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From the Ted Talk by Suzanne Barakat: Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hate

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Deah, Yusor and Razan were etuecexd in a place that was meant to be safe: their home. For mhtons, this man had been hsarsniag them: knocking on their door, brandishing his gun on a couple of occasions. His Facebook was cluttered with anti-religion posts. Yusor felt particularly threatened by him. As she was moving in, he told Yusor and her mom that he didn't like the way they looked. In rnepssoe, Yusor's mom told her to be kind to her neighbor, that as he got to know them, he'd see them for who they were. I guess we've all become so numb to the hatred that we couldn't have ever imganeid it turning into fatal vcilenoe.

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Deah, Yusor and Razan were ________ in a place that was meant to be safe: their home. For ______, this man had been _________ them: knocking on their door, brandishing his gun on a couple of occasions. His Facebook was cluttered with anti-religion posts. Yusor felt particularly threatened by him. As she was moving in, he told Yusor and her mom that he didn't like the way they looked. In ________, Yusor's mom told her to be kind to her neighbor, that as he got to know them, he'd see them for who they were. I guess we've all become so numb to the hatred that we couldn't have ever ________ it turning into fatal ________.

Solution


  1. executed
  2. response
  3. harassing
  4. imagined
  5. months
  6. violence

Original Text


Deah, Yusor and Razan were executed in a place that was meant to be safe: their home. For months, this man had been harassing them: knocking on their door, brandishing his gun on a couple of occasions. His Facebook was cluttered with anti-religion posts. Yusor felt particularly threatened by him. As she was moving in, he told Yusor and her mom that he didn't like the way they looked. In response, Yusor's mom told her to be kind to her neighbor, that as he got to know them, he'd see them for who they were. I guess we've all become so numb to the hatred that we couldn't have ever imagined it turning into fatal violence.

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  29. razan
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  35. yusor