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From the Ted Talk by Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power

Unscramble the Blue Letters


In 2015, I made one robe a week for the entire year. After making 75 robes, I had an epiphany. I have a realization that white supremacy is there, but the biggest froce of white supremacy is not the KKK, it's the normalization of systemic racism. There was something else I realized. The robes had no more power over me at all. But if we as a people collectively look at these obtcejs — branding ionrs, shackles, robes — and realize that they are part of our history, we can find a way to where they have no more power over us. If we look at systemic racsim and acekodlnwge that it's sown into the very fabric of who we are as a cotnury, then we can actually do something about the intentional soieeatrggn in our schools, neighborhoods and workplaces. But then and only then can we actually address and confront this legacy of slavery and dismantle this ugly legacy of slavery.

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In 2015, I made one robe a week for the entire year. After making 75 robes, I had an epiphany. I have a realization that white supremacy is there, but the biggest _____ of white supremacy is not the KKK, it's the normalization of systemic racism. There was something else I realized. The robes had no more power over me at all. But if we as a people collectively look at these _______ — branding _____, shackles, robes — and realize that they are part of our history, we can find a way to where they have no more power over us. If we look at systemic ______ and ___________ that it's sown into the very fabric of who we are as a _______, then we can actually do something about the intentional ___________ in our schools, neighborhoods and workplaces. But then and only then can we actually address and confront this legacy of slavery and dismantle this ugly legacy of slavery.

Solution


  1. force
  2. objects
  3. segregation
  4. acknowledge
  5. country
  6. irons
  7. racism

Original Text


In 2015, I made one robe a week for the entire year. After making 75 robes, I had an epiphany. I have a realization that white supremacy is there, but the biggest force of white supremacy is not the KKK, it's the normalization of systemic racism. There was something else I realized. The robes had no more power over me at all. But if we as a people collectively look at these objects — branding irons, shackles, robes — and realize that they are part of our history, we can find a way to where they have no more power over us. If we look at systemic racism and acknowledge that it's sown into the very fabric of who we are as a country, then we can actually do something about the intentional segregation in our schools, neighborhoods and workplaces. But then and only then can we actually address and confront this legacy of slavery and dismantle this ugly legacy of slavery.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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systemic racism 3
mark slaves 2
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Important Words


  1. acknowledge
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  32. schools
  33. segregation
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