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Transcending Single Stories Day One

Guiding Question In what ways do “single stories” impact our own identities, how we view others, and the choices we make?

Transcending Single Stories 1. Has someone ever made an assumption about you because of some aspect of your identity? 2. Was it a positive assumption or a negative one? 3. How did you find out about the assumption? 4. How did you respond? Assumption: when something is accepted as true, without evidence or question

STEREOTYPE

Phrases ? ? ? Ideas STEREOTYPE Ideas Words ? ? ?

Phrases ? ? ? Ideas STEREOTYPE Ideas Words ? ? ?

STEREOTYPE A belief about an individual based on the real or imagined characteristics of a group to which that individual belongs.

Stereotype Prejudice Discrimination Stereotype: a belief about an individual based on the real or imagined characteristics of a group to which that individual belongs. Prejudice: a negative opinion of a person or a thing that is not based on actual experience. Discrimination: the practice of unfairly treating another person or group of people differently to other people or groups of people.

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1. Do you think the situation depicted here is realistic? Do people use similar “lists” to make judgements about each other? 2. How aware do you think people are of the lists they make? 2. When someone sees you walking down the street, what lists might they make about you? 2. What lists do you sometimes make about others? 2. How might these lists shape choices people make (beyond greeting each other)? 2. What would it take to change the lists people make about each other?

1. Where do stereotypes come from? 2. What stereotypes do the two men in “Street Calculus” have about the group the other one belongs to? 3. When, if ever, can stereotypes be harmless or even helpful? 4. When do stereotypes become harmful? 5. What does “Street Calculus” suggest about how stereotypes might impact the way we see ourselves and the way we see others? 6. How might stereotypes impact the choices we make?

Transcending Single Stories Day Two

Guiding Question In what ways do “single stories” impact our own identities, how we view others, and the choices we make?

Let’s review! Concept STEREOTYPE Assumption Stereotype Prejudice Discrimination

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Concentric Circle Discussion Questions 1. Do you think it is a natural behaviour for people to sort and categorise things and people they encounter in their lives? If so, when might it be useful? When does it become a problem? 2. What does Adichie mean by a “single story”? What examples does she give? 3. How did Adichie learn “single stories” about others? How did these stories impact her understanding of herself and of others? How did these single stories impact the choices she made at home and in her travels? 4. What enabled Adichie to change her “single story”? What are other ways for these types of stories to change? 5. According to Adichie, why can “single stories” be dangerous? What is the relationship between “single stories” and stereotypes? 6. Why is it that people sometimes make the same mistakes that they so easily see others making?

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story. ” - Chimamanda Adichie 1. What “single stories” have you noticed that others have about you? What dilemmas have you experienced when others view you differently than you view yourself? 2. What “single stories” have you noticed that you hold about others? What dilemmas have you seen arise when we view others differently than they view themselves? 3. What steps can you take, or have you taken, to challenge these “single stories”?

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