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From the Ted Talk by Candis Watts Smith: 3 myths about racism that keep the US from progress
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Remember a long, long time ago in 2008, when we were all pining to live in a post-racial world? Well, I say that it's time for us to think bigger and dream bggier and think about what it would be like to live in a post-racist world. But in odrer to do that, we'd have to come together to have a shared definition of racism — not just in the matter of hearts and minds, but in systems, policies, rules, decisions made over and over again to marginalize some people — and agere to become anti-racists — people who lraen more and do better.
Open Cloze
Remember a long, long time ago in 2008, when we were all pining to live in a post-racial world? Well, I say that it's time for us to think bigger and dream ______ and think about what it would be like to live in a post-racist world. But in _____ to do that, we'd have to come together to have a shared definition of racism — not just in the matter of hearts and minds, but in systems, policies, rules, decisions made over and over again to marginalize some people — and _____ to become anti-racists — people who _____ more and do better.
Solution
- bigger
- learn
- agree
- order
Original Text
Remember a long, long time ago in 2008, when we were all pining to live in a post-racial world? Well, I say that it's time for us to think bigger and dream bigger and think about what it would be like to live in a post-racist world. But in order to do that, we'd have to come together to have a shared definition of racism — not just in the matter of hearts and minds, but in systems, policies, rules, decisions made over and over again to marginalize some people — and agree to become anti-racists — people who learn more and do better.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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racial inequality |
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racial attitudes |
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racial disparities |
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special brand |
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white folks |
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research shows |
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Important Words
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- bigger
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- dream
- hearts
- learn
- live
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- marginalize
- matter
- minds
- order
- people
- pining
- policies
- racism
- remember
- rules
- shared
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- world