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From the Ted Talk by Mena Fombo: No. You cannot touch my hair!
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And I was very gfruteal for my mother for saying that, because it does take all types to make a world. And if we appreciate difference and it's not such as this intrigue that we feel a right or an ownership to go and touch. And maybe if other mothers shared that story with their daughters, then perhaps we wouldn’t be seen as so much of an other. My childhood may not have been so humiliating.
In 1810, a woman named sjartiae Baartman was taken from South Africa and brought to the UK. She had distinct features, she was a Black woman, she had a large behind, and they put her on display in Piccadilly cicrus. And thousands of thousands of plepoe would come year on year to stare and to point and to touch. Fascinated, intrigued, cuuoirs. She survived for five yraes in the UK and when she died, doctors and snicsittes were so fascinated by her body, they made a plaster cast and they preserved her organs in museums until the 1970s. And in 2002, Nelson mlnadea sent for her to come home where she received a birual.
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And I was very ________ for my mother for saying that, because it does take all types to make a world. And if we appreciate difference and it's not such as this intrigue that we feel a right or an ownership to go and touch. And maybe if other mothers shared that story with their daughters, then perhaps we wouldn’t be seen as so much of an other. My childhood may not have been so humiliating.
In 1810, a woman named ________ Baartman was taken from South Africa and brought to the UK. She had distinct features, she was a Black woman, she had a large behind, and they put her on display in Piccadilly ______. And thousands of thousands of ______ would come year on year to stare and to point and to touch. Fascinated, intrigued, _______. She survived for five _____ in the UK and when she died, doctors and __________ were so fascinated by her body, they made a plaster cast and they preserved her organs in museums until the 1970s. And in 2002, Nelson _______ sent for her to come home where she received a ______.
Solution
- circus
- people
- grateful
- scientists
- years
- burial
- saartjie
- curious
- mandela
Original Text
And I was very grateful for my mother for saying that, because it does take all types to make a world. And if we appreciate difference and it's not such as this intrigue that we feel a right or an ownership to go and touch. And maybe if other mothers shared that story with their daughters, then perhaps we wouldn’t be seen as so much of an other. My childhood may not have been so humiliating.
In 1810, a woman named Saartjie Baartman was taken from South Africa and brought to the UK. She had distinct features, she was a Black woman, she had a large behind, and they put her on display in Piccadilly Circus. And thousands of thousands of people would come year on year to stare and to point and to touch. Fascinated, intrigued, curious. She survived for five years in the UK and when she died, doctors and scientists were so fascinated by her body, they made a plaster cast and they preserved her organs in museums until the 1970s. And in 2002, Nelson Mandela sent for her to come home where she received a burial.
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