donald's.

[@roberttrout1352]

Always love listening to him talk he's engaging and sharp

[@doughill3396]

This racism woke crap always turns to , well you know what. Let's go Brandon

[@ihatecrackhead]

1930's germany likes their CRT and ministry of propaganda they also claimed to be a victim of a race and gave them self the right to attack those people and their property.

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

Consider that you are applauding censorship. At least you are applying it to yourself as well. The Founders would be horrified that people who consider themselves Americans are so willing to let politicians censor their textbooks.

[@ihatecrackhead]

@@alexanderhalavais8837 saying no racist propaganda in textbooks about math is NOT censoring time and place, you really ARE a thomas would you be OK, with democrats CR.T from the 1800's and early 1900's. hint, they were the clan and it's critical theories about blacks to raise fear in whites

[@bwenluck9812]

Well, racism is not crap and if you think it is then YOU are part of the problem. As Melania Trump would say, "Be better"!

[@ihatecrackhead]

@@bwenluck9812 racism is less illegal than jaywalking for a reason words will never hurt me was a lesson, not just a song kiddo racism is only illegal when institutionalized like when they decide they want more of a race in a school, that's illegal racism there are no secret white groups keeping blacks out of colleges since the democrats realized there were NOT enough racist white to keep them elected so they dropped the clan for another race that would fall for CRT's crap. you see you can't tell whites they are a victims of blacks and to fear blacks forever, especially when they are the first race to die in the million to end slavery, and free blacks from their own culture of selling people they enslaved

[@benholmgren8138]

"Does racial prejudice exist?" why yes it does.... and its showing through the opinions expressed in the textbook introduced as math. There needs to be more people like Mr. Byron Donalds to keep fighting against this nonsense.

[@josephbingham1255]

And racial prejudice is present in the first panel member's approval of such a thing. Can you image what that guys kids are probably like when he is done with them? Likely sentenced to lives of being miserable haters like good ol' dad.

[@peggymorgan1]

BS kids arent inherently racist unless some adult puts that into their heads...if youre poor at math its not because youre black or white ask Ben Carson. leave the kids alone

[@benholmgren8138]

@@peggymorgan1 Right! These left progressive ideals are poisoning these kids minds with confusion and junk they don't need to be learning about. These ideas are dangerous and in my opinion criminal!

[@nelsonmcatee3721]

There would be a lot less prejudice if there were more people like Byron Donalds and fewer people who are anxious to stir up the issue.

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

The issue of racism should be stirred up. Lincoln stirred it up. King stirred it up. If you are on the side of not stirring it up, consider who you share that side with.

[@Bradonthe333]

The Germans also had propaganda in their math text books in the thirties. There were questions like "If it costs 1300RM per year to care for a mentally handicapped person and there are 300'000 people in care, how many newlyweds could get a stimulus check of a 1000 RM every year?" It was wrong then, it is wrong now.

[@Melethasgar]

What's the purpose of these Congressional hearings if people aren't given the time needed to get to the bottom of the issues that are raised?

[@CodeeXD]

So they can say well you had your chance

[@willsweat1242]

Rep. Byron Donalds has quickly become one of my favorite folks to listen to, watch and hear from. He strikes me not only as intelligent but thoughtful and reasonable. On this topic, he's correct, STEM education does not need the intrusion of social justice education. Moreover the idea of "implicit bias" is not something that is a hard science but rather an assumption made to justify ones own thoughts and feelings. Sad that we as a nation have declined this much.

[@genekelly8467]

Indeed-he's the type of man we need in Congress! Intellient and non-partisan.

[@alexrodgers9247]

Rep. Donalds’ sons are very blessed to have such a father…hope they know that!

[@tomservo75]

Interesting. He says that just because something is uncomfortable is no need to avoid it. But if I wanted to go to my "safe space" to ignore the graph what would they say then? I used to be a math teacher and I remember a meeting around 2013 when there was a committee formed called "Internationalizing the Curriculum" and we all thought, 2+2=4 in any culture, how could this go wrong? Now we find out this is no doubt the sinister end game of such policy.

