Lewis Hamilton is a popular and influential F1 driver that has won 7 World Driver's Championships and is chasing his 8th WDC. However, he has also been a staunch advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, equal opportunity, and diversity (among other advocacies). In 2023, he publicly criticized the anti-gay measures in the state of Florida and criticized the state's controversal Dont Say Gay Law.

"Human-like AI partners" refer to humanoids that physically appear and function like human beings. They are not sentient but are programmed to act and respond based on learned behavior about what their human-partners would best want from them. (See examples of character.ai , ChatGPT , etc. for analogues to the level of sentience).

Kapwa is a key concept in Filipino culture that embodies a sense of shared identity and interconnectedness among people. It emphasizes community, empathy, and mutual respect. The term itself translates roughly to "togetherness" or "shared identity."

For the purposes of this debate, preferential treatment may refer to either subtle or explicit/public acts of financial, political, and emotional support (i.e. implicit hiring biases, giving better customer service, giving more scholarship slots to women, exclusive community programs, etc.)