Leftist Mathematicians don't understand math: Math is racist edition

 The Mathematical Association of America(MAA) stated:

"It is time for all members of our profession to acknowledge that mathematics is created by humans and therefore inherently carries human biases. Until this occurs, our community and our students cannot reach full potential," wrote the group. "Reaching this potential in mathematics relies upon the academy and higher education engaging in critical, challenging, sometimes uncomfortable conversations about the detrimental effects of race and racism on our community. The time is now to move mathematics and education forward in pursuit of justice."

This demonstrates a total lack of understanding of what mathematics is about. As a physicist I had to learn a lot of advanced mathematics and I can guarantee that humans don't create math; we discover it.

No physicist would say that we "create" the laws of nature. We discover them.

Similarly mathematicians don't create the fact that 1 + 1 = 2 or the rules of non-reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces; they discover them.

Hence mathematics, like the laws of physics, aren't tainted by human biases.

Now if the MAA is saying that mathematicians are mostly racist and so they deny minorities a fair shake that's something that might be true. But it's hard to believe in the current academic environment that math professors are mostly white supremacists.

Especially since the MAA loves critical race theory that says white people are evil.

But who am I to question the MAA? :)