May 29, 2014
Ameena Ruffin and Korey Johnson with Towson University debate team coaches
It was, the largest faction of my emailers agreed, all utterly sickening. The second largest faction was the one that doubted the tournament could possibly be real. “Surely this is a hoax,” begged several readers. No, sorry, it’s what happened.
News of the debate came out in mid-April, mainly via an article on the Atlantic blog. A great many commenters shared the sentiments of my emailers, a common theme being that if these are the products of our universities, Western civilization is toast.
You might think that the white people who run CEDA would be embarrassed by all this. Not a bit of it! President Mabrey made a video statement supporting the “CEDA Four””which is to say, Mss. Ruffin and Johnson and their two opponents.
After four grueling days of competition, the team of Korey Johnson and Ameena Ruffin from Towson University emerged victorious as the 2014 CEDA national champions. They defeated the team of Rashid Campbell and George Lee, Jr. from the University of Oklahoma …
Stories have emerged attacking the champions from Towson and finalists from Oklahoma for their argumentative choices and style. These stories … lack research, integrity, and represent the worst of our human bigotry. These attacks on Towson, Oklahoma, and others in our debate community are motivated by racism and fear.
Now, I”ve come in for plenty of abuse in the past because of negative things I”ve said about blacks. The things in question are, to the best of my understanding, all true; but apparently truth is no defense in this zone.
In any case, I”m not aware of harboring any negative feelings about blacks. They just are what nature made them, like the rest of us; it’s nobody’s fault, and I harbor no ill will”certainly not “hate.” I try to be polite, and to give every man his due.
What I want to know, contemplating Paul Mabrey, Carrie Wells, Megan Gilliland, and the mighty host of whites who agree with them”including those whooping and applauding in the debate hall March 24th”what I really, desperately want to know is: What in God’s name is wrong with white people?
