Blog Post II "Danger of A Single Story"

          In the speech "Danger of A Single Story"  by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the speaker talks about the effects of people who are not open to different views points of life and how if we are stuck with one story to describe something we begin to define people, races, and individuals without knowing their whole story and can stereotype them as poor, greedy, smelly, or anything else. 

"Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity." 

         This quote shows that stories are a double edge sword. Stories can be used to describe something but not knowing enough information, or getting all your stories from one source can lead you to stereotype people.