The joke is that we use arabic numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) but many people don’t know that those numbers are called “arabic numbers” and so racist people think It’s outrageous that these ‘foreign’ things are being taught.
I went throught the US School system in 2 blue cities and the term “Arabic Numerals” were never once uttered in any of my classes.
My dad always told me these are called Arabic Numerals… and he did not go through the US Education system (went to school in a different country)… so… take that how you will…
deleted by creator
And yet, this was literally on my phone’s newsfeed because people are that stupid.
We are so cooked
deleted by creator
I saw the article on Lemmy
That’s why the joke is fun. It’s at the expense of ignorant Islamaphobes.
deleted by creator
Exactly why MAGA still gets upset by it, they aren’t smart enough and never matured past 11.
Oh no! You’re already using those anti-american squiggles!
sorry do you mean II or XI year olds?
yes
Everyone is 12 now rule going strong
Half the country can barely read better than a 12 year old so it makes sense they wouldn’t catch on.
god forbid they see greek letters in mathemtics as “foreign” words too.
I, for one, don’t get it.
The joke is that we use arabic numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) but many people don’t know that those numbers are called “arabic numbers” and so racist people think It’s outrageous that these ‘foreign’ things are being taught.
No no, that’s a Roman numeral
deleted by creator
*Erudite.
Edit: was that the joke?
deleted by creator
If I use I for one I wouldn’t get it.
I went throught the US School system in 2 blue cities and the term “Arabic Numerals” were never once uttered in any of my classes.
My dad always told me these are called Arabic Numerals… and he did not go through the US Education system (went to school in a different country)… so… take that how you will…
Did you ever learn Roman numerals? I think that’s probably when I was taught that “regular” numbers are called Arabic numerals.
That, or I just learned it through messing with my computer’s character sets or whatever.
Algebra shouldve been a clue,
Well, the neonazi party in Germany fell for it a few years back.
deleted by creator
I think it was an AfD state or municipal group making an official question to the responsible governmental body.