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Review the TED Talk Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story, then, using at least two of the required readings from this week, answer the following questions:
- What stories did you grow up with? These could be from books, TV shows, movies, or another source. The Trials of Brother Jero
- How did these stories influence your perceptions of yourself and of the world?
- Did you identify with the background of the main characters or were they from a different background than you? How did this affect you?
- As an adult, what stories do you identify with?
- How are these stories similar to and different from the ones you grew up with? How might this relate to your exposure to and understanding of diversity?
- Are there certain areas of the world or certain people about whom you only have a single story? (Think long and hard before saying that you don’t have a single story about anyone. How likely is this to be the case?)
- What role does diversity play in your workplace, social life, and/or education?
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/introwgss/chapter/identity-terms/
http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/introwgss/part/main-body/
http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/introwgss/chapter/conceptualizing-structures-of-power/
https://ncd.gov/publications/2006/june2006
https://openstax.org/books/college-success/pages/9-introduction
