This story typifies the cowardice of many Whites. The Negroes in this story should have been disqualified for their actions andtossed out.
[url]http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2008/03/towson_u_debate .php[/url]
Towson U. Debaters Take National Championship
<DIV align=left>Nick Madigan, Baltimore Sun, March 26, 2008
The two members of Towson University's debate team happily accepted congratulations yesterday after winning a national championshipâ€â€the Cross Examination Debate Association's five-day tournament in Wichita, Kan.â€â€and making history by being the first African-Americans to do so.
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But what made the duo's achievement not only remarkable but groundbreaking was that they had turned debate traditions upside down deciding not to argue their chosen topicâ€â€whether the United States "should constructively engage with a Middle East country." Instead, in a direct challenge to the judges and the system under which they operate, the pair made their central premise the notion that, as Cooper said, "the problems of exclusion in the debate community need to be addressed first."
By that, Cooper said, he meant the "racism, sexism and homophobia" that pervade the kind of tournament at which they were speaking. "We have a responsibility to talk about these things," he said. "We talk about racism the most because it's the one we're most affected by. Even at awards banquets, they make jokes that the community laughs at, but the people who they affect don't laugh."
In addition, Cooper and Love used various forms of expression, including hip-hop, clips of songs and "spoken word," to accentuate their points, a far cry from the more straightforward, evidence-laden presentations of some of their competitors.
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[url]http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2008/03/towson_u_debate .php[/url]
Towson U. Debaters Take National Championship
<DIV align=left>Nick Madigan, Baltimore Sun, March 26, 2008
The two members of Towson University's debate team happily accepted congratulations yesterday after winning a national championshipâ€â€the Cross Examination Debate Association's five-day tournament in Wichita, Kan.â€â€and making history by being the first African-Americans to do so.
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But what made the duo's achievement not only remarkable but groundbreaking was that they had turned debate traditions upside down deciding not to argue their chosen topicâ€â€whether the United States "should constructively engage with a Middle East country." Instead, in a direct challenge to the judges and the system under which they operate, the pair made their central premise the notion that, as Cooper said, "the problems of exclusion in the debate community need to be addressed first."
By that, Cooper said, he meant the "racism, sexism and homophobia" that pervade the kind of tournament at which they were speaking. "We have a responsibility to talk about these things," he said. "We talk about racism the most because it's the one we're most affected by. Even at awards banquets, they make jokes that the community laughs at, but the people who they affect don't laugh."
In addition, Cooper and Love used various forms of expression, including hip-hop, clips of songs and "spoken word," to accentuate their points, a far cry from the more straightforward, evidence-laden presentations of some of their competitors.
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