University societies around Australia are dedicated to debating in national and international tournaments but these societies have acknowledged a problem with diversity in their community. For most people, debating is a high school extra-curricular activity. In reality, it’s an elite sport in universities all over Australia that takes students as far as Cape Town for […]
Author: Faith Limantono
A community of privileged white males: the secret world of competitive, inter-varsity debating.
Private school graduates, trained in the skill of arguing, make up a community struggling with diversity and inclusion.