What branch of math did you study (assuming you got a graduate degree)? I was more so in CS so had a heavy discrete math background. I particularly love graph theory. I think with applied math in CS you’re often asked to do something new-ish with designing algorithms. That said I also didn’t discover anything.

Of course actions speak louder than words but that is a bit outside the hypothetical given.

Both are bad? I guess it depends how utilitarian you are.

One would think. One must remember that racism at least on an interpersonal level isn’t one direction. In group theory systemic racism is typically from the dominant group towards the non-dominant group. In interpersonal racism anyone can be racist towards anyone anytime. All it takes is making positive or negative assumptions about someone based on their race. The situations I’ve found myself in is where someone was assuming something about me without knowing me just based on my race.

Yeah there’s that discussion as well. It’s easy to get lumped into a group one doesn’t self identify with or whose behaviors don’t agree with if one happens to use similar verbage. I would hold reservations to see if someone is actually in a group instead of just assuming off of a single sentence, but that’s just me personally.

Separating the societal circumstance from the individual circumstance seems really important for this discussion but ideally the same person who is uncomfortable with systemic racism is equally uncomfortable with interpersonal racism.

I’m having a difficult time parsing this sentence. Could you expand on it further please.

I think I tend to take more of an interpersonal approach than a group approach towards life. Group theory is a perception of society but it isn’t the only one. Generally speaking i want equitable treatment for all people regardless of the groups they happen to belong to. That’s to say I’m more individual focused than group focused. Just because someone is in a group doesn’t mean they specifically have faced any hardships in relationships to that group. In many and arguably in any country the determining factor is wealth and the power of one’s social networks. Like an individual in Kenya can most definitely avoid any issues whatsoever with their race if they are wealthy and powerful enough. I couldn’t say just because they are Somalian that they suffered the same prejudice that a poor Somalian in Kenya has. Group theory though does have a place when one is talking about statistics aka large amounts of people who share a group more so than an individual. Both perception are right and neither is wrong for the other being right.

Now I’m trying to think of a circumstance where something can be unlocked but not relocked. Like in a game you can just make a new account and achievements are relocked.

One would hope that’s the case. It’s not always. I wouldn’t word it like the post. Typically it’s more so “one people, one love” or “we are all together” or something to that affect. Particularly if one is in a sensitive circumstance and where you stand on this subject is the question at hand.

Are you sure about that? I can tell you first hand it can be a serious detriment or even dangerous to be white in some English speaking countries.

Generally yes, FB, reddit, Lemmy and so on since these are now the locations where most social discourse happens.

I mean which country are we speaking of? It doesn’t make sense as a statement depending on where one is. For instance Somalians who have become refugees in Kenya are treated very poorly and there’s a lot of racism and prejudice towards them by Kenyan natives. Both are people of colour so who exactly am I standing with if I were to say I stand with people of colour? If I’m in Japan and I see a Chinese man being treated poorly just for his race then who am I standing with as both sides are people of colour. It’s a statement that assumes a particular dynamic and that may not be the dynamic that is in front of us.

Same to mathematics then again the relationship most people have with math is a far cry from the hopefully ingenious, and creative labor of what mathematicians do. Most just remember suffering to learn rules discovered by others and themselves never getting the chance to do the discovering.

Isn’t that statement like ironically kind of racist? You’re judging the behavior of like a billion people just by the colour of their skin.

This is online discussions, people use links. Similarly copy and paste from AI output. Online isn’t as formal or regulated as published works.

It should be but I’ve met my share of people who legitimately hate the “dolphins” and have views of them as lesser beings, demons, and all around just bad if only for their race.

We’re assuming this is in the US or a western country? Racism isn’t the same everywhere. For instance in Kenya Somalians are treated very poorly and there’s a lot of racism towards them by Kenyan natives but both are people of colour. Similarly there’s a lot of hate and resentment between Kikuyu and Luo and they will know one another easily by how they look aka their ethnicity and it’s essentially racism again but both are people of colour. Similarly a Chinese person in Japan will likely face tremendous racism yet both are people of colour. Who exactly are we standing with?

I’m speaking specifically to the former.

Wouldn’t you stand with all people and not just people of colour?