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+America has power, but not justice. |
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+In prison, we were victimized as if we were guilty. |
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+Given no opportunity to explain, it was really brutal. |
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+I bow my head in reflection but there is nothing I can do |
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+(Anonymous, Untitled, in ISLAND: POETRY AND HISTORY OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ON ANGEL ISLAND, 1910-1940, at 58 (Him Mark Lai et al. eds., 1980) hereinafter ISLAND. This poem was discovered on the walls of the Angel Island barracks, along with over 135 other poems written by Chinese immigrants awaiting either permission to enter the United States or orders for deportation from America. Id. at 23. The poems were translated by the editors whose parents were Angel Island inmates. Id. at 8. "The ordeal of immigration and detention left an indelible mark in the minds of many Chinese, a number of whom wrote poetry on the barrack walls, recording the impressions of their voyage to America, their longing for families back home, and their outrage and |
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+humiliation at the treatment America accorded them.) |
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+Our identities and culture are erased in the American legal system. We have experienced systematic exclusion since we first arrived as immigrants – data is skewed so that our experiences can never be “verified.” We’ve been speaking out through anonymous poems written on walls; the Neg performance is my way of reclaiming our hidden narratives and rejecting the idealistic assumptions of the AFF that liberation strategies through courts will ever acknowledge us. |
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+Harvard Law Review 1, 1993. (“Racial Violence Against Asian Americans.” The Harvard Law Review Association. Harvard Law Review, Vol. 106, No. 8. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1341790.pdf. Accessed 10/27/16. 1927-1929) ML |
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+Accurately measuring the... warrant special concern |
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+Pretending courts will ever acknowledge our perspectives only reentrenches the dehumanization process marginalized groups have always experienced in the legal system. The courts themselves deny us “in” status, a result of certain bodies being viewed as “foreign” – history proves, turns the AFF. |
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+Harvard Law Review 2, 1993. (“Racial Violence Against Asian Americans.” The Harvard Law Review Association. Harvard Law Review, Vol. 106, No. 8. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1341790.pdf. Accessed 10/27/16. 1936-1938) ML |
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+2. Deciding to Commit... deserving of violence.7 |
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+Also means A) analytic B) analytic |
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+Our stories are always untold, always hidden behind the Model Minority myth, exemplified in the unseen and accepted police brutality against Asian Americans. |
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+John Zhang et al, 2013. (“Policy Memo Anti Asian American Discrimination.” Asian Americans and Police Brutality. Antonio Alvarez, Isidro Cabrera, Rodolfo Mendoza. Blog. https://asianamericansandpolicemisconduct.wordpress.com. Accessed 10/31/16.) ML |
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+There seems to... Americans more efficiently. |
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+Two implications: A) analytic B) analytic |
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+Thus the Alt is to reject the AFF’s appeal to Western superiority as a way of liberation and instead utilize a grassroots method of combatting oppression. |
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+This means we use our narratives to form coalitions within marginalized communities to combat police brutality. |
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+Robert S. Chang 1, 1993. (“Toward an Asian American Legal Scholarship: Critical Race Theory, Post-structuralism, and Narrative Space.” Seattle University School of Law Digital Commons. Accesed 11/11/16. 1303-1304) ML |
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+Earlier, I showed... "model minority" stereotype. |
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+Utilizing our differences as a liberation strategy means we can break down the context in which our identities have been constructed. |
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+Robert S. Chang 2, 1993. (“Toward an Asian American Legal Scholarship: Critical Race Theory, Post-structuralism, and Narrative Space.” Seattle University School of Law Digital Commons. Accesed 11/11/16. 1320-1322) ML |
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+We can use... come in stages. |
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+The role of the judge is to be an educator concerned with including multiple perspectives in the debate round. |
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+The judge is in a position to be an inclusive educator, and has an obligation to open up the space for multiple pedagogies, or polyvocal debate. Koh and Niemi Koh, Benjamin; Neimi, Rebar; “How Do I Reach These Kids? An Affirmation of Polyvocal Debate;” (September 15th, 2015); NSD Update, Respected people in the community; Retrieved January 27th, 2016; http://nsdupdate.com/2015/09/15/how-do-i-reach-these-kids-an-affirmation-of-polyvocal-debate-by-ben-koh-rebar-niemi/ - OK |
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+For as long... of better debating. |
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+The Role of the Ballot is to performatively and methodologically combat Western superiority and liberate marginalized groups |
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+Understanding the discourse surrounding Western superiority in an educational setting is necessary for any critical analysis we start. Tikly Leon Tikly, Education and the New Imperialism, Comparative Education , Vol. 40, No. 2, Special Issue (28): Postcolonialism and Comparative Education (May, 2004), pp. 173-198, Published by: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4134648 |
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+In the above... constructed and contested. |
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+And, the myth of the model minority covers up institutional criminalization of Asian Americans, means we have to first recognize the harms of this myth before taking a general approach to the problem or interracial solidarity. Jung Jung, Soya; “The Importance of Asian Americans? It’s Not What You Think;” (April 2013); ChangeLab; (July 27th, 2016); http://www.changelabinfo.com/reports/ChangeLab_The-Importance-of-Asian-Americans.pdf - JS |
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+Another organizer, also... across all regions. |
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+My performance acts against institutional hierarchies. Poetry is a way of breaking down language and promoting stories of the oppressed. Chan Segal, Corinne – Chan, Wo; “Poet Wo Chan Uses Words To Fight Oppression;” (May 11th, 2015); PBS NewsHour; Rage poet; (August 13th, 2016); http://www.pbs.org/newshour/poetry/wo-chan-poetry-activism/ - JS |
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+“I’m expected to... point of intersectionality.” |