“They have a white debater on their team, which inherently means they have more whiteness than us” argues a **nationally ranked high school debater.** These kids are encouraged by the “adults in the room” to use race/gender/identity to win, instead of logic, evidence, and reasoning.
High school debate was transformational for me. It's sad that it has devolved into this anti-debate, anti-merit sham. Our only hope of reviving high school debate is to build alternative debate leagues where young Americans are judged on the merit of their argument and nothing else. That's what I've been doing with
@IncubateDebate and I will always assist those doing the same in their community/state.
Make Debate Great Again.