CEDA Topic Paper Anti-Racism Proposal 2016-17 Policy Debate Claudette Colvin C.T. Vivian Chase Iron Eyes T. R. M. Howard Yuri Kochiyama Reies López Tijerina Daisy Lee Gatson Bates Anti-Racism Topic Paper April 2016 Janet Escobedo, Georgia State University; Samuel Hanks, Georgia State University; Nadia Hussein, Georgia State University; and Dr. Kevin Kuswa, Berkeley Preparatory in Tampa, Florida. —with advice and feedback from Rashad Evans, University of Puget Sound and Dr. Tim Barouch, Georgia State University Page 1 of 161 “Paradigms, however, are like frost crystals that disappear on exposure to the sun. As soon as one starts talking about a paradigm, its days are numbered,” R. Delgado, ’12 “We’re living in more chains today -- through lockdowns, ankle bracelets, halfway houses,… -- than we were in the early 1800’s. That’s something to think about.” Frank W. Wilderson, ‘14 CEDA Topic Paper Anti-Racism Proposal 2016-17 Policy Debate Table of Contents Anti-Racism Topic Area Proposal .................................................................................................................................................... 4 I. “Anti-Racial Exclusion” Phrasing ........................................................................................................................ 9 Racial Disparity ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Racial Inequality .............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Comments on Term of Art .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 II. Policy Areas of Focus ........................................................................................................................................ 29 Education ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Criminal Justice ............................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Housing ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Voting Rights ................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Immigration ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 83 III. Wording Sketches.............................................................................................................................................. 93 United States Agent ........................................................................................................................................................................ 94 Multitude of Agents ......................................................................................................................................................................... 95 Verb Options ................................................................................................................................................................................... 96 IV. Macro-Political Debates .................................................................................................................................... 97 Politics DA ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 100 The Court (Agent CPs) ................................................................................................................................................................. 102 Critical Race Theory ..................................................................................................................................................................... 104 Anti-Binary Arguments Emerge from the Critique of CRT ........................................................................................................... 106 Mainstream social reform ............................................................................................................................................................. 110 V. Micro-political strategies/tactics/methods of resistance ............................................................................. 111 methods of sentiment ................................................................................................................................................................... 113 direct action ................................................................................................................................................................................... 115 academic resistance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 117 social movement activism ............................................................................................................................................................. 119 criticism/performance .................................................................................................................................................................... 120 Afro-pessimism.............................................................................................................................................................................. 121 Page 2 of 161 “Paradigms, however, are like frost crystals that disappear on exposure to the sun. As soon as one starts talking about a paradigm, its days are numbered,” R. Delgado, ’12 “We’re living in more chains today -- through lockdowns, ankle bracelets, halfway houses,… -- than we were in the early 1800’s. That’s something to think about.” Frank W. Wilderson, ‘14 CEDA Topic Paper Anti-Racism Proposal 2016-17 Policy Debate Black optimism .............................................................................................................................................................................. 126 full negation ................................................................................................................................................................................... 131 standpoint epistemology ............................................................................................................................................................... 132 revolution ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 143 story-telling .................................................................................................................................................................................... 144 civil disobedience .......................................................................................................................................................................... 146 debate ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 147 VI. Other arguments.............................................................................................................................................. 148 Postracialism ................................................................................................................................................................................. 149 Intersectionality / Multisectionality ................................................................................................................................................ 151 Racial Binaries .............................................................................................................................................................................. 153 Economic Class ............................................................................................................................................................................ 156 Commodification / Racial Capitalism ............................................................................................................................................ 158 Page 3 of 161 “Paradigms, however, are like frost crystals that disappear on exposure to the sun. As soon as one starts talking about a paradigm, its days are numbered,” R. Delgado, ’12 “We’re living in more chains today -- through lockdowns, ankle bracelets, halfway houses,… -- than we were in the early 1800’s. That’s something to think about.” Frank W. Wilderson, ‘14 CEDA Topic Paper Anti-Racism Proposal 2016-17 Policy Debate Anti-Racism Topic Area Proposal It’s time for the NDT-CEDA community to debate