Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: IDK | Judge: IDK
Speaking for the other without actually including them in the conversation is an act of systematic oppression.
Alcoff (Linda ~Professor of Philosphy at Syracuse University~, "The Problem of Speaking for Others", Women’s Studies and Political Science, 1995, JS)
Feminist discourse is not the only site in which the problem of speaking for others
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oppressed is becoming increasingly criticized by members of those oppressed groups themselves.
Only the use of hip-hop allows the other to speak for them-selves. Specifically, Rap displays the struggles of the "other" referred to in the Affirmative world.
Hodge 13 (Daniel~Professor of Philo at North Park Univ~, "No Church in the Wild: An Ontology of Hip Hop’s Socio-Religious Discourse in Tupac’s "Black Jesuz", Nomos Journals, March 23 2013, JS)
Hip Hop is a voice: a voice that openly speaks for the marginalized,
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pieces that mediate the growing gulf between traditional Christianity and Hip Hop culture.
So, Keith Cozart writes:
("Hate Bein Sober", December 2012, Finally Rich, JS)
Dn I hate being sober, I’m a smoker
Fredo a drinker, Tadoe off molly water
We can’t spell sober
Ballout roll up, when we roll up b*tches be on us
So the lot smoking and I’m drinking
It takes over for no reason
Cause we can’t spell sober
Ya know us, we smoke strong bruh
Watch me roll up
Cause I can’t spell sober
The Astral Plane 2 explains Keith Cozart(~From Website:The Astral Plane is
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.~ "The Potent Nihilism of Sosa", December 17 2012, JS)
Whether he meant to or not (and I am in no position to speculate
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bitch, and this makes me worry that nobody will fill this role.
The only possible alternative is to reject the affirmative’s mindset of reform. Every attempt at reform has led to an ontological restructuring of the "other". Immortal Technique Writes
("The Poverty of Philosophy", Revolutionary vol 1., 2008, JS)
Most of my Latino and black people who are struggling to get food, clothes
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into buying overpriced, unnecessary goods while exporting huge portions of their natural resources
We must break down governmental hierarchies and allow the "other" to rule themselves; no institutions and no voting. Immortal Technique 2 writes
("Freedom Of Speech", Revolutionary Vol 2., 2003, JS)
Foucault 82(Michel~French Philosopher~, "The Subject and Power", Harvester Press, 1982, JS)
A writer in a well-known French newspaper once expressed his surprise : "
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analyze specific rationalities rather than always invoking the progress of rationalization in general.
Spanos 93 (William~Professor of English at Binghamton University~, "The End of Education: Towards Posthumanism" , 1993, JS)
In insisting that the theoretical practice of the oppositional intellectuals ought to be a local
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the benefit of all "mankind," if not for knowledge’s own sake.