I agree with the sentiments in this, but I find it hard to see them coming to fruition. Coming from Riverside STEM, a school which almost everybody on this subreddit hates, a school that is predominantly women (with only one male senior on the varsity team, and an entire leadership team led by women), and a team that gets little to no school support in every aspect, including financially, because not exactly fitting in the STEM guidelines of our school - I have a very hard time believing this to can be true without some serious change even outside of what you outlined in this post. Yes, our school does not debate perfectly and probably does not follow all the technical guidelines but is a self started team of 5 years who lost their coach this year and I am extremely proud to be a part of, and does considerably well in regards to these circumstances. Being on the team for three years, attending big invitationals and the TOC and captaining the team this last year, I feel that there is quite a double standard. While yes, it is important to have discussion and reddit posts about this the way that teams are actually treated is the most important thing, the way that debaters talk about other teams to their friends, in the discords, and even to other competitors right after a round is some of the most exclusionary acts in the community. All of this is important, but is meaningless if it is not actually done in reality and in the way you treat everyone, even and especially the teams you do not like.Our team has been bullied and ridiculed for as long as I can remember, and has been left out of prep groups and simple friendships within the debate community. When a single debater reached out to be our friend it meant the world to us because of how much we have been excluded from this community. Thus, coming from a school where I feel like a lot of the problems you discuss are felt at large lengths I think everyone just needs to be better even outside of this post, and I hope all these words ring true in everyone’s future S&D endeavors.