Tournament: Wake Forest | Round: 1 | Opponent: Niles West DL | Judge: Erica Duff
The abuse of the female Mexican worker is not ignored, rather it is encouraged by the elites of Mexico
Wright 2004
The United States Federal Government has completely ignored the violence the women of Juarez face every day. Economic engagement with Mexico would continue this cycle of ignorance that perpetuates this sexual violence, or femicide.
Paniagua, 10
The Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez has been declared the femicide capital of the world. These women need to be heard and seen.
Diego 2006
Irma Monreal like many others has experienced the loss of a loved one due to treatment of women in Ciudad Juarez.
Althaus ’10
Thus Nick and I advocate for a pedagogical interrogation of the institutionalized violence and domination that occurs to women in Ciudad Juarez. Women of Color experience femicide on a global scale and new educational practices should strive to terminate violence against women.
Thus the role of the ballot and the evaluator(s) in this round is who best performatively and methodologically widens the scope of debate. Opening up an inclusionary space for women of color into the resolution and political engagement in Latin America.
The white female body is placed at a much higher state than any black or brown body. This only perpetuates the the femicidal violence in ciudad Juarez and across the globe.
LAURA BARBERÁN REINARES in 2010 ("Globalized Philomels: State Patriarchy, Transnational Capital, and the Femicides on the US-Mexican Border in Roberto Bolaño’s 2666" South Atlantic Review: The Journal of the Modern Language Association 75.4 (Fall 2010): 51-72.)
Femicide is a real problem, happening now. It is in full effect and needs to be stopped.
Albuquerque and Vemala in 2008 (http://texascenter.tamiu.edu/pdf_br/v7/v7-Albuquerque.pdf)
If action is taken, we can pull through and solve the problems of femicide in Juarez, and the country of Mexico
Marín 2007 (http://www.genderforum.org/print/issues/working-out-gender/staging-femicideconfronting-reality/?print=1)