Narrative

What is a narrative?
1. Strays from the topic 2. Experience of person affected by the topic Talk about the topic in terms of somebodys experience. WRONG Narratives: are personal experience that express some certain event. Narratives = evidence Hip Hop artists -> Hip hop was how do we liberate ourselves by telling our story. Tu Pac. Narrative will bring into question why is it so male dominated -> whos evidence Theres a reason that stories are marketed theres a reason that certain stories of others arent taught. Just have to be expression of your experience in the Exclusion <---> Justify People think that they have to justify their right to speak, before they speak. Your aff/neg doesnt have to be justified. Abolitionists used narratives to break down slavery -> narratives are a method of change. method debate not how many strats. This method worked because -> its the truth -> its real. And allowed people Empathize. IT ALLOWS THE OPPRESSED TO SCREAM THE TRUTH FROM THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE. (YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS IMPORTANT, BUT EVERYONE ELSES IS ALSO IMPORTANT). Dont want to talk about the method in a hypothethical way -> Reason to reject or support your own -> narratives have been helped free people.

Debate Functionality
1AC with 5 stories of individuals -> IS A NARRATIVE. Just a talk about your experiences. You can read the narratives of others debatable -> you stole it?

Politics

Micropolitics
Political action in a small community (like the debate community)

Identity Politics
We are always making political statements through our actions. Politics are a question of social interaction. You make choices based of your identity. Radical Subjectivity You are who you are in a given moment of performance each and every moment is particular and unique (we are different people each and every person). E. Patrick Johnson The Embarrassed Etc. there are so many pieces of you so that other people cant just make presumptions of you until they express themselves.

What has to be in a Narrative:

Narrative is nothing more than your personal experience and no one can tell you you cant run your narrative.

How Much you should Disclose:

Do not share anything you share something that you dont feel comfortable. - Do not do something that you feel like you do not want to do.

Narrative:
Afropessimism pessimism towards representations of race. Nothing will ever change. 1% of a risk of hope. Says white people (Caucasian panel) cannot listen to those stories -> empathizing requires yourself on top of yourself? (not applicable) Empathizing makes you think youve solved something -> but you really havnt. Saying you understand the story you feel like your black but you cannot truly objectively say you understand that experience. ^^ Pretending to care/ stops all action. 1. They are not verifiable. 2. Empathy is bad 3. False question of good. 4. Forced outing/telling of your story. (works on a methodological but on a preformative >