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  • This house believes that local churches should embrace the worship of folk saints instead of denouncing it as idolatry

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    Folk saints are revered by individuals on the fringes of society or belonging to cultural minorities who often feel unrepresented by canonized saints officially recognized by the church. These saints emerge from local traditions and popular devotion, offering spiritual guidance and protection outside of institutional religious recognition.&nbsp;</p><p>For example, La Santa Muerte in Mexico attracts devotion from diverse groups, including the criminal underground, while Santa Clara ng Malinao in the Philippines is venerated for safeguarding communities from natural disasters, especially among locals feeling marginalized or overlooked by official religious structures.

    Manila Pro-Am 2024: Pre-UADC · Semifinals · 2024-03-23

  • En el diseño de políticas públicas de educación, ECCQ los Estados deberían centrarse significativamente en políticas que no tengan en cuenta la raza, en lugar de acciones afirmativas basadas en la raza. (Por ejemplo: subsidios de estudio para personas por debajo de la línea de pobreza, en lugar de ayudas económicas para familias racializadas o cupos especiales para grupos étnicos en las universidades).

    Torneo Rosarista de Debate VIII 2024 - Categoría Universidades · Ronda 7 · 2024-03-22

  • This house believes that states should adopt the Multicultural Model of Integrating Immigrants rather than the Assimilationist Model

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    There are 2 broad models of integrating immigrants: The Assimilationist Model emphasises a singular national culture, and social social norms against retaining one's previous cultural identity The Multicultural Model emphasises the nation as a community of different cultures, and only weakly requires the adoption of pre-existing cultural traditions.

    Cambridge Schools 2024 Finals Day · Round 2 · 2024-03-16

  • This house opposes the collective suffering narrative in minority communities

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    The collective suffering narrative preaches that individuals are universally interlinked due to their shared adversity and oppression by dominant social structures.

    Warwick Open 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-03-16

  • This house prefers that states implement race-blind as opposed to race-conscious policies

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    <p><span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Race-blind policies do not explicitly consider race during policymaking. Race-conscious policies explicitly consider race during policymaking, usually with the aim of redressing racial disparities.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13123,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:13624051},&quot;9&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Poppins&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:12}" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Poppins, Arial; text-align: center;">Race-blind policies do not explicitly consider race during policymaking. Race-conscious policies explicitly consider race during policymaking, usually with the aim of redressing racial disparities.</span><br></p>

    NTU DC 2024 · Quarter Finals · 2024-03-12

  • This house prefers that states implement race-blind as opposed to race-conscious policies

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    Race-blind policies do not explicitly consider race during policymaking. Race-conscious policies explicitly consider race during policymaking, usually with the aim of redressing racial disparities.

    NTU DC 2024 · Novice Quarterfinals · 2024-03-12

  • This House regrets the Supreme Court's Ruling in SFFA v. Harvard

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    In 2023, the US Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action policies in college admissions as unconstitutional (with the exception of military academies like West Point), in the case SFFA v. Harvard.

    The Exeter Open 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-03-09

  • This house would establish confessional political systems in post-conflict societies.

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    A confessional political system is when political and institutional power is proportionally shared among religious sub-communities. In the Lebanese confessional system positions in cabinet, parliament, and civil society are apportioned based on the demographics of the population.

    The UCD L&H Vice Presidents' Cup 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-03-09

  • This house as a first-generation minority immigrant, W raise their kid in an ethnic enclave

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    Ethnic enclaves are urban areas with high ethnic concentration that are culturally, socially, and economically distinct from the majority. Examples include Brampton, Ontario, Punjabi Market, Vancouver, Chinatown, Toronto, and Little Jamaica, Toronto.

    Middlebury IV 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-03-03

  • From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would choose to be born in Masquerade

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    The “veil of ignorance” is a moral reasoning device designed to promote impartial decision making by denying decision makers access to potentially biasing information about who will benefit most or least from the available options. Masquerade is an independent territory with its own jurisdiction. There is no ability to contact the outside world. Tourism and visitation are strictly forbidden. In Masquerade, one’s personal characteristics, including looks, personality, ethnicity, gender identity, and talents, change every day upon waking up, involuntarily and at random (memories are retained as normal). "

    Middlebury IV 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-03

  • When dealing with historically under-privileged groups, this house prefers economic reparations (e.g. direct payments, community investment, reappropriation of industry) over political reparations (e.g. additional vote-weighting, quotas in parliament, granting of autonomous control over land).

    LUMS Intervarsity 2024 · Partial Semifinals · 2024-03-01