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From the Ted Talk by Mariam Veiszadeh: How to recognize privilege – and uplift those without it

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Although that might be nice.

(Laughter)

No, that's not what I'm tknalig about. Real diversity brings about diversity of perspective, diversity of vweis and diversity of thuhgot. Ultimately, and of course, the inevitable flow-on effect is that Australian businesses will be able to better reflect and understand the needs of a multicultural Australia who is ultimately their customer base.

So with everything I've said, I want us to pause at this point. And I'm going to ask each of you to please stand. Yes, please stand. If you can't stand, then I'll ask you to please raise one hand instead. And you get to stretch your legs. No, we're not doing a yoga lesson. OK. I'm going to ask you a seiers of questions. If the anwser to the question is yes, I want you to rieman standing or with your hand up. If the answer to the question is no, then I want you to take a seat and the rest of the questions will be decetird at those people who are still standing. Please be as honest as you can.

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(________)

Although that might be nice.

(Laughter)

No, that's not what I'm _______ about. Real diversity brings about diversity of perspective, diversity of _____ and diversity of _______. Ultimately, and of course, the inevitable flow-on effect is that Australian businesses will be able to better reflect and understand the needs of a multicultural Australia who is ultimately their customer base.

So with everything I've said, I want us to pause at this point. And I'm going to ask each of you to please stand. Yes, please stand. If you can't stand, then I'll ask you to please raise one hand instead. And you get to stretch your legs. No, we're not doing a yoga lesson. OK. I'm going to ask you a ______ of questions. If the ______ to the question is yes, I want you to ______ standing or with your hand up. If the answer to the question is no, then I want you to take a seat and the rest of the questions will be ________ at those people who are still standing. Please be as honest as you can.

Solution


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Original Text


(Laughter)

Although that might be nice.

(Laughter)

No, that's not what I'm talking about. Real diversity brings about diversity of perspective, diversity of views and diversity of thought. Ultimately, and of course, the inevitable flow-on effect is that Australian businesses will be able to better reflect and understand the needs of a multicultural Australia who is ultimately their customer base.

So with everything I've said, I want us to pause at this point. And I'm going to ask each of you to please stand. Yes, please stand. If you can't stand, then I'll ask you to please raise one hand instead. And you get to stretch your legs. No, we're not doing a yoga lesson. OK. I'm going to ask you a series of questions. If the answer to the question is yes, I want you to remain standing or with your hand up. If the answer to the question is no, then I want you to take a seat and the rest of the questions will be directed at those people who are still standing. Please be as honest as you can.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
diverse minority groups 3
existing status quo 2
culturally diverse women 2

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