Originally Posted by dyna mo

"The 2014 Cross Examination Debate Association's national championship was held at Indiana University. The all African American female team from Towson University defeated the all African American male team from the University of Oklahoma.

Though this may be a first for African American women, it is not a real win for women or African Americans, but a loss for collegiate debate specifically and America in general.

I am not sure what the winners won, but it certainly wasn't a debate.

However, to be fair to the participants, the quality of collegiate debate began to deteriorate long before 2014.

All white teams won prior championships using a similar fast-talking style.

However from what I can tell, in the past the fast talk, what little could actually be understood, was at least related to the topic supposedly being debated.

This farce would be funny if it wasn't so sad. However it does provide a shocking example as to why America is a nation in decline."