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From the Ted Talk by Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo: What it takes to be racially literate

Unscramble the Blue Letters


PV: Or the mind. So, with our hnderuds of sterois, we decided to publish a racial lcaetriy textbook to bridge that gap between our hearts and minds.

WG: Our last book, "The Classroom Index," shares deeply personal stories.

PV: And pairs those penasorl stories to the brilliant research of statisticians and scholars.

WG: Every day, we are still blown away by people's experiences, by the complexity of our collective raaicl reality.

PV: So tdoay, we ask you —

WG: Are you racially literate? Are you there yet?

PV: Do you really understand the people around you, their stories, stories like these? It's not just knowing that Louise from salttee survived Japanese American internment cmpas. It's knowing that, meanwhile, her husband was one of an etmsteiad 33,000 Japanese Americans who fought for our country during the war, a country that was simultaneously interning their families. For most of us, those Japanese Americans both in camps and in service, now see their bravery, their resilience, their history ftoertgon. They've become only victims.

Open Cloze


PV: Or the mind. So, with our ________ of _______, we decided to publish a racial ________ textbook to bridge that gap between our hearts and minds.

WG: Our last book, "The Classroom Index," shares deeply personal stories.

PV: And pairs those ________ stories to the brilliant research of statisticians and scholars.

WG: Every day, we are still blown away by people's experiences, by the complexity of our collective ______ reality.

PV: So _____, we ask you —

WG: Are you racially literate? Are you there yet?

PV: Do you really understand the people around you, their stories, stories like these? It's not just knowing that Louise from _______ survived Japanese American internment _____. It's knowing that, meanwhile, her husband was one of an _________ 33,000 Japanese Americans who fought for our country during the war, a country that was simultaneously interning their families. For most of us, those Japanese Americans both in camps and in service, now see their bravery, their resilience, their history _________. They've become only victims.

Solution


  1. seattle
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  3. racial
  4. literacy
  5. personal
  6. today
  7. forgotten
  8. estimated
  9. hundreds
  10. camps

Original Text


PV: Or the mind. So, with our hundreds of stories, we decided to publish a racial literacy textbook to bridge that gap between our hearts and minds.

WG: Our last book, "The Classroom Index," shares deeply personal stories.

PV: And pairs those personal stories to the brilliant research of statisticians and scholars.

WG: Every day, we are still blown away by people's experiences, by the complexity of our collective racial reality.

PV: So today, we ask you —

WG: Are you racially literate? Are you there yet?

PV: Do you really understand the people around you, their stories, stories like these? It's not just knowing that Louise from Seattle survived Japanese American internment camps. It's knowing that, meanwhile, her husband was one of an estimated 33,000 Japanese Americans who fought for our country during the war, a country that was simultaneously interning their families. For most of us, those Japanese Americans both in camps and in service, now see their bravery, their resilience, their history forgotten. They've become only victims.

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