The Chimamanda Adichie TED Talk- "The Danger of a Single Story
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The Concept of Single Story
* No single stories
* Focus on 1 aspect only of people, cultures…
* They lead to stereotypes
* Generalized, widely held view or belief
* They are incomplete (1 single aspect of people)
* They rob people of their diginity
* They tend to be told by people with power
* Focus on 1 aspect only of people, cultures…
* They lead to stereotypes
* Generalized, widely held view or belief
* They are incomplete (1 single aspect of people)
* They rob people of their diginity
* They tend to be told by people with power
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The Consequences of Single Stories
* It robs people of their dignity
* To be a person, not a generalization
* Grossly incomplete
* We are doing a disservice to these people
* To be a person, not a generalization
* Grossly incomplete
* We are doing a disservice to these people
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Solutions to Single Stories
* Giving minorities a platform to tell their stories
* Being open to open to people and their stories
* Tapping into as many stories as we can
* Activism= speaking up and out
* Being open to open to people and their stories
* Tapping into as many stories as we can
* Activism= speaking up and out
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Ideas from Course
* Sociological Imagination
* Self-fulfilling prophecy
* Self-fulfilling prophecy
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