I've got to say that this debate was more organized than the previous debate we've had in class so far. Maybe because of the sufficient time, less people in a group, or the topic at hand was more appealing than the one before. Anyways, the debate today was fantastic. Each team did well in developing their arguments and rebuttals and coming up with ideas around the definition of prejudice. What was funny about our debate today was the shift from color/race into politics. However, I would say Team 2 (Prejudice is a problem in our society today) won the debate because we came up with more examples of how prejudice is effecting our society. Team 1 had mentioned statistics.
Statistics can't determine if a set of data is true or false because that deals with probability. It’s like saying statistics shows 78% of blacks are in jail would mean that all blacks have negative characteristics and we should all not trust them. Another thing was about Angelina Jolie in "Salt." She was chosen because the director might want to show how a feminine is punished and mistreated rather than Tom Cruise, a man that can take bruises. All and all, I believe Team 2 won the debate some points that Team 1 had tried to argue could also be defined as being prejudice and may cause debates like the one we had today in class. Prejudice is still a problem in our society because without it, people will view things the same as everyone else. Prejudice caused our world to suffer because if a majority of a population believes in one negative perspective then power is derived from those people that will cause havoc and destruction in the world. That is how we have war conflicts going on right now.
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