Student Mathematics Antiracism Reading and Praxis Group

The Student Mathematics Antiracism Reading and Praxis Group (SMARP) is a group of undergraduate and graduate students that meet every other Friday from 6-7pm (EST) via Zoom. Readings will focus on self-education about anti-racism in mathematics and supporting anti-racist efforts in the field. The group will collectively choose materials and write discussion questions.

Resources

• Teach-ins
• Websites
  • Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
  • Mathematically Gifted and Black
  • Indigenous Mathematicians
  • Lathisms: Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences
  • Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences
• Articles/Guides
  • An Existence Proof: The Mathematicians of the African Diaspora Website by Brian Katz
  • Why Math and STEM Education is a Social Justice Issue by Dr. Gina Cherkowski
  • What does mathematics have to do with social justice? by Chintan Girish Modi
  • How Does Race Affect a Student's Math Education? by Melinda D. Anderson
  • A Guide for Integrating Issues of Social and Economic Justice into Mathematics Curriculum by Jonathan Osler
  • Cognitive Reserve and Racial Privilege in STEM by Mélise Edwards
  • "Meet Us At Our Table:" The Problems with the White Savior Complex by Toi Scott
• Resources on Ethics in Mathematics
  • Federico Ardila's page Ethics in Mathematics: Resources
    • Ethics in Mathematics - Tripos Questions
    • Artificial Intelligence: Wired interview with President Obama and Joi Ito (MIT)
    • The NSA: Mathematicians Urge Colleagues to Refuse to Work for the NSA by Kashmir Hill
    • Algorithms: Academics Corfirm Major Prodictive Policing Algorithm is Fundamentally Flawed by Caroline Haskins
  • Coded Bias (film)
  • We Read the Paper that Forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here's What it Says. by Karen Hao
• Repositories of Resources
  • Erica's anti-racism resources from senior conference (fall 2020)