Forum on Diversity Friday, November 8, 2013: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Grand Couteau)

124-1 Black Studies, and the Revolution in Intercollegiate Debate
Osayame Gaius-Obaseki, University of West Georgia; Michael Hester, University of West Georgia
Panelists will discuss the increase in African-American participation in intercollegiate policy debate, and the growing development of Afro-focused philosophy as an argument research base. Emphasis will be on the implications this diversification of Black style, substance, and presence has for college debate and undergraduate scholarship.