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  • This house believes that Black Lives Matter should closely integrate the black church and elements of black liberation theology (the narrative that liberating the oppressed is the core of Christian doctrine) into its organisational structure and doctrines.

    Doxbridge IV 2021 · Open Octos · 2021-06-26

  • This house believes that the academic community should heavily deprioritize the use of quantitative methods in research about minorities

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    Quantitative methods in research pertain to techniques that objectively measure a desired variable or outcome. For example, getting the average time spent by teens in front of computers in hours, and measuring the likelihood that an individual passes away without disabilities/comorbidities. Conversely, qualitative methods rely on subjective interpretations and analyses of an individual's lived experiences and narratives in order to generate conclusions and theories. For example, interviewing and conducting focused group discussions with stakeholders

    Mayon Open Debate Cup 2021 · 2 · 2021-06-25

  • This house, as an Eldian child in Marley, W 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.

    Malaysia Nationals WSDC · 4 · 2021-06-19

  • This house supports retrospective representation of BIPOC characters in film or tv adaptations

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    Retrospective representation is the act of including marginalized groups in the re-adaptation of pieces of fiction/stories/art. For instance in the the novel Bridgerton producers and writers of the Netflix adaptation used the novel which was an all-white cast in Regency era London set in the 1800s and changed its contents in the tv show to include a large Black cast of actors to replace the original white characters written.

    Hart House Women and Gender Minorities Tournament 2021 · 2 · 2021-06-15

  • This house would publish an expose on Paul's past corruption

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    Paul is a person of color who is running for an elected position. He is a progressive, who advocates for policies that would greatly improve welfare for minority communities and ensure economic development. You are a young journalist who strongly believes in progressive ideas. You have come across evidence that several years ago, Paul illegally assisted in covering up for a colleage who had accepted bribes. You are reasonably confident that no one else will find this evidence if you say nothing."

    NAWGMDC · Novice Final · 2021-06-12

  • This house believes that left wing media should focus on 'notable achievements' of immigrants, rather than instances of their exclusion, suffering, or vulnerabilities.

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    India follows a quasi-federal system of governance where the centre and state share powers with the central government often having more powers. Mamata Banerjee (Trinamool Congress), the incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal, has long been criticised for her politics due to her tendency to appease religious minorities in the historically, culturally, and ethnically diverse border state. Her soon to be 3 term long rule has also been criticised on the grounds of slow economic progress. BJP, the controversial ruling party at the centre made significant headway in the 2021 Bengal Elections, increasing its number of seats from just 3 to 77 in a mere five years. this progress is often credited to the strong never-done-before Hindutva narrative they pushed in the state alongside promises of swift economic development.

    DSNPD · Open Semis · 2021-06-05

  • This house believes that modern BLM movements should seek assistence from modern socialist governments (China, Cuba, Vietnam)

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    In the 60s Huey Newton (Leader of The Black Panther Party) met with Chairman Mao and travelled China with Mao, as Newton was interested in the model of Chinese socialism Mao had created. After their meeting Newton was allowed to print copies of the Quotations to increase education of socialism among the people and raise money for the party. Castro in Cuba regularly offered policial asylum to Black Panthers who were prosecuted by the US government

    Alex Trebek Random Pro Am · Open Final · 2021-05-24