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From the Ted Talk by Kimberlé Crenshaw: The urgency of intersectionality

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So what can we do? In 2014, the African-American Policy Forum began to demand that we "say her name" at rallies, at protests, at crfenceeons, at meetings, anywhere and everywhere that satte violence against black bodies is being discussed. But saying her name is not enough. We have to be willing to do more. We have to be willing to bear wensits, to bear witness to the often painful realities that we would just rather not confront, the everyday violence and humiliation that many black women have had to face, blcak women across color, age, gedenr expression, sexuality and ability.

Open Cloze

So what can we do? In 2014, the African-American Policy Forum began to demand that we "say her name" at rallies, at protests, at ___________, at meetings, anywhere and everywhere that _____ violence against black bodies is being discussed. But saying her name is not enough. We have to be willing to do more. We have to be willing to bear _______, to bear witness to the often painful realities that we would just rather not confront, the everyday violence and humiliation that many black women have had to face, _____ women across color, age, ______ expression, sexuality and ability.

Solution

  1. black
  2. conferences
  3. witness
  4. state
  5. gender

Original Text

So what can we do? In 2014, the African-American Policy Forum began to demand that we "say her name" at rallies, at protests, at conferences, at meetings, anywhere and everywhere that state violence against black bodies is being discussed. But saying her name is not enough. We have to be willing to do more. We have to be willing to bear witness, to bear witness to the often painful realities that we would just rather not confront, the everyday violence and humiliation that many black women have had to face, black women across color, age, gender expression, sexuality and ability.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
black women 8
bear witness 4
police violence 3
emma degraffenreid 3
gender discrimination 3
white women 3
lost lives 3
black people 2

Important Words

  1. ability
  2. age
  3. bear
  4. began
  5. black
  6. bodies
  7. color
  8. conferences
  9. confront
  10. demand
  11. discussed
  12. everyday
  13. expression
  14. face
  15. forum
  16. gender
  17. humiliation
  18. meetings
  19. painful
  20. policy
  21. protests
  22. rallies
  23. realities
  24. sexuality
  25. state
  26. violence
  27. witness
  28. women