1. The Danger of a Single Story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2. Warm-Up 5/19
Choose one of the following and apply it to the question below: Texas, Pakistan, China, Canada, Tokyo, Tijuana, Las Vegas, Paris, Salt Lake City, Dubai, Watts, Washington D.C., or Beverly Hills.
What would your life be like (daily activities, personality, world view, religion, clothing, lifestyle, language, politics, social class, food etc.) if you had been born and raised in ________________?

3. How are we fed a single story?
Television
Movies
Magazines
Advertisements
Assumptions
Upbringing
History Textbooks

4. Single Story Questions
What is feminine?
What is masculine?
What is beautiful?
What is exotic?
What is intelligent?
Who decides?

5. Naomi’s Single Story

6. Cinderella Beauty Ideals Prince Charming False View of Relationships
Happily Ever After
Marriage Equals Success
Finding a Spouse Solves All Problems
Nice = Beautiful Ugly = Mean

7. Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Testified in Brown vs. Board of Ed.
Fought for the desegregation of schools
1940’s Doll Study
American Psychological Association President
Current Doll Studies (Kiri Davis, MSNBC)

8. Children vs. Adults Less Knowledge Lack of Logic and Reasoning
Narrow Worldview
More susceptible to the danger of a single story
Accumulation of POV
Powers of Reasoning
Powers of Logic
Broader Worldview
Despite these facts adults are still susceptible to the danger of a single story

9. When reading your story think about:
What POV the story is written from
Who is represented in the story
Who is underrepresented in the story
Stereotypes and Generalizations
Positive and Negative Effects
Words and Visual Images