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30 June 2022

A Framework for Understanding Whiteness in Mathematics Education

In this article, the authors provide a framework for understanding whiteness in mathematics education.

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While whiteness is receiving more attention in the broader education literature, only a handful of scholars address whiteness in mathematics education in any form. This lack of attention to whiteness leaves it invisible and neutral in documenting mathematics as a racialized space. Naming White institutional spaces, as well as the mechanisms that oppress students, can provide those who work in the field of mathematics education with specific ideas about combating these racist structures.

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