{"649666":{"#nid":"649666","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Modern Mathematics Confronts Its White, Patriarchal Past","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERacism, sexism, and other forms of systematic oppression are not unique to mathematics, and they certainly are not new, yet many in the field still deny their existence.\u0026nbsp;In 2019 the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;reported\u0026nbsp;that \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/18\/us\/edray-goins-black-mathematicians.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efewer than 1 percent\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans.\u0026rdquo; A 2020 National Science Foundation\u0026nbsp;survey revealed that out of a total of 2,012 doctorates awarded in mathematics and statistics in the U.S. in 2019,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ncses.nsf.gov\/pubs\/nsf21308\/data-tables\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eonly 585 (29.1 percent) were awarded to women\u003C\/a\u003E. Among the mathematicians interviewed about their experiences with these issues is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/lovingmath\/home\u0022\u003EMarissa Kawehi Loving\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;an NSF\u0026nbsp;postdoctoral researcher and visiting assistant mathematics professor in the School of Mathematics,\u0026nbsp;and co-founder of the Web site\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.indigenousmathematicians.org\/about-us\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIndigenous Mathematicians\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-08-13 15:04:26","changed_gmt":"2021-08-13 15:04:26","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"work family interactions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/modern-mathematics-confronts-its-white-patriarchal-past\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"185831","name":"Marissa Kawehi Loving"},{"id":"3872","name":"racism"},{"id":"169020","name":"sexism"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}