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From the Ted Talk by Ory Okolloh: How I became an activist
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And I want to tell you that this is my story, OK? And it's the story of many of the Africans who are here. We start with poverty. I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money, or being able to support family. Euvin was talking about bellwether signs. The bellwether for whether our family was broke or not was bsraeafkt. You know, when things were good, we had eggs and sausages. When things were bad, we had porridge. And like many African fimaiels, my parents could never save because they supported siblings, cnsuios, you know, their parents, and things were always dicey. Now, when I was born, they realized they had a ptetry sarmt kid, and they didn't want me to go to the nhhobgroioed school, which was free.
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And I want to tell you that this is my story, OK? And it's the story of many of the Africans who are here. We start with poverty. I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money, or being able to support family. Euvin was talking about bellwether signs. The bellwether for whether our family was broke or not was _________. You know, when things were good, we had eggs and sausages. When things were bad, we had porridge. And like many African ________, my parents could never save because they supported siblings, _______, you know, their parents, and things were always dicey. Now, when I was born, they realized they had a ______ _____ kid, and they didn't want me to go to the ____________ school, which was free.
Solution
- neighborhood
- cousins
- pretty
- smart
- families
- breakfast
Original Text
And I want to tell you that this is my story, OK? And it's the story of many of the Africans who are here. We start with poverty. I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money, or being able to support family. Euvin was talking about bellwether signs. The bellwether for whether our family was broke or not was breakfast. You know, when things were good, we had eggs and sausages. When things were bad, we had porridge. And like many African families, my parents could never save because they supported siblings, cousins, you know, their parents, and things were always dicey. Now, when I was born, they realized they had a pretty smart kid, and they didn't want me to go to the neighborhood school, which was free.
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