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From the Ted Talk by Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa: Black life at the intersection of birth and death

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My name is Mwende kwitawa and I am a poet, a Pan-Africanist and a freedom fighter.

I was 23 years old when I first herad about Reproductive Justice. I was working at Women with a vosiin, where I learned that ripruovdecte Justice was defined by Sister Song as: One: A woman's right to dicdee if and when she will have a baby and the conditions under which she will give birth. Two: A woman's right to decide if she will not have a baby and her options for preventing or ending a pregnancy. And three: A woman's right to parent the children she already has in safe and healthy einvoemrntns without fear of violence from individuals or the government.

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My name is Mwende _______ and I am a poet, a Pan-Africanist and a freedom fighter.

I was 23 years old when I first _____ about Reproductive Justice. I was working at Women with a ______, where I learned that ____________ Justice was defined by Sister Song as: One: A woman's right to ______ if and when she will have a baby and the conditions under which she will give birth. Two: A woman's right to decide if she will not have a baby and her options for preventing or ending a pregnancy. And three: A woman's right to parent the children she already has in safe and healthy ____________ without fear of violence from individuals or the government.

Solution


  1. vision
  2. reproductive
  3. katwiwa
  4. decide
  5. heard
  6. environments

Original Text


My name is Mwende Katwiwa and I am a poet, a Pan-Africanist and a freedom fighter.

I was 23 years old when I first heard about Reproductive Justice. I was working at Women with a Vision, where I learned that Reproductive Justice was defined by Sister Song as: One: A woman's right to decide if and when she will have a baby and the conditions under which she will give birth. Two: A woman's right to decide if she will not have a baby and her options for preventing or ending a pregnancy. And three: A woman's right to parent the children she already has in safe and healthy environments without fear of violence from individuals or the government.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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reproductive justice 5
black lives 3
give birth 2
motherhood sound 2
lives matter 2
remain silent 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
black lives matter 2

Important Words


  1. baby
  2. birth
  3. children
  4. conditions
  5. decide
  6. defined
  7. environments
  8. fear
  9. fighter
  10. freedom
  11. give
  12. government
  13. healthy
  14. heard
  15. individuals
  16. justice
  17. katwiwa
  18. learned
  19. mwende
  20. options
  21. parent
  22. poet
  23. pregnancy
  24. preventing
  25. reproductive
  26. safe
  27. sister
  28. song
  29. violence
  30. vision
  31. women
  32. working
  33. years