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From the Ted Talk by Wale Elegbede: It takes a community to eradicate hate

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Growing up, it was not uncommon for me to come home and see my mom panieprrg a meal for what felt like the entire neighborhood. She routinely shared food with poelpe struggling. And I recall one day being angry as a teenager. It was a hot day. I'd just completed doing errands. I was looking forward to a nice home-cooked meal. But when I came home, there was little food left, because it had gone to the neooirbgohhd kids again. I was not hpapy. I just wanted to come home, eat my fill. My mom consoled me, and I settled for sllamer portions while she prepared another meal. Now, I certainly did not appreciate her that day but later realized my mom was privndoig a safe space and food for people in the cmnmoutiy that needed it.

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Growing up, it was not uncommon for me to come home and see my mom _________ a meal for what felt like the entire neighborhood. She routinely shared food with ______ struggling. And I recall one day being angry as a teenager. It was a hot day. I'd just completed doing errands. I was looking forward to a nice home-cooked meal. But when I came home, there was little food left, because it had gone to the ____________ kids again. I was not _____. I just wanted to come home, eat my fill. My mom consoled me, and I settled for _______ portions while she prepared another meal. Now, I certainly did not appreciate her that day but later realized my mom was _________ a safe space and food for people in the _________ that needed it.

Solution


  1. smaller
  2. community
  3. people
  4. providing
  5. preparing
  6. happy
  7. neighborhood

Original Text


Growing up, it was not uncommon for me to come home and see my mom preparing a meal for what felt like the entire neighborhood. She routinely shared food with people struggling. And I recall one day being angry as a teenager. It was a hot day. I'd just completed doing errands. I was looking forward to a nice home-cooked meal. But when I came home, there was little food left, because it had gone to the neighborhood kids again. I was not happy. I just wanted to come home, eat my fill. My mom consoled me, and I settled for smaller portions while she prepared another meal. Now, I certainly did not appreciate her that day but later realized my mom was providing a safe space and food for people in the community that needed it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
kan lon 6
gbogbo ayé 6
ayé lon 6
hate crimes 4
la crosse 3
stand shoulder 3
american muslim 2
important role 2
united states 2
adopted country 2
local muslim 2
muslim community 2
good people 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
gbogbo ayé lon 6
local muslim community 2

Important Words


  1. angry
  2. community
  3. completed
  4. consoled
  5. day
  6. eat
  7. entire
  8. errands
  9. felt
  10. fill
  11. food
  12. growing
  13. happy
  14. home
  15. hot
  16. kids
  17. left
  18. meal
  19. mom
  20. needed
  21. neighborhood
  22. nice
  23. people
  24. portions
  25. prepared
  26. preparing
  27. providing
  28. realized
  29. recall
  30. routinely
  31. safe
  32. settled
  33. shared
  34. smaller
  35. space
  36. struggling
  37. teenager
  38. uncommon
  39. wanted