A video shared on Facebook claims the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has purportedly determined math lessons are “racist.”
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Verdict: False
The claim is false. A spokesperson for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation denied the claim’s validity in an email to USA Today, the outlet reported. A spokesperson for the foundation also denied the claim’s validity to Check Your Fact via email.
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The Facebook video, which has garnered over 15,000 likes as of writing, features singer Tom MacDonald who makes the claim. “What are we teaching kids? That two…
