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The State of Florida this week released , including mathematics texts which were rejected for including 鈥減rohibited topics鈥�.

The state is not banning these books, but Governor DeSantis says taxpayers can鈥檛 be expected to pay for them because they are mixing mathematics with critical race theory and social skills training to indoctrinate children.

When asked to give examples of this, he declined saying he wanted to 鈥渞espect the process.鈥�

However, a web site called Popular Info managed to get a look at 8 of these books 鈥� and it鈥檚 true 鈥� there聽are聽things in these books that go beyond arithmetic.

For example, in one of the rejected 5th grade texts, there鈥檚 an illustration of three diverse children with the caption: 鈥淲hen we do math, we work together; we listen to our friends and teachers.鈥�

Other textbooks tell students it鈥檚 important to 鈥渟hare ideas and value ideas from others, and listen with an open mind.鈥�

The 8th grade pre-algebra text on the 鈥渘o-buy鈥� list tells students to 鈥減ersevere, actively participate, and keep a positive mindset.鈥�

It also includes brief bios of influential mathematicians, two of whom are black.

And a book called 鈥淭hinking Mathematically鈥� mentions the higher rate of sickle cell anemia among African-American infants as opposed to white infants as a way of teaching proportion.

I will admit, there was nothing like this in any math book I ever had 鈥搉o bios, no advice about positive thinking or sharing, no mention of African-Americans.

But, full disclosure, it鈥檚 been 57 years since I was in the eighth grade, and a lot has changed. Cars now have seatbelts; telephones don鈥檛 need wires. So, I would expect the textbooks to be a little different.

What bothers me is why the state of Florida would want to hide what they found objectionable? Is it because all they have is the stuff I just listed?

By the way, in one of the pre-calculus textbooks that was rejected, the only references to 鈥渞ace鈥� that the Popular Info web site could find referred to footraces and bicycle races, implying the book was banned just because the word 鈥渞ace鈥� popped up in a text search.

I realize this website might be cherry-picking, so if you can find another site with more terrifying examples of juvenile mathematical indoctrination, please let me know.

Just be gentle, because, remember, I had to live through the years when telephones needed wires.

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