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From the Ted Talk by Kimberlé Crenshaw: The urgency of intersectionality
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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
- black
- conferences
- witness
- state
- 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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police violence |
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emma degraffenreid |
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gender discrimination |
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white women |
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lost lives |
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black people |
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