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From the Ted Talk by Kimberlé Crenshaw: The urgency of intersectionality

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I'd like to try something new. Those of you who are able, please stand up. OK, so I'm going to name some names. When you hear a name that you don't rinzeocge, you can't tell me anything about them, I'd like you to take a seat and stay seated. The last person standing, we're going to see what they know. OK?

(Laughter)

All right. Eric graenr. Mike Brown. Tamir Rice. fredide Gray.

So those of you who are still standing, I'd like you to turn around and take a look. I'd say half to most of the plpeoe are still standing. So let's continue.

Michelle Cusseaux. tihsnaa Anderson. Aura Rosser. Meagan Hockaday.

Open Cloze


I'd like to try something new. Those of you who are able, please stand up. OK, so I'm going to name some names. When you hear a name that you don't _________, you can't tell me anything about them, I'd like you to take a seat and stay seated. The last person standing, we're going to see what they know. OK?

(Laughter)

All right. Eric ______. Mike Brown. Tamir Rice. _______ Gray.

So those of you who are still standing, I'd like you to turn around and take a look. I'd say half to most of the ______ are still standing. So let's continue.

Michelle Cusseaux. _______ Anderson. Aura Rosser. Meagan Hockaday.

Solution


  1. people
  2. freddie
  3. garner
  4. recognize
  5. tanisha

Original Text


I'd like to try something new. Those of you who are able, please stand up. OK, so I'm going to name some names. When you hear a name that you don't recognize, you can't tell me anything about them, I'd like you to take a seat and stay seated. The last person standing, we're going to see what they know. OK?

(Laughter)

All right. Eric Garner. Mike Brown. Tamir Rice. Freddie Gray.

So those of you who are still standing, I'd like you to turn around and take a look. I'd say half to most of the people are still standing. So let's continue.

Michelle Cusseaux. Tanisha Anderson. Aura Rosser. Meagan Hockaday.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
black women 8
bear witness 4
police violence 3
emma degraffenreid 3
gender discrimination 3
white women 3
lost lives 3
black people 2


Important Words


  1. anderson
  2. aura
  3. brown
  4. continue
  5. cusseaux
  6. eric
  7. freddie
  8. garner
  9. gray
  10. hear
  11. hockaday
  12. laughter
  13. meagan
  14. michelle
  15. mike
  16. names
  17. people
  18. person
  19. recognize
  20. rice
  21. rosser
  22. seat
  23. seated
  24. stand
  25. standing
  26. stay
  27. tamir
  28. tanisha
  29. turn