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[♪] jesse: an asian man who likes math. jesse: apparently math is racist. seattles public schools are considering a proposal that would mix social justice in with math. including studying how math has been appropriated by western culture and that math itself is racist. parsons is a sociologist and educator who agrees with the prep is of the proposal. i am bad at math. and if math is racist. and im also white. does that make me too dumb to be

Racist or not racist enough to be good pat math? >> thats such a long conversation. first of all remember dr. parsons, dont refer to me by ann. i appreciate it. jesse: i apologize, doctor. >> is jesse okay? jesse: i thought we were on more close terms. >> we are but i cant see you. its weird to not be able to look at you while im talking questions * tell me wh -- tell y math is racist. >> i was at a conference on statistics, and i raised my hand and i said are you telling me

>> while the first premise in the first starting point we have to get on the same page that we live in a white supremacists system. jesse: i disagree with im not willing to agree with that. we are running out of time doctor. how is two plus two equals four, how does that discriminate against black people or brown people. >> one stick plus to stick, humans were like heres a stick use another, i just did math. that was notac races. when the same page about. jesse: yes. >> humans have been using ma...

Relevant? >> you and a lot of folks, the instinct to go back to that operation, you know, why sort of strategically is that -- >> the killing of osama bin laden was retribution and this was strategic. president trump when he came to office he brought senior officials together, senior national officials together and said, we are going to do whatever it takes to kill al-baghdadi and this was the culmination last night in president trump achieving key victory, a big moment for his administration, b...

That make me too dumb to be racist or not racist enough to be good at math. >> not racist enough, thats a long conversation. firston of all remember doctor person, dont refer to me by and. jesse: i apologize doctor. >> thank you. is jesse okay? >> i thought we are on more close term. >> we would but i cannot see you some getting used to the virtual connection so its weird not to be able to look at you when im talking. >> tell me why math is racist. >> on november 26 i was at a conference and i r...

That happens. jesse: so you are a racist? >> occasionally. jesse: how are you a racist. what do you think makes you superior? >> jesse, that question doesnt make sense. jesse: isnt racism the belief that one race is inherently superior to other races and you discriminate against other races. >> thats a piece of racism. but you give a definition thats really old. language evolves over time. what are race and white supremacy today? they are structures that affect us all. people do things that are ...

Starting point that we have to get on the same page in is that we live in a white supremacist racial caste system. jesse: i disagree with that but explain because we are running out of time. how is 2 plus 2 equals 4, how does that discriminate against black or brown people. >> one stick plus two sticks. here is a stick, here is another. i just did some math. that was not racist. we are on the same page with that. 1 plus 1 equals 2. humans have used math and numbers and statistics in all sorts of...

[♪] jesse: >> andrew yang, they want to rethink that catchphrase because apparently math is racist. seattles public schools are considering a proposal with mix social justice and with math including studying how math has been appropriated by western culture in math itself is racist. a sociologist and educator who agrees with the premise of the proposal enjoins me know. jesse: im confused, you understand whats going on. >> im bad at math and if math is racist and also white, does

Racist or not racist enough to be good pat math? >> thats such a long conversation. first of all remember dr. parsons, dont refer to me by ann. i appreciate it. jesse: i apologize, doctor. >> is jesse okay? jesse: i thought we were on more close terms. >> we are but i cant see you. its weird to not be able to look at you while im talking questions * tell me wh -- tell y math is racist. >> i was at a conference on statistics, and i raised my hand and i said are you telling me

New national security adviser. quite a morning, quite an amount of information both from yourself and the president of the united states. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> joining me now is jeremy bash, the former chief of staff at the u.s. department of defense and at the central intelligence agency under president obama. jeremy, let me start with what you heard. we heard an amazing amount of detail. just your initial reaction. >> this was a highly complicated operation, chuck. ...