[@stevenmeyers7863]

You are right Mr. Donalds Thank you for caring about are children . Keep up the good work on stopping this madness

[@curiouslucy8135]

I absolutely love Byron. He is smart and articulate and on fire. Thank you Byron...

[@timmarshall7292]

@@randallwinters7387 I would describe someone who is smart and articulate as smart and articulate; should I have a bias against different smart and articulate individuals?

[@D4L_457]

Oh he’s articulate. That means he’s a good n- word in white talk.

[@spencersemien471]

Thats not Crt

[@spencersemien471]

ha ha ha why wouldnt he be articulate

[@D4L_457]

@@spencersemien471 none of it is. It’s what there version of it is.

[@vikmic2.0]

He is right. I have never seen so many black racist in my life. These people are crazy. And should be allowed no where near a child. And certainly not spreading this perversion.

[@peady64]

As a black man, I couldn't agree with you more. There's a glaring double standard

[@volourn9764]

@@peady64 what is funny sad us that black people tend to self report some sort of prejudice and racism. Only whites come close. Other races tend not to be so self defense.

[@CoreyMac_Productionz]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWHMdqqaoZd3bJI

[@jumpinjackflash9235]

White people suffer racism at the hands of blacks more than the other way around

[@darylc2799]

Black racist? That’s interesting. That bar graph was developed by a white woman. I would love to hear how you think about it now

[@sscoyote]

You know what? I smile a bit to myself when I see what's going on in society these days, because as an elder I lived the best days of my life when society was generally more sane-NOT PERFECT, but generally sane.

[@andyb7963]

Now that is definitely a man, a thoroughly good human being, there is hope after all

[@davedavids2231]

When I was at school we had maths books that just had maths in. What a world we live in now

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

You had no applied maths? You never used mathematics to work through practical problems? That sounds like the most boring (and non-existent) math text I can imagine.

[@swskitso]

Johnny had twelve apples but he gave a quarter to Debby and half of what remained to Allison, if Allison throws half her apples at George and Debby only throws a quarter how many apples are thrown at George? This is what he means by just math. Its a simple question with no political nonsense.

[@swskitso]

The books denied in florida may print similar questions but will say Johnny is from mexico, George is black and the two girls are white. Sure it may still be the same math problem but its clearly trying to make other statements.

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

@@swskitso What other statements? I mean it is pretty explicit what statements it is making: social scientists have found evidence of implicit racial bias. It makes a statement of fact. It is a fact that some politicians seem really eager that their kids not be exposed to.

[@swskitso]

@@alexanderhalavais8837 what is it you think they are trying to hide? The history of war, slavery and racism is taught in history class. The facts about racism are taught in social sciences. At what point does the subject of race need to be interjected into a subject based on numbers? The reason young children know nothing of racism is because their minds are innocent and they dont perceive color, but people like you seam to want children to start judging each other on race.

[@patrickhall7744]

Kudos to the chairperson for allowing him to finish. To many would have been trying to stop him well before that point.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Mentally, I was done with him as soon as he said, "Thank you for the question." Typical lib delaying tactic that says nothing but gives the appearance of trying to be helpful.

[@steven6666600000]

Great to see an African-American advocating against CRT. More people should be calling out that garbage, especially black Americans.

[@someguy5035]

Speaking of textbooks, the first respondent gave a textbook example of gaslighting.

[@billalexander949]

The black gentleman just deflected from the actual question which was, should this be in a math text book? To say , "do we agree that racial prejudice exists?" is not the question. It does and won't be solved in a math text book. I would ask him, "Is learning about racial prejudice in a math class going to help children pass the math portion of an SAT?" This is for learning MATH. History need not be part of every class a student attends; it results in distraction and diluted learning.

[@cranbers]

anywhere they can distract a child from learning, especially a black child to get them thinking about racial divide. That is one thing I don't get, why in the black community especially is there so much focus on race. And the democrats want to put so much focus on it, there isn't much time for regular learning which is what will get them out of that narrative they created that is "systemic racism". Also notice he said 5- 9th grade math. So there are kids learning math in 9th grade, at a 5th grade level? crazy.

