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From the Ted Talk by Mary Bassett: Why your doctor should care about social justice

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I regret not speaking up in zabmbiwe, and I've promised myself that as New York City's Health csiomemnisor, I will use every ottipnpuory I have to sound the alarm and rally support for health equity. I will sepak out against racism, and I hope you will join me, and I will join you when you speak out against sexism or any other form of inequality. It's time for us to rise up and collectively speak up about sttruruacl inequality. We don't have to have all the answers to call for change. We just need courage. The health of our patients, the health of us all, depends on it.

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I regret not speaking up in ________, and I've promised myself that as New York City's Health ____________, I will use every ___________ I have to sound the alarm and rally support for health equity. I will _____ out against racism, and I hope you will join me, and I will join you when you speak out against sexism or any other form of inequality. It's time for us to rise up and collectively speak up about __________ inequality. We don't have to have all the answers to call for change. We just need courage. The health of our patients, the health of us all, depends on it.

Solution

  1. zimbabwe
  2. structural
  3. speak
  4. commissioner
  5. opportunity

Original Text

I regret not speaking up in Zimbabwe, and I've promised myself that as New York City's Health Commissioner, I will use every opportunity I have to sound the alarm and rally support for health equity. I will speak out against racism, and I hope you will join me, and I will join you when you speak out against sexism or any other form of inequality. It's time for us to rise up and collectively speak up about structural inequality. We don't have to have all the answers to call for change. We just need courage. The health of our patients, the health of us all, depends on it.

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  16. patients
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  18. racism
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  22. sexism
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  26. structural
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