The following is a YouTube video of a movie trailer for a movie called Freedom Writers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT0L1U-Rdj4 I believe that this movie does a very good job of showing how some students only see each other through one stereotype and gradually learn from the help of their new teacher Mrs. Gruwell that they are all going through some of the same situations and can learn from one another if they give it a chance just as Adichie describes in her speech.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Stopping and Realizing Everyone Has Their Own Story
"The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Adichie was a very touching and eye opening video for me to watch. It came to a conclusion that so often we judge different people by only one stereotype or only one story we have heard. If everyone would take a moment to actually listen and get to know other peoples stories they would realize just exactly every person is going through and maybe realize that the person sitting right next to you no matter, how tall, what color, how old, may be more like you than you think. Just as Adichie said, "Sterotypes are incomplete stories..." Not everyone only has a "Single Story" they have many stories that develop who they are today so no one has the right to judge.
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I also find Adichie's points to be very important. We are all guilty to social stereotypes or cultural bias from time to time. The stories we hear from different countries and cultures aren't possibly the only picture that could be painted. To completely understand another person we have to get over the thoughts of ethnocentrism and be open to learn about new and different cultures; thus spreading diversity. Ethnocentrism is the thought that one's ethic group is superior to others, leading to misjudgments. Which is one of the important factors why world literature is a course in colleges; people are open to learn about other cultures. We can't be confined to just westernized objects and and cultures. If we stay closed minded we are subjected to ethnocentrism. In history this has lead to racist and imperial moments, such as, the segregation in the US and Nazi genocides against the Jewish community throughout Europe. There are many more examples of everyday culture bias, and we must learn to over come these biases.
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