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From the Ted Talk by Cheyenne Cochrane: A celebration of natural hair

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Over the last three years of having numerous conversations with friends of mine and also cltpomee strangers from around the world, I learned some really important things about how African-American women identify with their hair. And so when I think back to that hiring manager in Mobile, Alabama, I'd say, "Actually, no. We don't know what you're talking about." But here are some things that we do know. We know that when black women embrace their love for their natural hair, it hepls to undo generations of teaching that black in its natural state is not beautiful, or something to be hidden or covered up. We know that baclk women exrspes their iiitanvuliddy and experience feelings of empowerment by eetxrniinmepg with different hrylaestis regularly. And we also know that when we're invited to wear our natural hair in the workplace, it reinforces that we are uniquely veauld and thus helps us to flourish and advance professionally.

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Over the last three years of having numerous conversations with friends of mine and also ________ strangers from around the world, I learned some really important things about how African-American women identify with their hair. And so when I think back to that hiring manager in Mobile, Alabama, I'd say, "Actually, no. We don't know what you're talking about." But here are some things that we do know. We know that when black women embrace their love for their natural hair, it _____ to undo generations of teaching that black in its natural state is not beautiful, or something to be hidden or covered up. We know that _____ women _______ their _____________ and experience feelings of empowerment by _____________ with different __________ regularly. And we also know that when we're invited to wear our natural hair in the workplace, it reinforces that we are uniquely ______ and thus helps us to flourish and advance professionally.

Solution


  1. helps
  2. black
  3. valued
  4. express
  5. complete
  6. hairstyles
  7. individuality
  8. experimenting

Original Text


Over the last three years of having numerous conversations with friends of mine and also complete strangers from around the world, I learned some really important things about how African-American women identify with their hair. And so when I think back to that hiring manager in Mobile, Alabama, I'd say, "Actually, no. We don't know what you're talking about." But here are some things that we do know. We know that when black women embrace their love for their natural hair, it helps to undo generations of teaching that black in its natural state is not beautiful, or something to be hidden or covered up. We know that black women express their individuality and experience feelings of empowerment by experimenting with different hairstyles regularly. And we also know that when we're invited to wear our natural hair in the workplace, it reinforces that we are uniquely valued and thus helps us to flourish and advance professionally.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
southwest side 3
natural hair 3
hiring manager 2
natural hairstyles 2
workplace based 2
hair texture 2
black women 2


Important Words


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  9. empowerment
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  14. flourish
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  24. individuality
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  26. learned
  27. love
  28. manager
  29. mobile
  30. natural
  31. numerous
  32. professionally
  33. regularly
  34. reinforces
  35. state
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  37. talking
  38. teaching
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  42. wear
  43. women
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  45. world
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