This house regrets the glorification of the immediate postcolonial leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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That academic journals have an ethical responsibility to reject submissions that defend colonialism.
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That academic journals have an ethical responsibility to reject submissions that defend colonialism.
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In response to Orientalism in Western academe, this house supports the use of Occidentalist frameworks by non Western academic circles
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This house believes that museums should return arts to the countries of their origin.
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This house believes that Western democratic countries should unilaterally evacuate relics of historical or cultural importance located in unstable countries and take possession of them.
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This house believes that in post colonial countries, land confiscated by colonial powers should be seized by the state without compensation.
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This house believes that former colonial powers should drastically increase the number of immigrants from their ex-colonies.
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In post colonial societies (Brazil, Singapore, Congo) this house prefers a benevolent dictatorship to a fully representative democracy
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This house believes that former colonial powers should drastically increase the number of immigrants from their ex-colonies.
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In post-colonial societies this house supports the demonization of colonial rule
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This house supports the seizure and redistribution of land owned by the descendants of former colonizers in post colonial states
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This house believes that former colonial powers have an obligation to promote economic development in their former colonies
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That we should forcibly redistribute land in countries with severe historical racial oppression (e.g South Africa).
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In democratic post-colonial states, this house believes that opposition parties to the party of independence should claim and use the legacy of anti-colonial resistance.
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This house believes that post-colonial should strictly limit the availability of Western film/ music/ television.
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This house opposes the practice in former colonies of privileging themes of anti colonial resistance over pre colonial-history and notions of indignity when fabricating national identity. Eg. anthems, street names, holidays etc.
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This house would require participants of institutions from former colonial powers to pay higher registration fees when attending large-scale international events (such as academic conferences, sporting events, debate tournaments, etc.)
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This house believes that Yasukuni Shrine should remove the enshrinement of Class-A war criminals.
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This house believes that past colonial states should teach an overwhelmingly negative version of their imperial histories.