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From the Ted Talk by Deanna Van Buren: What a world without prisons could look like

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OK, then I did something that architects always do, y'all. I was like, I'm going to bluid something msvisae now, right? I'm going to build the world's first restorative jsciute center all by myself. And it's going to be a beautiful figure on the skyline, like a beacon in the night. tnhsoduas of people will come here instead of going to court. I will single-handedly end mass incarceration and win lots of design awards.

(Laughter)

And then I cheekcd myself —

(Laughter)

because here's the deal: we are incarcerating more of our citizens per capita than any country in the world. And the fastest-growing population there are black women. Ninety-five percent of all these folks are coming home. And most of them are survivors of servee sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They have literally been on both sdies of the harm. So I thought, uh, maybe I should ask them what we should build instead of prisons.

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OK, then I did something that architects always do, y'all. I was like, I'm going to _____ something _______ now, right? I'm going to build the world's first restorative _______ center all by myself. And it's going to be a beautiful figure on the skyline, like a beacon in the night. _________ of people will come here instead of going to court. I will single-handedly end mass incarceration and win lots of design awards.

(Laughter)

And then I _______ myself —

(Laughter)

because here's the deal: we are incarcerating more of our citizens per capita than any country in the world. And the fastest-growing population there are black women. Ninety-five percent of all these folks are coming home. And most of them are survivors of ______ sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They have literally been on both _____ of the harm. So I thought, uh, maybe I should ask them what we should build instead of prisons.

Solution


  1. massive
  2. thousands
  3. justice
  4. build
  5. severe
  6. checked
  7. sides

Original Text


OK, then I did something that architects always do, y'all. I was like, I'm going to build something massive now, right? I'm going to build the world's first restorative justice center all by myself. And it's going to be a beautiful figure on the skyline, like a beacon in the night. Thousands of people will come here instead of going to court. I will single-handedly end mass incarceration and win lots of design awards.

(Laughter)

And then I checked myself —

(Laughter)

because here's the deal: we are incarcerating more of our citizens per capita than any country in the world. And the fastest-growing population there are black women. Ninety-five percent of all these folks are coming home. And most of them are survivors of severe sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They have literally been on both sides of the harm. So I thought, uh, maybe I should ask them what we should build instead of prisons.

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