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This House, as the parent of minority children, would raise their children to regard negative life outcomes (i.e. losses at a competition, rejection from a university, etc.) as a product of personal failure rather than resulting from systemic discrimination
Zagreb Pre-WUDC 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-12-02
This house believes that the Dutch government should ban all depictions and public cosplays of Black Pete
Infoslide

Sinterklaas is an annual month-long Dutch tradition celebrated by over 70% of the population. Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) comes every December to give presents to children. The Sint is accompanied by his servants traditionally known as Black Pete. Black Pete helps the Sint with all his work, e.g. sailing his boat, delivering presents to nice children through the chimney, beating naughty children with a stick and taking them in a bag to Spain. Black Pete is traditionally a racial caricature with black painted skin, colourful attire, black curly hair, and big red lips. There was a period of significant public debate about ’Black Pete’ in the Netherlands between 2012 and 2020, which divided the country with heavy and sometimes violent protests on both sides, boycotts, and extensive media and political attention. In recent years however, this debate has largely died down as the vast majority has embraced less controversial versions such as 'Chimney Sweep Pete' (with a few stripes of chimney soot) and 'Color Pete' (in all colours of the rainbow). Although the use of 'Black Pete' has become largely controversial, there are still areas of the country in which it is used and subsets of the population amongst which it is popular.

Amsterdam Open 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-12-02
This house would ignore the SCOTUS decision by considering race, in isolation, when selecting and advocating for BIPOC applicants
Infoslide

In June 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down Harvard and UNCs’ admissions programs for considering race, in isolation, when evaluating applicants (and thus race-based affirmative action). However, the decision noted that universities may still consider an applicant's discussion of how race has affected their life, as long as it is concretely tied to that applicant’s unique abilities or character traits. At Harvard, admissions decisions are ultimately made by the full admissions committee, members of which advocate for applicants. You are a member of Harvard's full admissions committee who screens applicants from your region and sends the most promising ones to the committee.

JHU Pre-WUDC 2023 · Open Grand Finals · 2023-11-24
In ethnically diverse countries, This house would require all neighbourhoods to represent the ethnic makeup of that country
ANU Spring 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-11-17
This house, as a parent belonging to a minority religion, would discourage their children from expressing their faith publicly (e.g., crossing yourself, wearing hijabs, kippahs or other articles of faith, posting on social media, publicly attending mass, synagogues, etc.)
Western University Fall Debating Championships 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-11-03
This house, as leaders of marginalised minority groups, would urge their respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes
Sunway Pre-Nationals 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-10-20
Among films depicting relations between oppressed groups and their oppressors, This house prefers films that focus on revenge (e.g., Django Unchained, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, etc.) over ones that focus on reconciliation (e.g., Glory, Green Book, etc.)
US Universities Debate Championship Tournament 2023 · Round 7 · 2023-10-20
This house believes that the BLM movement should centralise and enforce a strict organisational hierarchy
Infoslide

Black Lives Matter (BLM) refers to a decentralised social and political movement that seeks to highlight discrimination and racism in society. Today, the BLM movement often have autonomous regional branches with contrasting views on certain political matters i.e. the use of violence against the police, financial allocations and even the general trajectory of the movement.

Seri Iskandar Debate Open 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-10-14
This house opposes affirmative action for university admissions
Infoslide

Affirmative action for university admissions refers to the favourable treatment of applicants regarded as disadvantaged in the application process, e.g. quotas or greater weightages for demographics subject to discrimination, for universities and colleges.

Hong Kong Senior Debating Championships 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-10-12
This house, as leaders of a minority religion, W refrain from preaching 'religious exclusivism.'
Infoslide

'Religious exclusivism' is a doctrine that the adherents of a particular faith, or group of faiths, will attain salvation while groups that do not share this faith will not gain the blessings. In its more extreme form, religious exclusivism teaches that only the members of their religion will reach Heaven, while others will be doomed to eternal damnation. As of now, most religions preach this notion to their followers.

2023 KUDC x KIDA Fall Rookie Tournament · EFL Finals · 2023-10-07
This house supports narratives that diversity is instrumentally valuable rather than morally right
Infoslide

Narratives that suggest that diversity is instrumentally valuable include messages such as "Companies that have women in leadership are more successful" or "Having a diversity of backgrounds on college campuses improves learning." Narratives that suggest that diversity is morally right include messages such as "Having a diverse workforce is the right thing to do" or "We should make up for past discrimination by ensuring that college campuses are diverse today"

Western Inter-varsity 2023 · Partial Double Quarters · 2023-10-07
This house supports narratives that diversity is instrumentally valuable rather than morally right
Infoslide

Narratives that suggest that diversity is instrumentally valuable include messages such as "Companies that have women in leadership are more successful" or "Having a diversity of backgrounds on college campuses improves learning." Narratives that suggest that diversity is morally right include messages such as "Having a diverse workforce is the right thing to do" or "We should make up for past discrimination by ensuring that college campuses are diverse today"

Western Inter-varsity 2023 · ESL Finals · 2023-10-07
This house believes that minority communities should actively discourage their children from pursuing careers in state security apparatuses (i.e. the military, the police, immigration and border control)
14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-09-22
This house believes that progressive media should focus on "success stories" of immigrants, rather than instances of their exclusion, suffering, or vulnerabilities.
14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-09-22
This house regrets the narrative of perceiving exogamy as a means of eradicating caste.
Infoslide

Exogamy is a social custom where individuals are required to marry people outside of their community or caste. Given the heavy emphasis on endogamy to reinforce the caste system, Babasaheb saw it as a means of eradicating caste system by changing the family structure, breaking down caste barriers, foster unity and empower the marginalised community.

14th CNLU Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-09-22
This House believes that social movements should prioritise advocating for members of their population to actively participate in and reform existing systems rather than challenging them externally (e.g., Black Lives Matter advocating for Black Americans to join the police force, environmentalists seeking positions within corporations, queer movements advocating for integration within religions)
USU IV 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-09-16
This house supports the creation of charter schools for minority communities
Infoslide

For the sake of this debate, a charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates privately and independent from the established state & public education system. The operations and curriculum of the school are determined by private actors, particularly those part of the charter school's board. Unlike other forms of private education, charter schools do not have to subscribe to regulation in education beyond the requirements of having core subjects (i.e. math, science, language, etc.) but the content of subjects, regardless of them being classified as core or specialized, is up to the charter school's board.

National Asians High School Debate Championship 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-08-31
In multi-ethnic states, This house would breakup all ethnicity-based political parties and require all political parties to have an ethnic makeup proportional to the population for national elections
National Asians High School Debate Championship 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-08-31
This house supports the commercialisation of ethnic art
BAC Debate Open 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-08-17
This House prefers a world where identity politics is no longer a relevant framework for political organisation
Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Semifinals · 2023-08-12