As wokeness has seeped into new subjects of the public school curriculum, not even math is spared. With states such as California now trying to eliminate tracking students based on merit in the name of minimizing racial inequity, USA Today has finally asked the quiet part out loud: Is math racist?

Although the paper’s piece does not itself opine on the matter, the assertion of various public schools that eliminating gifted tracking has resulted in better student performance goes unchallenged, with the opposition from parents of color buried well below the fold.