Danger Of A Single Story Summary

In “Dangers of a Single Story,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie means that a single story creates many stereotypes in society. One particular story can never give us the full aspect of something. It gives us a limited viewpoint. Single stories will eventually give off huge misunderstandings that individuals tend to run off with. It can easily damage an individual or an entire group character because there is a stigma over them. Adichie mentions that we are vulnerable in the face of a story. She believed that as an African women from Nigeria that people had a negative stigma about her. Perhaps, Adichie felt as if she was seen as less inferior. When she went to college, her roommate patronized her by asking questions about how did she learn English. When people are not educated about
In today’s society media often makes negative stereotypes about blacks and whites. We see these stereotypes in movies, television, and other networks in the world. Media in general shapes the way we view different race groups and cultural differences. For one thing, media is powerful and it is something that many people use for researching information and just to be apart of. We need to be consciously aware of what we believe in the world and make our own perspective of someone not based on anyone else’s perception. From my viewpoint, media is unbiased and bias in many ways. There is never a concrete story that people will truly believe because in the back of our minds are preconceived ideas that are instilled in us. Adichie mentions that she was once brought into a single story. For example, she believed that Mexicans had one thing to bring to the table which was being an abject immigrant. Once a particular story is created in the world, then people stick with it. One word or phrase in the media can change an entire meaning. These stereotypes can influence the way that we interact with each other as