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  • This house believes that the BLM movement should campaign for the inclusion of more African American police officers instead of the abolition of the police force

    St Cats Debate Tournament · Open Semis · 2020-10-16

  • This house believes that selection quotas on sports teams are fair

    Infoslide

    Clarification - we mean reservations for black people on the South African rugby team caste based reservations in the Indian cricket team etc.

    The Contemplative Dialogue Debate Tournament 2020 · 1 · 2020-10-10

  • This house believes that governments with long history of racial segregation (i.e. South Africa, the U.S.) should accelerate the creation of a post-racial state (e.g.: incentivizing interracial marriage, subsidizing multiethnic housing)

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    Post-race society is a state of the world where complete racial integration has reached its limit. It describes a society where everyone looks racially diverse as they possess unique combination of racial genetic make-up and where there is no attempt to segregate individuals from any ascriptive features. this is where the conception of race no longer exists, which many consider a utopia.

    Alsa Ecomp UI · School 1 · 2020-10-08

  • This house regrets the growing prevalence of poverty porn

    Infoslide

    Poverty porn is a tactic used to gain sympathy and contributions from donors by sharing imagery of people living in destitute countries that also extends to representations in popular media that glamorise what conditions around poverty look like

    SLS PD · 5 · 2020-09-25

  • This house would prefer to donate to charities which provide cash transfers to low-income families to charities which direct spending towards specific causes or projects.

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    Organizations such as GiveDirectly, which transfers money directly from donors to low-income families in East Africa, provide monetary support to underprivileged individuals/families. On the other hand, there are charity organizations that fund specific causes or projects. These charities direct donations to particular activities such as building schools, access to healthcare etc.

    FTHN X DNN Open · Novice Final · 2020-09-19

  • This house how the African Union will forcibly take control of the Great Recovery Dam.

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    The Ethiopian Great Revival Dam is a hydroelectric power plant under construction on the Blue Nile since 2011 with an expected start-up year of 2022. The dam's capacity will allow it to stock the growing electricity consumption in Ethiopia and create surpluses for export to neighboring countries.

    Полемика 2020 · 3 · 2020-09-12

  • This house believes that Western liberal democracies should ban imports of consumer goods made by child labour.

    Infoslide

    According to Population Services International a respected charity research group 1 dead child = $650-$1000. The dead child tends to refer to an African kid who died because you didn’t give it to charity.

    Gemini Cup 2020 · Open Octos · 2020-09-12

  • This house believes that the South African government envoy should have met with the opposition of the Zanu PF

    Infoslide

    Several actors like the US Embassy, the EU, UN, and African Union have spoken out on the allegations of Human Rights abuses by the current Zimbabwean government. There have been nation-wide protests where security forces have responded with lethal force and brutality. Several civil society activists, political opposition leaders, and other critics of the government have been arbitrarily arrested, abducted, beaten, or tortured. South Africa, the current chair of the African Union, sent an envoy to engage with relevant stakeholders to identify possible ways in which South Africa can assist Zimbabwe with regard to the current human rights abuses there. The envoy did honour its scheduled meetings with the main opposition party MIDC (Movement for Democratic Change), and instead met only with the president of the leading party, Zanu PF' s Emmerson Mnangawa.

    IUBDC Rational Wrangle · Open Final · 2020-09-11

  • That Non-Western LGBTQ activists should reject sex positivity

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    Sex positivity is an attitude towards human sexuality that regards all consensual sexual activities as fundamentally healthy and pleasurable, encouraging sexual pleasure and experimentation.

    Monash Australs 2020 · ESL Final · 2020-07-11

  • This house would break up persistently dominant political parties in emerging/developing democracies (e.g. the ANC in South Africa)

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    17th BDC Pre-Worlds · Novice Finals · 2020-07-03