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From the Ted Talk by Heather C. McGhee: Racism has a cost for everyone
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You know, it cstos us so much to raeimn divided. This zero-sum thinking, that's what's good for one gorup has to come at the expense of another, it's what's gotten us into this mess. I believe it's time to reject that old paradigm and realize that our fates are linked. An injury to one is an injury to all. You know, we have a choice. Our nation was feondud on a belief in a hierarchy of human value. But we are about to be a country with no racial majority.
So we can keep pretending like we're not all on the same team. We can keep sabotaging our success and hamstringing our own players. Or we can let the proximity of so much difference reveal our cmomon humanity. And we can finally iesnvt in our greatest asset. Our people. All of our people.
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You know, it _____ us so much to ______ divided. This zero-sum thinking, that's what's good for one _____ has to come at the expense of another, it's what's gotten us into this mess. I believe it's time to reject that old paradigm and realize that our fates are linked. An injury to one is an injury to all. You know, we have a choice. Our nation was _______ on a belief in a hierarchy of human value. But we are about to be a country with no racial majority.
So we can keep pretending like we're not all on the same team. We can keep sabotaging our success and hamstringing our own players. Or we can let the proximity of so much difference reveal our ______ humanity. And we can finally ______ in our greatest asset. Our people. All of our people.
Solution
- remain
- common
- founded
- invest
- costs
- group
Original Text
You know, it costs us so much to remain divided. This zero-sum thinking, that's what's good for one group has to come at the expense of another, it's what's gotten us into this mess. I believe it's time to reject that old paradigm and realize that our fates are linked. An injury to one is an injury to all. You know, we have a choice. Our nation was founded on a belief in a hierarchy of human value. But we are about to be a country with no racial majority.
So we can keep pretending like we're not all on the same team. We can keep sabotaging our success and hamstringing our own players. Or we can let the proximity of so much difference reveal our common humanity. And we can finally invest in our greatest asset. Our people. All of our people.
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