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The Dangers of a "Single Story"

Posted in Recommended Videos on 2009-10-20 00:02:17 by Rob Porter.

Each culture is comprised of a multitude of stories -- sometimes, however, we might only know a single story from a culture other than our own. Therein lies the danger of being overly ethnocentric, and of not being educated about others.

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.

Photo by Rob Porter, taken on the Bruce Rail Trail near Chepstow, Ontario, in August 2009.

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