Writer Chimamanda Adichie talked at a TED Conference about the danger of a single story. Adichie describes how we form stereotypes based on knowing a single story about a people or a place. She describes herself as a storyteller and has written 3 novels. Since hearing her talk, I try to identify the single story that we hear from the media. The single story of American TV. The single story of American history. The single story of pop culture. It’s a scary but enlightening line of thought.
Please leave a comment with your first 50 words on the topic “a single story.”
If I wrote the single story of my life, what would it contain? Would it include my junior high crushes, the nights I snuck out of my bedroom at midnight to meet my high school boyfriend? Would it mention my foray into meditation, my attempt at synchronizing mind and body? Would I…
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