UW Madison dean Percival Matthews states that mathematics is harmful to Black students.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Dean’s Controversial Remarks An associate dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Percival Matthews, has openly labeled former President Donald Trump as a racist. He has also co-authored a paper claiming that the American educational system, including mathematics, is “inherently violent” toward black students. Matthews, who serves as a professor of human […]
Percival Everett, Jason De León selected as winners of the 2024 National Book Awards
Percival Everett won the National Book Award for Fiction for James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from Jim's point of view. In the non-fiction category, Jason de Leon's “The Soldier and the King: Survival and Hope in a World of Smugglers'' won. Winners were selected by a committee of authors, critics, […]