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From the Ted Talk by Melinda Briana Epler: 3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace

Unscramble the Blue Letters


We make a msktiae when we see devsiitry and inclusion as that side project over there the diversity people are working on, rather than this work inside all of us that we need to do together. And that work begins with unlearning what we know about success and opportunity. We've been told our whole lives that if we work hard, that hard work pays off, we'd get what we desvere, we'd live our dream. But that isn't true for everyone. Some people have to work 10 times as hard to get to the same place due to many barriers put in front of them by society. Your gdener, your race, your ethnicity, your rieligon, your dlsbiaiity, your sauxel orientation, your class, your geography, all of these can give you more of fewer opportunities for success.

Open Cloze


We make a _______ when we see _________ and inclusion as that side project over there the diversity people are working on, rather than this work inside all of us that we need to do together. And that work begins with unlearning what we know about success and opportunity. We've been told our whole lives that if we work hard, that hard work pays off, we'd get what we _______, we'd live our dream. But that isn't true for everyone. Some people have to work 10 times as hard to get to the same place due to many barriers put in front of them by society. Your ______, your race, your ethnicity, your ________, your __________, your ______ orientation, your class, your geography, all of these can give you more of fewer opportunities for success.

Solution


  1. sexual
  2. mistake
  3. disability
  4. religion
  5. diversity
  6. gender
  7. deserve

Original Text


We make a mistake when we see diversity and inclusion as that side project over there the diversity people are working on, rather than this work inside all of us that we need to do together. And that work begins with unlearning what we know about success and opportunity. We've been told our whole lives that if we work hard, that hard work pays off, we'd get what we deserve, we'd live our dream. But that isn't true for everyone. Some people have to work 10 times as hard to get to the same place due to many barriers put in front of them by society. Your gender, your race, your ethnicity, your religion, your disability, your sexual orientation, your class, your geography, all of these can give you more of fewer opportunities for success.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
underrepresented people 4
data shows 2
equal opportunities 2
creating change 2


Important Words


  1. barriers
  2. begins
  3. class
  4. deserve
  5. disability
  6. diversity
  7. dream
  8. due
  9. ethnicity
  10. front
  11. gender
  12. geography
  13. give
  14. hard
  15. inclusion
  16. live
  17. lives
  18. mistake
  19. opportunities
  20. opportunity
  21. orientation
  22. pays
  23. people
  24. place
  25. project
  26. put
  27. race
  28. religion
  29. sexual
  30. side
  31. society
  32. success
  33. times
  34. told
  35. true
  36. unlearning
  37. work
  38. working