[@Ridingrules10000]

The whole point of critical race theory is to divide people and INCREASE racial prejudice. It's not a solution to racial prejudice. There's no excuse for teaching children to be racist, in history class or otherwise.

[@notinterested8452]

I agree.

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

The point is that the government is seeking to censor facts from a textbook. What other applications of math are Florida politicians interested in removing? Those having to do with fruit? How about with astronomy? The issue is that the government has picked out one specific example (racism, or in other contexts, sexual orientation) and has decided those facts are the facts that should be censored by Big Government. The rhetorical question--whether the items seeking to be censored represented accurate social science--is key here. If they do, and the government seeks to keep them out of textbooks, that is an extraordinary over-reach. And yes, of course learning how math is applied to social science is going to help pass the math section of the SAT. (Not that this is in any way a particularly important role for a mathematics class.)

[@notinterested8452]

Math textbooks are full of war propaganda hatred and genocidal ideas. Most of the mathematics claimed by the middle East originated in pre Middle Eastern Hindu universities. The more you look into this suppressed history the more you understand the hateful and genocidal nature of the enemy teaching your children to defeat themselves.

[@andrewrodriguez7310]

This dude is the man! Sharp and confident mind ready to cut through the veil of nonsense.

[@MyBelch]

veil? Jefus wept.

[@mfranks4731]

I’m not sure if you’re serious or not but he can barely read.

[@YenSnipest]

He is complaining about something submitted, that WAS ALREADY DENIED meaning it has no real meaning to the discussion...the textbook people said no already....

[@pedronorman5396]

It’s “veil”, like the thing obscuring a woman’s face. A “vale” is part of the landscape.

[@andrewrodriguez7310]

@@YenSnipest Contemplate all the people that this informed that weren't already aware, or at least weren't aware of the severity of it.

[@susansmith9462]

Watch this guy, he is young, sharp as a tack and very determined!!

[@tinoyb9294]

Those kids can't handle the truth and need to be protected.

[@mikehannan8932]

Here's a thought : How about we use schools to teach our children how to read , write , use mathematics and science , and learn problem solving and life skills to compete in a global economy.

[@arcanask]

The question was already answered by the publishers of these math books. Most of them resubmitted their books to the State without all the critical Race Theory bullshit. They are just prodding to see how much crap they can get away with.

[@christinedolan3620]

eric garland our new "leader" in the justice department put FBI surveillance on parents who objected to CRT, come to find out his son publishes the textbooks! Constantly focusing on race is racist, and no one needs to make children feel guilty or oppressed, about what happened in America 100 yrs ago. Leave social science to teach that part of history!

[@rosegerhard-vf7js]

Mr. Byron Donald's...you make me smile. More power to you. God bless you every step of the way.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

Sick to death of racism obsession. It’s an addiction that really needs to be addressed. It seems to have broken the minds of many people. Let the country heal, let us move on.

[@plaid13]

Nothing like people trying to divide everyone at all times. Best way to spread hate is to keep splitting them into groups and saying these groups are all different. Schools shouldnt be pushing racism like this.

[@traceler]

Racism grew stronger with Obama .

[@katiek.8808]

Communists only know hate.

[@cranbers]

This is all democrats do, if you are a republican you're maga and hate democracy, if you are pro life you want women to kill themselves, if you want secure elections you're a racist, if you want secure borders you're a racists. their entire narrative is dividision in every single policy. energy policy? You like cheap gas so you want to destroy the planet, and its going to kill us all in 10 years.

[@CoreyMac_Productionz]

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[@alfavulcan4518]

Funny should be 5 replies to your post yet all are censored

[@roberteckert9152]

God Bless Representative Donald. These indoctrinators are despicable.

[@josephbingham1255]

Byron Donald was raised correctly. No wonder he is a Republican!

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

Indoctrinators are those who legislate censorship.

[@philliparanza491]

OMG, im from the Philippines but this hits different. The first one that answered needs to go back to school.

[@richjohnson3948]

I always wonder why there are so many empty seats in these hearings.

