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From the Ted Talk by María Teresa Kumar: How the new generation of Latinx voters could change US elections

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BD: Absolutely. So do you see evidence that patterns chgane regarding first- and second- gaoeteirnn Latinx voters, and how does assimilation play out in terms of long-term voting trends?

MTK: That's irnsintteeg. So at Voto Latino, we don't believe that there's an assimilation. Right? What we want is an enhancement of American culture. Just like we caebrtele St. Patrick's Day, we want to be able to celebrate our rotos and recognize the irmtonacpe of that richness. We are in a very unique moment in America, where we have the most diverse population in the world, and one can argue that that is why some people don't want us to succeed, because it's our human capital, our vision, our ability to move forward and our diversity that prepares us for this century. And so when we talk about the deefnirefcs in the Latino community, it's also the differences in America that makes us so much richer with our imagination, with our ability to have entrepreneurship, and we have to use that and harness it for good. Some poeple will say race is what is our Achilles' heel. I actually believe that it's the diversity of our reacs and our cultures that actually prepares us to battle the 21st century that it's already interglobal. And the more that we harness that beauty of that diversity, that is what ppeearrs us to compete and define the 21st century.

Open Cloze


BD: Absolutely. So do you see evidence that patterns ______ regarding first- and second- __________ Latinx voters, and how does assimilation play out in terms of long-term voting trends?

MTK: That's ___________. So at Voto Latino, we don't believe that there's an assimilation. Right? What we want is an enhancement of American culture. Just like we _________ St. Patrick's Day, we want to be able to celebrate our _____ and recognize the __________ of that richness. We are in a very unique moment in America, where we have the most diverse population in the world, and one can argue that that is why some people don't want us to succeed, because it's our human capital, our vision, our ability to move forward and our diversity that prepares us for this century. And so when we talk about the ___________ in the Latino community, it's also the differences in America that makes us so much richer with our imagination, with our ability to have entrepreneurship, and we have to use that and harness it for good. Some ______ will say race is what is our Achilles' heel. I actually believe that it's the diversity of our _____ and our cultures that actually prepares us to battle the 21st century that it's already interglobal. And the more that we harness that beauty of that diversity, that is what ________ us to compete and define the 21st century.

Solution


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  2. generation
  3. change
  4. people
  5. prepares
  6. roots
  7. interesting
  8. differences
  9. importance
  10. races

Original Text


BD: Absolutely. So do you see evidence that patterns change regarding first- and second- generation Latinx voters, and how does assimilation play out in terms of long-term voting trends?

MTK: That's interesting. So at Voto Latino, we don't believe that there's an assimilation. Right? What we want is an enhancement of American culture. Just like we celebrate St. Patrick's Day, we want to be able to celebrate our roots and recognize the importance of that richness. We are in a very unique moment in America, where we have the most diverse population in the world, and one can argue that that is why some people don't want us to succeed, because it's our human capital, our vision, our ability to move forward and our diversity that prepares us for this century. And so when we talk about the differences in the Latino community, it's also the differences in America that makes us so much richer with our imagination, with our ability to have entrepreneurship, and we have to use that and harness it for good. Some people will say race is what is our Achilles' heel. I actually believe that it's the diversity of our races and our cultures that actually prepares us to battle the 21st century that it's already interglobal. And the more that we harness that beauty of that diversity, that is what prepares us to compete and define the 21st century.

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Important Words


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