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From the Ted Talk by John Biewen: The lie that invented racism
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He said, in his exhaustive research, he found what he blveieed to be the first ailtauricotn of rascit iades. And he named the culprit. This guy should be more famous, or infamous. His name is Gomes de Zurara. Portuguese man. Wrote a book in the 1450s in which he did something that no one had ever done before, according to Dr. knedi. He lumped together all the people of Africa — a vast, diverse continent — and he described them as a distinct group, inferior and beastly. Never mind that in that precolonial time some of the most sophisticated cultures in the world were in Africa. Why would this guy make this cliam?
Open Cloze
He said, in his exhaustive research, he found what he ________ to be the first ____________ of ______ _____. And he named the culprit. This guy should be more famous, or infamous. His name is Gomes de Zurara. Portuguese man. Wrote a book in the 1450s in which he did something that no one had ever done before, according to Dr. _____. He lumped together all the people of Africa — a vast, diverse continent — and he described them as a distinct group, inferior and beastly. Never mind that in that precolonial time some of the most sophisticated cultures in the world were in Africa. Why would this guy make this _____?
Solution
- articulation
- racist
- claim
- ideas
- believed
- kendi
Original Text
He said, in his exhaustive research, he found what he believed to be the first articulation of racist ideas. And he named the culprit. This guy should be more famous, or infamous. His name is Gomes de Zurara. Portuguese man. Wrote a book in the 1450s in which he did something that no one had ever done before, according to Dr. Kendi. He lumped together all the people of Africa — a vast, diverse continent — and he described them as a distinct group, inferior and beastly. Never mind that in that precolonial time some of the most sophisticated cultures in the world were in Africa. Why would this guy make this claim?
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