Kare 11’s Jana Shortal interviewsÌýMarshall Steele, from Central High School,Ìýand Sandy Bolton, from Roosevelt High School, about civil debate. Both students attended Augsburg’s Minnesota Urban Debate League summer camp, a program which provides resources and programming to supportÌýcompetitive academic debate at Twin Cities high schools and middle schools.
How can emotion and civility co-exist? ShortalÌýasked. “Try toÌýunderstandÌýpeople’s points evenÌýif there’s something you fundamentally disagree with,” Bolton said. “There are backgrounds that lead to people having opinions that are insensitiveÌýbut haveÌýfundamental reasoning behind them that you have to understand in order to engage with them well.”
See the full interview on.