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  • In academic departments relating to the study of marginalized groups (e.g. women's studies Africana studies etc.) this house would only allows people who belong to that marginalized group to work in that department (as professors department heads etc.).

    International Relations English Competition UGM 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-08-24

  • This house opposes the trend of happy endings in movies about minority communities.

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    Movies and shows featuring the stories and plights of minorities and marginalised communities often have a happy ending showing (whether true or not) some degree of progress towards overcoming oppression.

    International Relations English Competition UGM 2021 · 2 · 2021-08-24

  • 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.)

    International Scholastic Debating Championship 2021 (Senior) · 2 · 2021-08-20

  • For crimes against minority individuals or groups (e.g. police brutality assault on trans individuals etc.) this house would lower the burden of proof from beyond reasonable doubt to on the balance of probabilities

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    The 'balance of probabilities' is met when evidence exists to prove that the suspect is more likely than not to have committed the crime. A finding of probable cause does not require whether there is evidence to secure a conviction or whether there is evidence that could acquit the suspect.The standard of 'beyond reasonable doubt' is met when evidence exists to produce moral certainty that the accused committed the crime. Alternatively if no such evidence exists there would be a 'reasonable doubt' that the accused did the crime thus freeing them from the charge.

    Argumentum Open 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-08-15

  • Assuming a tradeoff this house believes that advocates of racial minorities should prioritize celebration and recognition of their identities using their own platforms in the entertainment industry rather than trying to get more integration in mainstream entertainment.

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    Racial inequality in the entertainment industry is currently a large issue that is being targeted by racial minorities. One approach by advocates of racial minorities is to celebrate and recognize racial identity on their own platforms by creating movies telling the lived experiences of minorities directed by directors who are minorities (ex. Jordan Peele) or focusing more attention to the events such as the Black Entertainment Television Awards (BET Awards). On the other hand some advocates believe it is better to increase diversity through integration and advocacy into mainstream media such as advocating for the Grammys/Oscars to be less racist or actors trying to star in major blockbusters like Disney projects.

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · 2 · 2021-08-13

  • This house would make it mandatory for national sporting teams should use diversity roster quotas to reflect the diversity of the national population.

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    A roster quota is a requirement that sports teams have players that are representative of the country they represent. For example a roster quota based on nationality would require that a team is made up of players that reflects the racial diversity of that country. To be specific if a US sports team has a roster of 20 players and about 15% of the American population is African-American then A MINIMUM of 3 out of the 20 players (15%) must be African-American. Roster quotas can also be done for other forms of identity such as LGBTQ+ identity ethnicity etc.

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · 3 · 2021-08-13

  • This house believes that social movements should follow social marxism

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    For the purposes of this debate, 'social marxism' is defined as the belief that members of all oppressed groups should unite and fight together. Social marxism states that you cannot support one group without also supporting all others.

    EUDC 2021 · 6 · 2021-08-02

  • In retaliation of the racial abuse, this house believes that the England national team should refuse to participate in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

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    Black players in the England football team have been subjected to a storm of online racist abuse by English fans who were unhappy about their defeat in the final of Euro 2020. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka, were the targets of the abuse after they missed spot-kicks in a penalty shootout with Italy which settled the final's results after the game finished as a 1-1 draw. In international football, the most lucrative accolade is the FIFA World Cup, hosted every 4 years, followed by regional tournaments such as the Euros and Copa America.

    The Interschool Debate 2021 · 4 · 2021-07-31

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

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    Movies and shows featuring the stories and plights of minorities and marginalised communities often have a happy ending, showing some degree of progress toward overcoming oppression

    The Interschool Debate 2021 · 2 · 2021-07-31

  • This house believes that governments of secular democracies have an obligation to censor in parts or in whole Holy Scriptures which openly discrimination against minorities

    10th UOW-M-KDU Interschool Debates (KIDs) BP 2021 · 4 · 2021-07-29

  • This house as an Eldian child in Marley Would volunteer to be a Warrior

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    In the Attack on Titan universe Eldians are an oppressed group of ethnic minorities. In the country of Marley they are forced to live in internment zones and are treated as second class citizens without any civil liberties and regularly suffer abuse from Marleyan police and civilians. 'Warriors' are Eldian children who volunteer to join the Marleyean military to become Titans extremely powerful humanoid weapons. Warriors participate in very dangerous missions often against foreign Eldians and have a maximum lifespan of 13 years. However Warriors and their family members including future generations automatically receive honourary Marleyan citizenship and gain the rights of regular Marleyan citizens.

    WSDC Macau Online 2021 · 4 · 2021-07-28

  • This house regrets the decision of the United Arab List party to join the coalition.

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    The Islamist United Arab List party has just become the first Palestinian political party to enter an Israeli government. The new prime minister is Naftalí Bennet, an ultra-nationalist who was elected with a difference of one vote, giving rise to a historically fragmented coalition (three far-right parties, two from the center, two from the left, and the United List) that came together to end the 12-year term of Benjamin Netanyahu.

    Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español Ecuador 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-07-25

  • This house believes that the Black Lives Matter movement should campaign for abolishing rather than defunding the police

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    The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is a social and political movement which protests institutional racism with a particular focus upon protesting racially motivated violence against African Americans by the police. In 2020 parts of the BLM movement began campaigning for the defunding of police. If successful defunding the police would mean that law enforcement budgets would be dramatically cut with fewer police officers. Ideally these budgets would be reallocated into public institutions. Other parts of the BLM movement believe that the police should be abolished altogether. If successful abolishing the police would mean that current law enforcement systems would be replaced entirely by alternatives to policing. These alternatives to policing may include a greater focus upon preventative measures through public health initiatives and community-based organisations and different approaches to conflict management through for example community patrols or ‘peace officers’ specialist crisis response teams or community mediation.The BLM campaign for defunding the police has had moderate success with a number of American cities decreasing funding to law enforcement agencies such as in New York Los Angeles and Minneapolis.

    Asia Schools Open - Summer 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-07-24