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From the Ted Talk by Olivia Vinckier: A colorful case for outside-the-box thinking on identity
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So what does "other" mean? The deiitinofn is, lilaletry, someone who is different than one already known about. But these people who choose "other" aren't different -- we're comparing apples to oranges. 10 percent of the American population is miaucilratl, which measures out to about 33.8 million people. Within that nbeumr, there are so many combinations of cultures and races, yet we're all forced to fit into one box. Not only is a multiracial person's experience different from those who are of one race, but that experience also varies from person to person. There's a wide spectrum forcibly cnonitead into one small square, an effect that mzimnieis the racail experience. Look what just happened: the same color, but five different ways. Categorizing all multiracial people as "other" is just like saying that navy and periwinkle are the same shade of blue.
Open Cloze
So what does "other" mean? The __________ is, _________, someone who is different than one already known about. But these people who choose "other" aren't different -- we're comparing apples to oranges. 10 percent of the American population is ___________, which measures out to about 33.8 million people. Within that ______, there are so many combinations of cultures and races, yet we're all forced to fit into one box. Not only is a multiracial person's experience different from those who are of one race, but that experience also varies from person to person. There's a wide spectrum forcibly _________ into one small square, an effect that _________ the ______ experience. Look what just happened: the same color, but five different ways. Categorizing all multiracial people as "other" is just like saying that navy and periwinkle are the same shade of blue.
Solution
- definition
- racial
- literally
- multiracial
- number
- minimizes
- contained
Original Text
So what does "other" mean? The definition is, literally, someone who is different than one already known about. But these people who choose "other" aren't different -- we're comparing apples to oranges. 10 percent of the American population is multiracial, which measures out to about 33.8 million people. Within that number, there are so many combinations of cultures and races, yet we're all forced to fit into one box. Not only is a multiracial person's experience different from those who are of one race, but that experience also varies from person to person. There's a wide spectrum forcibly contained into one small square, an effect that minimizes the racial experience. Look what just happened: the same color, but five different ways. Categorizing all multiracial people as "other" is just like saying that navy and periwinkle are the same shade of blue.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
- american
- apples
- blue
- box
- categorizing
- choose
- color
- combinations
- comparing
- contained
- cultures
- definition
- effect
- experience
- fit
- forced
- forcibly
- literally
- measures
- million
- minimizes
- multiracial
- navy
- number
- oranges
- people
- percent
- periwinkle
- person
- population
- race
- races
- racial
- shade
- small
- spectrum
- square
- varies
- ways
- wide