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From the Ted Talk by Sethembile Msezane: Living sculptures that stand for history's truths

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You see, public spaces are hardly ever as neutral as they may seem. I discovered this when I made this pfenocarrme in 2013 on hietgare Day. Cape Town is teeming with masculine architecture, monuments and statues, such as Louis Botha in that photograph. This overt prcnseee of white colonial and Afrikaner nationalist men not only echoes a social, gender and racial divide, but it also continues to affect the way that women — and the way, particularly, black wemon — see themselves in relation to dominant male figures in plbuic spaces. For this roeasn, among others, I don't believe that we need statues. The preservation of history and the act of rnimermebeg can be achieved in more memorable and eiftcfvee ways.

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You see, public spaces are hardly ever as neutral as they may seem. I discovered this when I made this ___________ in 2013 on ________ Day. Cape Town is teeming with masculine architecture, monuments and statues, such as Louis Botha in that photograph. This overt ________ of white colonial and Afrikaner nationalist men not only echoes a social, gender and racial divide, but it also continues to affect the way that women — and the way, particularly, black _____ — see themselves in relation to dominant male figures in ______ spaces. For this ______, among others, I don't believe that we need statues. The preservation of history and the act of ___________ can be achieved in more memorable and _________ ways.

Solution


  1. reason
  2. performance
  3. women
  4. public
  5. effective
  6. heritage
  7. presence
  8. remembering

Original Text


You see, public spaces are hardly ever as neutral as they may seem. I discovered this when I made this performance in 2013 on Heritage Day. Cape Town is teeming with masculine architecture, monuments and statues, such as Louis Botha in that photograph. This overt presence of white colonial and Afrikaner nationalist men not only echoes a social, gender and racial divide, but it also continues to affect the way that women — and the way, particularly, black women — see themselves in relation to dominant male figures in public spaces. For this reason, among others, I don't believe that we need statues. The preservation of history and the act of remembering can be achieved in more memorable and effective ways.

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Important Words


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  25. men
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  27. nationalist
  28. neutral
  29. overt
  30. performance
  31. photograph
  32. presence
  33. preservation
  34. public
  35. racial
  36. reason
  37. relation
  38. remembering
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  44. ways
  45. white
  46. women