[watch this video] The danger of giving people the power to determine other people's stories

May 11, 2011 10:06

This deserves to be said again and again.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story (19min)

Description from TED's website:

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

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racism, narrative, literature, watch this video

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