[@lowriderbug]

The topic was picked for a reason. The kids could analyse any set of data to learn how to check for bias in datasets. They could use this dataset without being told it was about racism but they weren't. The writers of the textbooks knew exactly what they wrre doing.

[@susanvirginia6037]

Yes. Follow the textbook companies and see what is going on with the way they control curriculum.

[@penname40]

@@susanvirginia6037 , I would suggest that in following these textbook companies, as least some if not all will lead back to the money laundering congress & their families.

[@will-ob7pr]

Of course the guys who wrote that are little snake rats trying to sneak it in that's how they do it bit by bit get a little wedge in then pry the door right off the hinges and in 5 years the math book is filled with more of that crap then actual math.

[@will-ob7pr]

They should look up who wrote it and what their affiliations are i bet they would find links to some political and shady democrat or foreign money.

[@kenmacfarlane8744]

I would equally be discomforted by a graph showing black on black, black on white, white on white and white on black murders . But that's maybe just me.

[@pantarkan7]

I like how people, in a time when major citties burn every time someone gets their feelings hurt; think bringing sociopolitics into MATH CLASSES is a good idea.

[@CoreyMac_Productionz]

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[@GarlandFarms]

Order out of chaos requires first...chaos.

[@asakayosapro]

You forgot the */s* , my good sir

[@sr2291]

@Garland Farms Who is creating the Chaos and who said that? I want an answer.

[@katiedarcy1265]

Or how these facist, MAGA republicans are endlessly arguing over FOUR books (yes, there were only four) instead of addressing real problems. Answer the second question… why did Desantis, and the other facists, toss out ALL of the other textbooks and select their own (without a review)🤷‍♀️ Sounds more like the propaganda message control and indoctrination is coming from this “New Right” to me.

[@julieta203]

I have watched a lot of Byron Donalds questioning and This guy is great!

[@georgeromo3506]

Wow just wow!

[@jambmanj]

A lot of politicians can take lessons from this man. Being able to articulate your point without ridicule of the other side of the argument...

[@moenibus]

the left needs to be mocked and ridiculed

[@kentonkruger8333]

To be fair, at least as far as this clip goes, I don't think a white man would be able to discuss it in the same way as they'd get a completely different style of response from the person being questioned.

[@protorhinocerator142]

@@kentonkruger8333 True. Because of the racism of the guy answering, you need a black man asking the question just to remove that argument from his holster. And everything he said was an argument, not an answer.

[@geoffgill5334]

Byron Donalds is one of Florida's Rock Stars 🌟

[@KenyaKonspiracyKorner]

Thank you

[@Daergarz]

"Do humans have an in-group preference?" "Yes." "Is the implicit bias test valid, even according to their creators?" "No." The list goes on.

[@malikjohnson7950]

03:05 "you've given us a little bar graph here..." Lol he tried to minimize it immediately but had to be reminded that it was taken out of a school text book. They get so upset over moments like this where their sneaky tactics to brainwash children are put on full display.

[@glennroberts3069]

Thank you sir!

[@wdking8833]

I so hope to see Byron Donalds run for President (maybe 2028?). I'd vote for him in a second. He is bright, articulate and has his facts to back him up. He doesn't allow himself to be baited. I respect him very much and my opinion gets more positive the more that I hear from him.

[@anneearley6328]

This bright, brave and articulate young congressman is why I continue to be a Republican. Thank you sir for pursing this line of questioning.

[@kevindawes191]

God Bless you Sir!

[@silva777]

The dumb, racist blacks on this 'committee' are what makes me a Republican. smh.

[@ilyarepin7750]

lol republicans continue to do nothing to stop democrats and gate keep third party nationalist movements but keep supporting the uniparty because the nice black man was moderately articulate in an irrelevant congressional hearing (because we all know how useful these hearings have been in the past right?)

[@gartan8449]

The fact that the guy on the panel Immediately didn't answer the question asked goes to show he doesn't belong on any panel that has control over anything. Secondly he sits there and says racial bias is real..erm no its not. It's real in the sense that extremists on both sides of the aisle use it as leverage to push their narratives but it isn't real in the sense of it affecting lives. The children with true American parents know that to be true as well. So him sitting there saying students know racial bias is real and it makes people uncomfortable is ridiculous. He was uncomfortable sitting there knowing Florida found their little sneaky Indoctrination nonsense in a math textbook. Shame on anyone that tries to poison the minds of others, especially children.

