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From the Ted Talk by Howard C. Stevenson: How to resolve racially stressful situations

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Voice-over) HS: ... dangerous, or you're a criminal because you're balck, and you're a chlid or a boy — That is wrong, it doesn't matter who does it.

JS: Dad, I need to stop you there.

HS: What?

JS: Remember when we were ...

HS: So he interrupts me to tell me a story about when he was racially ttneaeerhd at a swimming pool with a friend by two gowrn white men, which his mother confirmed. And I felt happy that he was able to talk about it; it felt like he was getting it.

We moved from the sadness of Trayvon's parents and started talking about George Zimmerman's pnrates, which, I read in a magazine, condoned the stalking of Trayvon. And Julian's rtocaein to me was priceless. It made me feel like he was getting it.

Open Cloze


(Voice-over) HS: ... dangerous, or you're a criminal because you're _____, and you're a _____ or a boy — That is wrong, it doesn't matter who does it.

JS: Dad, I need to stop you there.

HS: What?

JS: Remember when we were ...

HS: So he interrupts me to tell me a story about when he was racially __________ at a swimming pool with a friend by two _____ white men, which his mother confirmed. And I felt happy that he was able to talk about it; it felt like he was getting it.

We moved from the sadness of Trayvon's parents and started talking about George Zimmerman's _______, which, I read in a magazine, condoned the stalking of Trayvon. And Julian's ________ to me was priceless. It made me feel like he was getting it.

Solution


  1. black
  2. parents
  3. threatened
  4. grown
  5. child
  6. reaction

Original Text


(Voice-over) HS: ... dangerous, or you're a criminal because you're black, and you're a child or a boy — That is wrong, it doesn't matter who does it.

JS: Dad, I need to stop you there.

HS: What?

JS: Remember when we were ...

HS: So he interrupts me to tell me a story about when he was racially threatened at a swimming pool with a friend by two grown white men, which his mother confirmed. And I felt happy that he was able to talk about it; it felt like he was getting it.

We moved from the sadness of Trayvon's parents and started talking about George Zimmerman's parents, which, I read in a magazine, condoned the stalking of Trayvon. And Julian's reaction to me was priceless. It made me feel like he was getting it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
racial literacy 3
cultural style 3
cultural differences 2
racial conflict 2
brown people 2
racial empowerment 2
scariest moments 2
racial socialization 2
racially stressful 2
stressful encounter 2
tsunami interpretation 2
teach parents 2
native american 2
started talking 2
parents teach 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
racially stressful encounter 2

Important Words


  1. black
  2. boy
  3. child
  4. condoned
  5. confirmed
  6. criminal
  7. dad
  8. dangerous
  9. feel
  10. felt
  11. friend
  12. george
  13. grown
  14. happy
  15. interrupts
  16. magazine
  17. matter
  18. men
  19. mother
  20. moved
  21. parents
  22. pool
  23. priceless
  24. racially
  25. reaction
  26. read
  27. remember
  28. sadness
  29. stalking
  30. started
  31. stop
  32. story
  33. swimming
  34. talk
  35. talking
  36. threatened
  37. trayvon
  38. white
  39. wrong