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Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds on the topic areas for the 2022 NSDA National Tournament. USX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Thursday and IX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Friday. This is meant to help extempers assemble resources to prepare for the competition in Louisville. This week we tackle USX topic area #9 on Racial Justice.
Opinion | How to Make Higher Education the Engine of Opportunity, Mobility and Racial Justice https://t.co/sDHnITjx0u pic.twitter.com/RMolZlaaOw
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) June 8, 2022
“Whether the United States would have pursued racial justice without the threat of humiliation on the international stage and the pressure exerted by powerful global rivals remains an open question.”https://t.co/OSdHndIUfh
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) May 25, 2022
Two years after the police murder of George Floyd set off racial justice protests around the world, Minneapolis community members and activists say the city has failed to make good on promises for meaningful change in the police department. https://t.co/SzmJ0oitmh
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) May 25, 2022
Racial justice groups press Biden to form reparations commission https://t.co/dMTMN4NVsd pic.twitter.com/zXP1cpYzNl
— The Hill (@thehill) May 6, 2022
Activists, workers press Google founders to support racial equity audit https://t.co/gcZaZTXfXz pic.twitter.com/zOuad8Fphw
— The Hill (@thehill) May 27, 2022
The situation in Texas illustrates the challenge facing the Biden administration, which has pledged to focus on racial equity but is struggling to protect low-income communities of color from the growing threat of climate change. https://t.co/M4nkVTvTc6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 11, 2022
The Federal Reserve has sought a more inclusive recovery from the pandemic, but its impending interest rate hikes could reverse progress made in reducing racial disparities in unemployment. https://t.co/Ds2m3fpYXJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 31, 2022
Five areas California’s reparations panel says the state should focus upon https://t.co/SbIViDKQBy pic.twitter.com/Iaar4HMmus
— The Hill (@thehill) June 5, 2022
Jonathan Mitchell, the architect of the law that sharply curtailed abortions in Texas, has turned his attention to arguing against affirmative action. https://t.co/UoKzMcf1jg
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 24, 2022