Racism Wherever You Look

It seems we are told that there is racism almost everywhere you look in the United States.

Let's consider a few examples.

Seattle public schools shut down its program for gifted and talented students this year because it was oversaturated with White and Asian students.

It was considered not inclusive and equitable enough.

In order to qualify for the GATE program a student had to be in the top 2% on standardized testing exams.

The gifted and talented program has been replaced in favor of a more “inclusive, equitable and culturally sensitive” program.

Of course, the Seattle schools were also at the forefront of the "Math Education is Racist" movement a few years ago.

Source: https://www.hoover.org/research/seattle-schools-propose-teach-math-education-racist-will-california-be-far-behindseattle

According to Seattle educators, math instruction in the United States is an example of “Western Math,” which apparently is the appropriation of mathematical knowledge by Western cultures. While everyone agrees that two plus two is four, three times three is nine, and that there are three hundred and sixty degrees in a circle, Western Math critics worry about more nuanced issues, such as why we teach kids Western counting and not, for example, how the Aborigines count.

Students will be taught how “Western Math” is used as a tool of power and oppression, and that it disenfranchises people and communities of color. They will be taught that “Western Math” limits economic opportunities for people of color. They will be taught that mathematics knowledge has been withheld from people of color. 

However, I am trying to figure out if Western Math disenfranchises people and communities of color why is that those of Chinese and Indian ancestry dominate almost all math competitions in the United States and the world.

They are also certainly not products of Western culture.

Here is the U.S. team of high school students that placed first (out of 108 countries) in the International Mathematical Olympiad last year. 

Source: https://maa.org/news/usa-first-at-imo/

China placed 2nd, South Koreas 3rd and India 4th.

We also have a New York City councilwoman asking the NYPD to delete its gang database because of "racism".

It has been reported that 98% of the individuals in the database are Black or Hispanic.

Is that an example of racism?

It is possible.

However, isn't it also likely that most gangs in NYC today are populated by Blacks and Hispanics than other races.

Charges of racism were also recently made by WNBA player Angel Reese after she had another altercation with Caitlin Clark.

Reese charged that Indiana Fever fans directed racist and hateful slurs against her in a recent game.

However, after an investigation of the charges, the WNBA stated they could find nothing to substantiate that it occurred.

Why do we see racism brought up so many times today?

However, what about when the roles are reversed and we see minorities becoming the majority?

Racism is never an issue in these instances.

Consider the following.

70% of the players in the WNBA are Black.

81% of the players in the NBA are Black.

56% of NFL are Black and another 14% are other minorities.

31% of MLB players are Hispanic out of 39% who are from minority groups.

Source: Grok

These professional leagues seem to be "oversaturated" with minorities.

Is this evidence of racism against Whites?

Should the leagues be disbanded because they are not "“inclusive, equitable and culturally sensitive” to the racial composition of the nation at large? 

We see the same thing with many college athletic rosters.

Should we use racial quotas to correct the inequities?

Has anyone suggested disbanding high school athletic teams in Seattle if they are not inclusive and equitable to Whites and Asians?

Is there racism in the United States?

It would be foolish to argue that it is not present in some form.

However, not everything is based on racism if you do not get the result you want.

And any racism that exists is a fraction of what it was 25, 50, 75 or 100 years ago.

Looking for racism in everything and anything only serves to diminish instances of real racism

Why then do we see racism reported wherever you look?