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In a functional democratic country this house would use weighted voting system to grant more influence to the marginalized community
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Weighted voting is a voting method that allows certain individuals to have more or less influence over voting outcomes. In a non-weighted vote all voters have the same amount of power and influence over voting outcomes

Hasanuddin British Parliamentary 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-11-23
This house as African-American parents would send our kids to predominantly white school
Indonesia Varsity English Debate 2020 · Open Pre-Semis · 2021-11-21
This house believes that Indonesian government should shift its nation building narrative from unity in diversity to single national identity
Indonesia Varsity English Debate 2020 · 3 · 2021-11-21
This house opposes blind hiring
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Blind hiring is the removal of all details in a resume or profile that can be subject to bias. These details include names photos racial ethnicity colleges and universities attended previous employers and etc. Instead of being selected based on experience candidates will undergo a series of assessments and work samples to prove their skills talents and abilities. this method of hiring is used in order to eliminate bias relating to a candidate’s background.

Aurora Bells Cup English Asian Parliamentary Debate 2021 · 1 · 2021-11-21
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 faiThis house, posting on social media, publicly attending mass, synagogues etc.)
AUDP Parliamentary Debate · Open Final · 2021-11-20
This house supports first generation immigrants to the West encouraging their children to fully assimilate and identify with the local culture.
Symbiosis Law School Pune Parliamentary Debate 2021 · 5 · 2021-11-20
This house supports dating apps that are exclusive to members of particular ethnic communities (e.g. AsianDating.com WhereWhitePeopleMeet etc.) (dating)
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Tokyo NEADC 2021 · 2 · 2021-11-20
This house believes that historically oppressed communities should heavily prioritise teaching values of individualism to their children
Durham IV 2021 · 1 · 2021-11-20
This house, as new immigrants, Would prioritise the preservation of their traditional culture in the household over assimilating to the new culture
DTU PD 2021 · Novice Semis · 2021-11-20
This house believes that diasporas should actively seek a connection with their ancestral heritage (ancestral)
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Tokyo NEADC 2021 · 6 · 2021-11-20
This house, as leaders of marginalized minority groups, would urge respective communities to partake in greater social integration at the expense of sustaining unique cultural attributes
Sydnery AWDC 2021 · 5 · 2021-11-19
This house, as an up and coming lawyer from a minority background, would choose to be an 'adversarial lawyer' instead of a 'moral activist' lawyer
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An adversarial lawyer believes their duty is to advocate for their client's interest as zealously as possible and believe that they are not morally responsible for either the ends or means of representation, provided they are lawful. A moral activist lawyer sees forwarding social justice as their primary duty. They aim to improve substantive justice through: public interest lawyering, law reform activities, and counselling clients to act morally.

Sydnery AWDC 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-19
This house would introduce racial quotas for healthcare professionals (e.g. nurses, doctors)
Cambridge IV 2021 · 2 · 2021-11-13
This house would require media corporations to delegate significant authority on media reports of minority individuals/communities to reporters from those minority communities.
HDS KNC 2021 · 4 · 2021-11-12
That teachers and parents belonging to oppressed minority groups should teach children within their group to contribute to the welfare of the group even if it comes at a personal cost
IUBDC National IV 2021 · 1 · 2021-11-12
This house, as India, would grant minority communities independent courts
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Many minority communities have independent court systems, for example, Indigenous nations in the United States or the Shariah family courts in the United Kingdom

19th Annual Premchand Debates 2021 · 4 · 2021-11-12
This council believes that exploitation of the Papuan people can be a mitigating factor in court decisions to punish perpetrators of the West Papua National Liberation Army
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On 17 September 2021 the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) claimed responsibility for the burning of public buildings including a clinic, bank office, school building and market and an attack by 50 people on six medical workers in a village in Kiwirok City, Bintang Mountains Regency. Four medical workers jumped into a ravine to hide from the attackers and one of them was found dead. The joint rescue team identified a nurse who suffered stab wounds to the back as well as a doctor who broke his arm after being hit with an iron rod by the assailants. According to witness reports, one of the nurses, Gabriella Meilani, was sexually assaulted and murdered before being thrown off a cliff. 'Mitigation factors' include facts or circumstances that reduce the severity or guilt of a crime.

Padjadjaran Fest and Conference 2021 · 2 · 2021-11-12
This house believes that wealthy people from marginalized communities should not be subject to inheritance and estate tax
19th Annual Premchand Debates 2021 · 5 · 2021-11-12
This house would grant minority communities with independent courts standing to prosecute all cases involving members of their community, regardless of location
19th Annual Premchand Debates 2021 · 4 · 2021-11-12
That we will mandate housing allocations to follow benign quota systems.
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'Benign quota' is a fixed ratio in housing occupancy on the basis of race or ethnic origin. this policy establishes racial/ethnic quotas for public housing blocks where a proportion of flats in each neighborhood is allocated to diverse groups. Owners are free to buy and sell flats to persons of any ethnicity as long as racial/ethnic limits of the neighborhood are maintained.

IUBDC National IV 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-12