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  • This house would prefer existential utility over spiritual utility while picking a new religion

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    Babasaheb Ambedkar had made a historic declaration on October 13, 1935 at Yeola (in Nashik district) of his resolve to renounce Hinduism. As a follow-up of this declaration and in order to have a blueprint for the tasks ahead, a conference titled Mumbai Ilakha Mahar Parishad (Mumbai Province Mahar Conference) was organised from May 30 to June 1, 1936 at Mumbai. In the conference, Ambedkar made a detailed and passionate speech, which was published under the title “Mukti Kon Pathe?” (“Which Path to Salvation?”). In “Mukti Kon Pathe?” Ambedkar outlined two considerations in changing religion – existential and spiritual. In explaining the existential consideration, he mainly indicated the pitiful plight of Dalits. They suffered atrocities at the feeblest violation of the caste code as perceived by the caste Hindus. Coming to the existential aspect of this problem, he observed that the lack of strength of Dalits was the root cause of the perpetuation of this conflict. Dalits did not possess any of the three strengths human beings are expected to possess, namely, the strengths of numbers, wealth and education. If Dalits relied upon their own strengThis house, they could not hope to escape their prevailing miserable state. He thus justifies his call for conversion as an existential necessity for Dalits. It followed that the religion they convert to should have a sizeable community in the country, with Islam, Christianity and Sikhism implicitly constituting his zone of consideration. The spiritual consideration in the change of religion was related with enhancing the worth of an individual. Since the Hindu religion did not have any place for an individual, it could not provide spiritual solace to anyone. According to Ambedkar, the real objective of a religion should be the spiritual development of individuals: “[B]irth of an individual is not for service of the society, it is for his or her own emancipation.” He saw the necessity of three things for the development of an individual – compassion, equality and freedom, which he saw in Buddhism.

    The DCAC Fundraiser Open 2021 · 2 · 2021-10-29

  • This house supports expropriation as an approach to tackling gentrification

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    Expropriation is when the government claims back property from private owners, against their desire, for the benefits of the public Sometimes this happens to build motorways, airports or railways. But with a growing housing crisis across Europe, some countries, such as Berlin are setting a precedent for expropriation to be used to fight gentrification and allow local people to be able to afford to live in their cities. Many argue that the contemporary housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy fixes. What is needed are large-scale solutions that tackle housing-insecurity and empower residents to challenge their increasing marginalisation. Questions have also been raised regarding the constitutionality of this approach

    Munaazrah Gender & Sexual Minorities Parliamentary Debates 2021 · 4 · 2021-10-29

  • This house believes that academics should not teach or publish content on places and people with whom they do not personally identify (e.g white academics publish on South Asian history non queer academics writing on queer history and experiences)

    Mashujaa Open 5 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-10-20

  • This house believes that members of minorities that come from privileged backgrounds (ie elites) should turn down any benefits arising from affirmative action programmes

    Zimbabwe National Trials 2021 · 5 · 2021-10-17

  • This house regrets the glorification of model minority

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    A model minority is an individual from a minority demographic who is perceived as achieving a higher degree of socioeconomic success than the average population thus serving as a reference to people outside the minority community. this success is typically measured by educational attainment representation in professional occupations household income along with other socioeconomic indicators such as low criminality and high family stability.Examples of model minorities include but are not limited to : Barack Obama Ilhan Omar Kamala Harris AOC etc. in politics or the portrayal of Asian-American as highly achieving in pop culture and so on.

    Newbies 2021 · 2 · 2021-10-16

  • This house believes that minority parents should shelter their children from the existence of racism(e.g. limiting access to books or movies which contain racist content far-right newspapers etc.)

    Umeko Cup 2021 · 4 · 2021-10-16

  • That when casting minority roles we should only cast actors from the relevant minority group

    The Australian and New Zealand Pro-Am Championships 2021 · 3 · 2021-10-15

  • This house believes that universities should prioritize increasing diversity (e.g. gender ethnicity etc.) among faculty members even at the expense of qualification

    Dies Natalis 56 Universitas Trisakti English Debate Competition · Open Final · 2021-10-11

  • This house opposes the trend of happy endings in works of fiction about minority communities

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    Works of fiction (movies, shows, stories, etc) featuring the stories and plights of minorities and marginalised communities often have a happy ending, showing some degree of progress towards overcoming oppression.

    The Grand Spar October 2021 · 4 · 2021-10-01

  • This house believes that contemporary black film makers should actively create films which embrace blaxploitation

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    Blaxploitation movies refer to groups of films that feature black actors in lead roles and center around African diasporas overcoming oppressive, antagonistic and generally white authority figures aided by lackeys selling out the community for their personal gain. The term 'blaxploitation' was coined by parts of the community in the early 70s as criticism for the images of African Americans depicted in the genre, and the typically white filmmakers at the helm of production. Prominent films of this genre range from 'Watermelon Man' and 'Blacula' from the 1970s to more recent films like 'Django Unchained' and 'BlacKkKlansman' from the 2000s which involve messages of empowerment. The genre became less popular in the 80s after it received criticisms for its 'unpolished nature' and controversial themes heavily involving drugs and violence but has since then made a more popular comeback.

    UADC 2021 · EFL Quarters · 2021-10-01