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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers
ID: #44227
Medium
Obama
Transcript:
I think that there are other factors that that play into the ways that we move into the world, but one of the things particularly I find in the states is that race is the underpinning of how we relate to each other. I think that, you know, I think of it like a like a dam for the structural, like for a dam to maintain its structural integrity, it can't actually block out all the water, right. So, if the water for black folks like for, for them to actually work, it needs to allow some water to filter through, and it holds back most of the water. If you block all the water right, what happens is the water builds up and then the dam breaks down. So often I always you know that there's space for some water to move through. There are opportunities for some waters. You can be the Oprah. You can be the Obama, you can be you know you can be the exception to the rule. But the reality is that the dam is built to keep most of the water out. So, I feel like there was not. I can honestly say that there was. And even right now when I go back to the. State I am very cognizant of my blackness. It is. It comes in right away, right from the border, right from customs, all the way through all of my interactions. And I think that that says a lot about the history of the US that says a lot about the realities of black folks, the ways that we not only were brought in, but the ways that we're actually forced to live.
According to the audio, which two metaphors does the author use to explain the situation of race relations in the United States?
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