The United States Federal Government ought to pay reparations to African Americans.

Um, so, debate structure on this website is a little different than other places and in real life. First you give arguments, refute other arguments, defend against refutations, etc etc. Just because I didn't build on my case doesn't mean anything - I assume we were following the rules of this website and their basic structure. Not building on my case is not an auto-win for you - that's convention. Even if you were right, you broke the same rules that you are trying to impose on me, so it's moot. In round 3, you refute round 2; round 4 refutes round 3; you refute the previous round. Con starts off by saying that the USFG ought to PAY reparations, not just recognise issues. Is not paying respects to someone a form of the word pay, and you are recognising their life before you? That's how the word "pay" is being used here, and it's easy to see why: feasibility in a morality debate is a waste of time and does not hold up with logic. Therefore, I propose the judge uses the definition which meets the resolution's meaning. C1. A. Even if I did list only one example, it highlights the point that was underlying the entire contention: there are invisible barriers surrounding rae that do not allow for people to be recognised for their hard work. Now, my opponent says that black people get awards all the time - but is it not strange that the best movie of all time was not given any nods for awards, while the most boring and least seen was given many awards, the only real difference between the two being racial composition? How can we allow for black people in the US to excel if when they give the best performance of all time, they do not get recognition, solely based on their race? B. I did give statistics about perception of race - I cited a study done that says that people perceive blacks to receive less pain. The point isn't that white people perceive more racism than black people, it's that this internal struggle for black people exists at such a level that the very reason they do not get an award is because of their race. The only linkage to Taylor Swift is that Taylor thought that she was being attacked because Minaj said that she didn't get an award because of her race - showing that white people, on balance, tend to feel insecure about their race because they actually know of the systemic oppression in place against black people. C2. It is a fact that Beyonce is the best human being on the planet - my warrant for this is that First Lady Michelle Obama says that she would be her. You have not dropped my evidence for this, essentially conceding it completely; for the purposes of this debate, Beyonce is the best person in the world because of the concession from con. It is possible for AA's to become multimillionaires, for sure, but when the only thing that is keeping Beyonce from having hundreds of millions, or dare I say billions/trillions, of dollars is her race, we know that something is up, and that something isn't good. It's a systemic attack on black people by society, culture, and the government. Overall, my claims said that we have an interest to fund those that cannot get a voice in modern culture, and to pay Beyonce what she rightly deserves.