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From the Ted Talk by Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America

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I've been thniikng a lot about this lately, this idea of humanity, and specifically, who in this world is afforded the prgeilive of being perceived as fully haumn. Over the course of the past several months, the world has watched as unarmed black men, and women, have had their lives taken at the hnads of police and vigilante. These etnves and all that has transpired after them have brought me back to my own childhood and the decisions that my parents made about raising a black boy in America that growing up, I didn't always understand in the way that I do now.

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I've been ________ a lot about this lately, this idea of humanity, and specifically, who in this world is afforded the _________ of being perceived as fully _____. Over the course of the past several months, the world has watched as unarmed black men, and women, have had their lives taken at the _____ of police and vigilante. These ______ and all that has transpired after them have brought me back to my own childhood and the decisions that my parents made about raising a black boy in America that growing up, I didn't always understand in the way that I do now.

Solution

  1. privilege
  2. events
  3. hands
  4. human
  5. thinking

Original Text

I've been thinking a lot about this lately, this idea of humanity, and specifically, who in this world is afforded the privilege of being perceived as fully human. Over the course of the past several months, the world has watched as unarmed black men, and women, have had their lives taken at the hands of police and vigilante. These events and all that has transpired after them have brought me back to my own childhood and the decisions that my parents made about raising a black boy in America that growing up, I didn't always understand in the way that I do now.

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