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From the Ted Talk by Joan C. Williams: Why corporate diversity programs fail -- and how small tweaks can have big impact

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The first pattern we call "prove it again." Some gpours have to prove themselves more than others. This is triggered by lots of different things. It's trgeeigrd by race and gender, age, disability, lbgtq status, even social clsas. So one study, for example, looked at callbacks offered to white men with identical qualifications but different hobbies. One résumé listed things like sailing and polo, and the other résumé listed things like counseling first-generation college students and country music. And, if you can believe it, Mr. Polo — he got 12 times the number of calalbkcs as Mr. Country msiuc. Too often when we talk about privilege, we forget about class.

Open Cloze

The first pattern we call "prove it again." Some ______ have to prove themselves more than others. This is triggered by lots of different things. It's _________ by race and gender, age, disability, _____ status, even social _____. So one study, for example, looked at callbacks offered to white men with identical qualifications but different hobbies. One résumé listed things like sailing and polo, and the other résumé listed things like counseling first-generation college students and country music. And, if you can believe it, Mr. Polo — he got 12 times the number of _________ as Mr. Country _____. Too often when we talk about privilege, we forget about class.

Solution

  1. groups
  2. triggered
  3. callbacks
  4. music
  5. lgbtq
  6. class

Original Text

The first pattern we call "prove it again." Some groups have to prove themselves more than others. This is triggered by lots of different things. It's triggered by race and gender, age, disability, LGBTQ status, even social class. So one study, for example, looked at callbacks offered to white men with identical qualifications but different hobbies. One résumé listed things like sailing and polo, and the other résumé listed things like counseling first-generation college students and country music. And, if you can believe it, Mr. Polo — he got 12 times the number of callbacks as Mr. Country Music. Too often when we talk about privilege, we forget about class.

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