分类目录归档：culture
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i said my last goodbyes
and i thought to myself when will i see
all of you again
my classmates threw me a goodbye party
my family members gave me hugs and
kisses with tears in their eyes
my
so
what you do if you're an adult you've
surely been asked this question before
i was told by a dear friend in london
that in england
as this question is rather rude one is
meant to answer about what
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diversity
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is overrated
before you walk out
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[Laughter]
let me tell you it's because it's often
underestimated
because we keep chasing representation
listening sessions good inte
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let me take you back
to last year my junior year of high
school
i had a rigorous course loan a part-time
job and extracurricular responsibilities
like so many other students in america
and
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in the early 1990s
i remember reading in my high school
french textbook that only 50
of french people had phones my first
thought was
that can't be true and at that time i
had no way
to find o
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ever since i can remember i've been
building bridges not the kind that
connects highways or traverses rivers
the kind that creates an understanding
between increasingly divergent thoughts
betw