Affirmative Action Debate: Closing Remarks (13 of 14)

The motion: "It's time to end affirmative action"

Moderator: Robert Siegel
Speaking for the motion: John H. McWhorter, Terence J. Pell and Joseph C. Phillips
Speaking against the motion: Khin Mai Aung, Kimberlé Crenshaw and Tim Wise

IQ2US marks the launch of Oxford-style debating -- one motion, one moderator, three advocates for the motion, three against -- in New York City. Each evening begins at 6:00P with a complimentary cocktail period. As you enter the theater before the debate starts at 6:45P, you cast your vote for or against the evening's motion. Those results are displayed midway through the debate as each side makes its statements. After all six panelists speak, the audience has a chance to ask the speakers questions and vote again. The debate finishes with brief summations from the panelists, the votes are tallied and a winning side is declared.

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News & Politics

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• squared
• u.s.
• iq2
• debate
• affirmative
• action
• race
• gender
• equality
• sexism
• racism
• preference
• civil
• rights

[MrRingmaster]

Joseph C. Philips doesn't belong on the panel. He is intellectually lacking and beneath his colleagues.

[PrezAlex]

And none of those Egyptians were slaves. Yep.

[freein2339]

What planet is Joseph Phillips on....???

[freein2339]

@chefawkes I agree...I had to school his punk ass on his own website....

[willia3r]

Joseph Philips is still a moron. Good lord, he is such a handkerchief head...

[Sivels]

@MrRingmaster ad hom, present an argument, or maybe your iq is too low to process arguments?

[christo930]

I don't know why anyone thinks that Asians need AA. Asians carry the stereotype of being hard working and intelligent, more so than any other race except Jews who also bear that stereotype. Personally, I would like it if people thought of white males as being the smartest and hardest working.

[christo930]

@MrRingmaster Why are you attacking this man? I agree that he was a little too emotional, but he certainly wasn't "beneath" the other panelists. Tim Wise was the worst of panel. Tim Wise is clearly over emotional, making appeals to emotion and did a poor job of advocating his position. I am not a fan of AA, but even if I was, I think he did the most poorly while McWhorter was the best. The 2 women were also outstanding, even though I disagree with their position.

[chefawkes]

Joseph is embarrassing me as a black man. 

[JayJ004]

@carlousmagnus no... he makes blacks look like we are belittled because of affirmative action... no i actually didn't because thats why i say "little" because its not much. In society jobs and colleges there are lest then 12 percent and whites maintained 85 percent on avg. They make it seem that if your black, your guaranteed a job weather your qualified or not, which is not true.

[JayJ004]

@MrRingmaster I kinda disagree, he is a smart man, he sees that some blacks make excuses in the economy. But thats all he is saying, and he don't want to play the stereotype of "welfare", and "affirmative action", but the opposing already demolished his argument by stating that whites are privileged, and they benefited from that, so why can't blacks benefit from these little helping hands.

[sue01234567890]

Thumbs up if you laughed during Joseph C. Phillips closing statement.