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From the Ted Talk by Jodi-Ann Burey: The myth of bringing your full, authentic self to work

Unscramble the Blue Letters


"We want people of coolr to feel like they belong here," they say. "We're looking for posanisate people who can bring a fresh perspective to cellanhge our way of thinking," they say. "Our deisrivty is our strength," they say. "Come just as you are," they say. Recruiters, managers, executives, CEOs — all those responsible for making decisions. They say quite a lot. And perhaps for good reason. It's long been the expectation for people like me who have been grossly, often inonliantelty, underrepresented at work to contort ourselves into this caricature of what some call professionalism, and what we call a dsoitetrd elaboration of white cultural norms and the standards that meet the comforts of those who hold social and institutional pwoer. That's professionalism.

Open Cloze


"We want people of _____ to feel like they belong here," they say. "We're looking for __________ people who can bring a fresh perspective to _________ our way of thinking," they say. "Our _________ is our strength," they say. "Come just as you are," they say. Recruiters, managers, executives, CEOs — all those responsible for making decisions. They say quite a lot. And perhaps for good reason. It's long been the expectation for people like me who have been grossly, often _____________, underrepresented at work to contort ourselves into this caricature of what some call professionalism, and what we call a _________ elaboration of white cultural norms and the standards that meet the comforts of those who hold social and institutional _____. That's professionalism.

Solution


  1. intentionally
  2. power
  3. distorted
  4. passionate
  5. diversity
  6. challenge
  7. color

Original Text


"We want people of color to feel like they belong here," they say. "We're looking for passionate people who can bring a fresh perspective to challenge our way of thinking," they say. "Our diversity is our strength," they say. "Come just as you are," they say. Recruiters, managers, executives, CEOs — all those responsible for making decisions. They say quite a lot. And perhaps for good reason. It's long been the expectation for people like me who have been grossly, often intentionally, underrepresented at work to contort ourselves into this caricature of what some call professionalism, and what we call a distorted elaboration of white cultural norms and the standards that meet the comforts of those who hold social and institutional power. That's professionalism.

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Important Words


  1. belong
  2. bring
  3. call
  4. caricature
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  6. challenge
  7. color
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  9. contort
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  11. decisions
  12. distorted
  13. diversity
  14. elaboration
  15. executives
  16. expectation
  17. feel
  18. fresh
  19. good
  20. grossly
  21. hold
  22. institutional
  23. intentionally
  24. long
  25. lot
  26. making
  27. managers
  28. meet
  29. norms
  30. passionate
  31. people
  32. perspective
  33. power
  34. professionalism
  35. reason
  36. recruiters
  37. responsible
  38. social
  39. standards
  40. strength
  41. thinking
  42. underrepresented
  43. white
  44. work