[@stare-n-aaron9806]

This guy is on the right track. Not only with this issue but with his intellect listen to the way he talks educated solid thanks

[@brandenhayes6715]

Never had any person in government. Make me smile and giggle as much as him.

[@michaelreed9805]

Stay on them Byron...thank you sir!

[@YenSnipest]

Abouyt what? Successfully denying the thing he is complaining about? He..is whining about something that the systems in place already prevented.

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[@ravinp371]

"Should this be in a mathematics textbook" "Is there math in this textbook" FFS.

[@sleepup7931]

We are supposed to give the tools for the next generation to learn and make their own judgement without any bias, not brainwashing them

[@raysdga]

All I have to say is...Who is the idiot who tried to get these books in classroms in Florida where they just passed the Parental Rights in Education Act and the Anti-Grooming Bill.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevefaulkner6689]

It's so sick the empty seats in the House and Senate vacant with criminals that are our highly paid supposed elected officials ...

[@Robert_Keel]

They are in another room, on the phones, asking for money.

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@Robert_Keel Amen! As it says in the Bible, "it takes money (to donate to candidates, to win elections, to make laws that benefit the donors,) to make money."

[@fawkewemf5616]

@@MarcillaSmith it says that in the Bible? Wow I didn't know

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@fawkewemf5616 Well it was missing from my Bible when I bought it, so I wrote it in the margin..

[@tennismanp15]

@@MarcillaSmith I mean, the parable of the talents goes a little like that, yes

[@charlawheeler2664]

This is exactly the issue. "They" assume their worldview is absolutely unquestionable and they begin to insert that into every lesson - reading, math, certainly social studies, testing questions, etc.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Correct. "Racism is real..." OK but this is math class. Show your work. Show me the numeric formulas that led you to this answer. I don't have that. Then you don't get credit for your answer. Failed.

[@mamadragonful]

"They" are transhumanist gnostic religious fanatics. A core part of their religious belief is that reality will warp if they make enough converts and focusing on ANYTHING else is a threat to their preferred reality. That's why they insert it into every lesson. Double win: convert the kids, prevent them from learning other ideas.

[@karlmeyer2139]

Love this guy!!! This is how senators should be.

[@robbsclassics]

I swear this could be a Key & Peele skit. It's amazing how specific questions can't be answered.

[@tommywolfe2706]

What a well spoken guy, such a great attitude and demeanor, and you can see how focused and clear headed he was. Nice to see that we have politicians around this country still that are good representatives of the people in this country.

[@NoJersey]

Some people don’t want to learn math so the seek out subjective non math excuses and publish them in math text books so kids aren’t expected to learn; go figure🤷‍♀️

[@sumduma55]

This is more about pushing a racial agenda and stereotyping than give credit. They want students to learn some people by skin color are racist when learning math. The graph could have just as easily be about people's favorite flavor of ice cream or toppings on a pizza. But the math book wanted the students to know there is racial bias and who harbors the most bias against others. Or in other words, who the bad people are. Even more interesting is the reference that this was the results of an online survey. It isn't even accurate. Many people, myself included, will put in all sorts of wild answers for something online just to see what the results say.

[@Jimsranch]

Way to go Mr. Donalds!!

[@uratrick]

Rep. Byron Donalds is a real American love this guy.

[@roselewsley4125]

Well said, I love listening to logical people! Your son should be very proud!

[@g2D1]

I wonder how comfortable that gentleman might have felt if they included some other form of statistics like how many kids grow without a father, or how many kids' fathers have been in jail and show it in graph form? I would imagine that gentleman's response would of been "This is a racist math problem"

[@unkelruckuss]

Q... "How many black youths does it take to rob a convenience store?" A... Only 1 if he has a 30 round magazine in his AK47.

