Definitions from Oxford English Dictionaries Ought- As an obligation, an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound Reparations- The making of amends for a wrong one has done by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged African Americans- A black American
Our weighing mechanism is,
If we the negation can prove that reparations are not legally feasible, that they will not give a substantial benefit to African Americans or the U.S. then we will have won this debate.
Contention I: Affirmative Action
Affirmative action programs are meant to level the playing field, but harms those it’s supposed to be helping by placing them at schools in which they fall below the median level of ability. A study by Duke University economists says if the bottom third of minority students at Berkeley, who hoped to graduate with a STEM major went to Santa Cruz instead, their chance of earning the degree would double. No student automatically benefits from attending a higher level school if they are not qualified to go.
The same effect can be seen in the job market. Unions, organizations, and cities give women and blacks get priority in the job market. This …show more content…
Board of Education ruled “Racial discrimination in public schools is unconstitutional, and all provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle. Basically, he is saying, you can’t segregate schools, and the government cannot discriminate upon any base. The 14th Amendment in 1868, was intended to wipe out the last vestige of inequality between the races but, truly the equality of races on a legal spectrum was achieved in saying that you can’t separate people because of their race. This resolution saying that one race deserves to be paid for wrong doings, but we have wronged everyone and separating one people group and only helping them is
Our weighing mechanism is,
If we the negation can prove that reparations are not legally feasible, that they will not give a substantial benefit to African Americans or the U.S. then we will have won this debate.
Contention I: Affirmative Action
Affirmative action programs are meant to level the playing field, but harms those it’s supposed to be helping by placing them at schools in which they fall below the median level of ability. A study by Duke University economists says if the bottom third of minority students at Berkeley, who hoped to graduate with a STEM major went to Santa Cruz instead, their chance of earning the degree would double. No student automatically benefits from attending a higher level school if they are not qualified to go.
The same effect can be seen in the job market. Unions, organizations, and cities give women and blacks get priority in the job market. This …show more content…
Board of Education ruled “Racial discrimination in public schools is unconstitutional, and all provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle. Basically, he is saying, you can’t segregate schools, and the government cannot discriminate upon any base. The 14th Amendment in 1868, was intended to wipe out the last vestige of inequality between the races but, truly the equality of races on a legal spectrum was achieved in saying that you can’t separate people because of their race. This resolution saying that one race deserves to be paid for wrong doings, but we have wronged everyone and separating one people group and only helping them is