Yesterday, we talked about how the National Speech and Debate Association was exposed as going ‘woke,’ and thus engaging in open political bias, open racial bias and even allowing for ad hominem attacks on different speakers. For instance, one judge wrote on their website how she would discriminate in favor of black people and against anyone who isn’t black as illustrated by this screenshot (highlighting added):
(Embiggen as necessary.)
And its worth taking a moment to point out that this racial discrimination harms everyone. It obviously harms everyone who isn’t black because of the discrimination, and because it suggests the actual judging is likely to be biased. If you are an Asian-American, how hard you are you going to prepare for a debate when you know the odds are stacked against you? But it also harms black people too, because it taints any victories they achieve. If you hear a black student won in debate club run by these chuckleheads, you are now going to rationally wonder if they really deserved it.
The same can be said for political bias. When any institution engages in blatant political bias, then it makes one question whether a person would actually have achieved the things on their résumé based on their merits, but were actually coddled because of their politics.
Wait, how did that picture of David Hogg, one of Harvard’s most articulate and brilliant alumni, get there?
In any case, that was the kind of thing that this high school debater, Briana V. Whatley. is talking about in this video where she absolutely torches the National Speech and Debate Association:
I'm a high school debater that has been censored. @speechanddebate and judges alike need to stop imputing their narrative into our debates.
— Briana V. Whatley (@briana_whatley) June 29, 2023
LET US DEBATE! pic.twitter.com/5Htom9vajw
After posting that video, she was able to write for the Washington Examiner where she expanded on her points:
Below is my article with @dcexaminer https://t.co/pp0PwFe6w0
— Briana V. Whatley (@briana_whatley) June 30, 2023
From the article:
At the NSDA National Qualifier debate tournament in March, my judge warned me not to mention former President Donald Trump in a debate on President Joe Biden’s foreign policy record. The judge said that mentioning Trump was ‘inappropriate.’ I was baffled. I had planned to argue that Biden’s foreign policy had fallen short in comparison to the previous administration — a perfectly valid approach, yet one I was not allowed to use, according to the judge. Put simply, I had to conform to her ideology if I wanted a chance to win.
Of course, my argument wasn’t ‘inappropriate.’ It was based on facts and evidence: Trump's presidency was enormously consequential, and Biden’s has paled in comparison. Trump convinced NATO members to increase their contributions, he was the first president in a generation not to start a new war, and perhaps most notably, he brokered the Abraham Accords. Those agreements established diplomatic recognition between various Muslim-majority states and Israel. I wasn’t allowed to say any of that. My preparation and research had gone to waste. I was censored and I lost.
She also calls out other examples of bias in the topics: ‘How has race-based affirmative action supported Black Americans?’ and ‘A Resolution to Oppose Oppressive Voter ID Laws.’
It’s shocking because they’re kind of missing the point of having a DEBATE in the first place, right?!?
— Mel (@YoMelToo) June 29, 2023
Ma'am, you will go FAR in life and I guarantee you it is 100% because of your merit.
— Bu Ustajah (@einedame) June 30, 2023
Young adults like you give me hope for our future.
— Unwhipped Cream (@JosephS03876993) June 29, 2023
A young woman to watch. https://t.co/nsNWUlpybm
— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) June 29, 2023
A Free Black Thinker has arisen: https://t.co/HP29gf7Fwg
— Free Black Thought (@FreeBlckThought) June 29, 2023
So great to hear someone your age who speaks so beautifully—clearly articulating the issues—& reasons so solidly so solidly at a time when reasoning seems to be dying or dead. Also, vitally, you don’t shrink in fear—you vocally point out the absurdity of the speech quashing(1 https://t.co/UkDSFBwl7x
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) June 30, 2023
This sort of malarkey is why I bailed on debate judging.
— RobbyBaron (@RobbyBaronUp) June 30, 2023
If I wanted to get as political as the woke liberal side was I’d simply award non points to anyone Hegelian (Marxian or etc). It’s never worked ever, never will, it’s literally detrimental to society to enable such…
Someone snuck through the system and learned how to be a critical thinker. Kudos young lady. Don’t let anyone tell you how or what to think!! You’re on the right track!
— Ken Swift (@kenswift) June 30, 2023
Oh my Briana. I feel your anger to my core. As a Double Ruby awardee (best available when i was done) and a National Forensic League finalist all events should be judged with impartiality. Maybe I need to start judging again, but I’m glad you spoke out and don’t stop. https://t.co/mfBdAMtgiQ
— Cap’n Kirk (@hawkeyekirk) July 1, 2023
Academic corruption in the US is keeping pace with the country's societal & political decay.
— Captain LatAm ☯︎ (@TweetsJoaquin) June 30, 2023
I'm glad there are people as brave and articulate as this young woman in her generation. They will be the heroes who must fight and sacrifice to turn things around.
I hope they succeed. https://t.co/jzSxSfsBFl
What’s being done to our kids in “school” is MONSTROUS. I used to debate my Uncle Bill when I was a young teen Republican and he was a brilliant liberal trial lawyer in Philly. He taught me how to debate vociferously AND love your opponent. No such lessons in schools apparently. https://t.co/2zOwnquRpx
— John Papola (@JohnPapola) June 30, 2023
We live in a world where so many in positions of institutional authority not only fail to maintain impartiality, but actively shun it.
— Whiskey Politik (@WhiskeyPolitik) June 29, 2023
Glad to see that some in the next generation understand what is being taken from them. https://t.co/jM2Gp8Uzp3
Not every young person is on the woke train and we are glad to see it.
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