[@suresgold7041]

Exactly

[@michelemarie8346]

Congressman Bryon Donalds has been consistent strong patriotic brave....he is a SHINING STAR! GOD BLESS ❤

[@jomon723]

Why is there never any people in these hearings

[@allenwarsinske4526]

These guys just can't get over the lie of racial bias . This has no business being in a math book

[@69shovlhed89]

its not necessarily a lie, but it doesn't have anything to do with learning math. its something that should be debated in sociology class or whatever they replaced POTC with.

[@alexanderhalavais8837]

If you think racial bias is a lie... you might just be racially biased.

[@es11614]

Would absolutely love to see more Representatives like him.

[@allenpullman-ki2pd]

Don't teach our children to be prejudice.

[@suss6385]

There's a great song from the musical "South Pacific." The song is called "You've Got to be Carefully Taught." They sing about how hate and prejudice needs to be taught over and over again. This musical was written in 1958. Looks like we haven't moved past that

[@mrcommonsensefairness5608]

I am an "old white man" and I have tremendous respect and admiration for this man. He speaks with honesty and intelligence. I would vote for him for president. God bless him. This country desperately needs leaders like him.,

[@brucebarton8767]

Same here!

[@cos2mer2]

My privilege is that I got to raise my 5 children 20 years ago when none of this crap was on the horizon. Now I constantly worry about my grandkids in today's "educational system". The brainwashing is everywhere!!

[@patriciawitt8174]

I totally agree. These should be the fun years. What's going on today is sad & evil. Look up "math" questions out of new jersey (I think it was NJ) asking questions about whether a lady made money as a...pimp, drug dealer ....🙄I can't even remember but trust me it was appalling

[@michellehubbard7865]

Same here

[@MadPutz]

Help your grandkids with their homework, and review the textbooks. But most importantly teach them values and historical documents and achievements yourself, so that they have a frame of reference beyond school.

[@catherinesyme901]

Everywhere across the globe!

[@unknownsword9042]

Public schools have turned into propaganda vessels.

[@dangg1502]

And also ,who wrote and published this book and then presented it to the school ,criminal charges? They need to be put on blast,at the least

[@avi8terrfwg317]

I love to see this and am happy this is brought to light. But did it change anything?

[@eddie2432]

The answer to the question is no. This question has nothing to do with math and no need for it to be in a math textbook. It's just part of indoctrination system in our schools.

[@CoreyMac_Productionz]

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[@noneyabusiness7998]

How does it indoctrinate

[@eddie2432]

@@noneyabusiness7998 read the definition on the word indoctrinate. To teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically. They are brainwashing kids to think about something even though that subject they are talking about has nothing to do with the subject at hand. If you can't see how that is the epitome of indoctrination then it's probably because you are indoctrinated or one of the pushers of the narrative. It's like having a math question that pushes you to believe in God. It has nothing to do with math so why is it in there? To indoctrinate you without you even understanding.

[@noneyabusiness7998]

@@eddie2432 then this isn't indoctrination if the book has a 100 pages then at least 50 of those pages must contain whatever ideal is being used for indoctrination

[@eddie2432]

@@noneyabusiness7998 no not true at all. See if you are being indoctrinated all day every day buy the TV shows you watch, the music you listen to , the media, schools then put something like this in a math book or quiz is just a little reminder of your indoctrination. It's the same crap Russia does with its state run indoctrination. But let me guess you don't think the elite in America would stoop so low? But yet hundreds of country around the world do it and thousands of countries in history have done it. But the elite in America no way they would? I'm just saying you have to question things like this. Good luck to you.

[@rass6445]

Excellent point and questioning. Thank you for standing up for the parents.

[@mriguy3202]

fair question is raised here...equally fair is whether or not this should be barred from discussion in a social studies class

[@Eluzian86]

There's a time and a place to talk about each subject matter. A math class is not the place to discuss sociology, nor is a sociology the place to learn calculus. Propaganda has no limits. They want their bull$#!t agenda woven into every aspect of society no matter what.

[@jadams2013]

Good for you Byron!! There are a handful of congressional reps that seem like they are worth their salt. Byron is one. Chip Roy, in Texas is another. We need to praise and support them.