Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

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[-] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This article cites two X posts and makes vague assertions that "The claim caused a stir online, with some X users condemning Mamdani." How much of a stir, how many users, and how many of them were criticizing Mamdani for the topic at hand is unclear.

I doubt many people were taken in (though I'm not surprised to see a west virginia lawmaker involved, state legislators are truly the dregs of our society), and I think Newsweek mostly made this up.

this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2025

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