America smaller, Africa larger on new maps, allegedly to 'fight white racism'

[rangerrebew]

March 21, 2017
America smaller, Africa larger on new maps, allegedly to 'fight white racism'
By Ed Straker

Boston public schools, among others, are discarding Mercator maps and replacing them with Peters maps.  Mercator maps have been faulted for making America too large.  The Peters map and others enlarge Africa.

It's all about getting rid of – what else? – "white racism"!

    The map exchange is part of the district's effort to "decolonize the curriculum" within the next three years, said Colin Rose, assistant superintendent in charge of the Boston Public Schools' Office of Opportunity and Achievement Gaps


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[Fishrrman]

Fishrrman's credo:
Reality is what it is. It is not what we believe it to be.

What else can be said?

[Ghost Bear]

The Gall-Peters Projection

This is apparently the type of map that they are changing to... the Wiki entry linked above discusses the controversy over the change to this type of projection.

[jmyrlefuller]

Related thread:
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,255082.0.html

[Frank Cannon]

Social Justice keeping kids stupid. Swell.

[geronl]

The Gall-Peters Projection

This is apparently the type of map that they are changing to... the Wiki entry linked above discusses the controversy over the change to this type of projection.

That distortion is even worse than Mercator