In this video of novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche's lecture "The Danger of A Single Story" she beautifully discusses the potential for misunderstanding and stereotypes that arises when we only hear one story about a place or type of people. I use the first 5 (or so) minutes of the video to spark a class discussion about the kinds of "single stories" students may have come across (or assumptions people have made about them using a "single story"). This exercise could be useful in a wide range of classes from intro, to gender/sexuality, to race/class/ethnicity, etc.
Link to video: http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en#t-0
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