I chose "The Danger of a Single Story by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." She tells the story how when we hear only one story over and over again we begin to believe that is how things are. When she began reading she was reading British and American stories. So when she began writing her stories portrayed white blue eyed characters. What resonated with me was her story about her roommate. The roommate judged her before she even met her. She believes her roommates judgment was because she heard only one story of Africa and Africans and believed that was how every African was like. Sadly, I think in many ways that is how many Americans are. They hear the same one story over and over again and believe that is how everyone in a certain culture or nation is like. Instead of learning about that culture or the people we make assumptions and stereotype them. We need to learn more about others before we pass our judgment onto others. We need to learn more than "one story".
