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I just finished watching this fascinating documentary on High School debate. It follows students through the fast pace, high intensity life of debate. There were many groups followed but the debate seemed to be surrounded by one sole group.

Richard and Louis, two very strong debaters, who are of the african heritage, used this high school debate as a ploy for their fight for freedom and used it as a cause to make their point known about Racisim.

They believed that while the majority of people who debated in the program were white and rich, therefore, of an elite group and the rules and guidelines of debate excluded anyone of humble or regular origin. While their debate was passionate and I believe does present some factual evidence I also feel that by claiming everyone who debated by the rules that were required in debate was therefore presenting a racist ideal REALLY got under my skin.

It's a bit hypocritical to call one group of people racist simply on what they've been taught, without getting to know the person. Because I was born white does not make me automatically a racist but that is exactly what they were claiming. There's no validity in their point if by assuming one to be racist they are in fact being racist themselves.

They cried for a fight against racismn and quoted Martin Luther King and Malcom X, but they personally were not involved in the kind of riducule that was bestowed upon their ancestors. And they also were NOT the only people put under that sort of oppression.

Maybe I'm being a little too passionate and taking it all a little too personally but I believe it is reverse discrimintation that is really hitting this nation hard. The used-to-be miniority races claim because of something that our ancestors decided makes us all racist and they fight like they have a personal chip on their shoulder. My family comes from a native american background but you don't see me fighting for their rights, and they were opprssed and killed off just like slaves.

I FIND THIS KIND OF ARGUMENT TO BE IDIOTIC.

And by making this argument against it, I'm sure I will be labeled as a racist but, if Richard and Louis can claim some sort of victim role then why can't I?