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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

  1. definition
  2. racial
  3. literally
  4. multiracial
  5. number
  6. minimizes
  7. 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

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
multiracial people 2

Important Words

  1. american
  2. apples
  3. blue
  4. box
  5. categorizing
  6. choose
  7. color
  8. combinations
  9. comparing
  10. contained
  11. cultures
  12. definition
  13. effect
  14. experience
  15. fit
  16. forced
  17. forcibly
  18. literally
  19. measures
  20. million
  21. minimizes
  22. multiracial
  23. navy
  24. number
  25. oranges
  26. people
  27. percent
  28. periwinkle
  29. person
  30. population
  31. race
  32. races
  33. racial
  34. shade
  35. small
  36. spectrum
  37. square
  38. varies
  39. ways
  40. wide