Danger of Single Story The video of Chimananda Adiche on the “Danger of Single Story” explains why we should not believe or form general opinions based on single story. According to her there can be many faces of a story and if one looks at more than one face‚ it will naturally help in seeking broader understanding of the fact the story is trying to tell. Everyone knows that in Haryana and Rajasthan are new born girls are killed. I have heard many stories of different practices used in killing
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her talk warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country‚ we risk a critical misunderstanding. Things are not usually just black and white and we have to make every effort to open our minds and explore what is real. Elif Shafak talks about the danger into which writers from different cultures are put at; the pressure-that-makes-them-feel-as-a-representatives-of-their-cultures. She makes a strong division between fiction and reality - fiction and daily politics. Although‚
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Although many consider the Old West violent and bad‚ it was actually a mix of the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly. The Old West began in the 1860’s up until 1890. It was also called the Great Plains and stretched from west of the Mississippi River all the way to Rocky Mountains. Many Americans traveled out west in search of adventure and a fresh start. There were a variety of job opportunities available‚ such as becoming a farmer‚ miner‚ or railroad worker. In the Old West‚ violence was prevalent‚ but
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There Are Dangers in Drinking Diet Soda A new study has found that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda can cause weight gain‚ metabolic syndrome‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease‚ adding to mounting research about the potential health risks of diet soft drinks. And that’s not all—the study also found that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda can interfere with your body’s normal response to sugar‚ deregulating normal blood sugar levels even more than regular soda. That’s because the fake sugar
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Dangers of Texting and Driving George Koudelka COM/155 February 09‚ 2014 Amy Hankins Dangers of Texting and Driving The letters LOL‚ TTYL‚ or just saying "Hey" have the power to cause an accident within seconds. The National Safety Council estimates that "1.4 million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200‚000 of those accidents alone are from texting while driving."(How) The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences. We now
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Guns are a Danger to Society Just imagine sitting in a movie theater around midnight and suddenly some mad man comes in and begins shooting. On July 20‚ 2012 that’s what happened at a Century Movie Theater in Aurora Colorado‚ which resulted in about twelve people that lost their lives and about 58 other’s injured‚ including a baby. (Wikipedia‚ n.d.)There are several arguments that always comes up in the defense of gun use‚ which are guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people‚ guns reduce crime and
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Dangers of Oil Spills (Article for Environment Awareness magazine) Oil slicks do so much more damage than just the initial havoc we see on the news; the effects can be long lasting. The recent Deep water BP oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico well and truly eclipsed the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 and now has the potential of being one of the largest oil spills on record. Latest official estimates state approximately 4.1 million barrels of oil contaminated the
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Your License to Drive 1. When a licensed driver moves to Virginia from another state‚ he/she will have 60 days to obtain a Virginia driver’s license. 2. List 4 items you can use to verify your social security number. 1. Social security card. 2. W-2 tax form. 3. Un-expired Military identification card 4. Pay roll check or check stub. 3. If you are under the age of 18‚ you must provide written parental consent to obtain a learner’s permit.
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Priyanki Rana Period 9 NS3 Dangers of Alcohol and Addiction Among Teenagers Underage drinking and addiction have become one of the largest social issues among teenagers in America today. Although more than half of high schoolers drink and do drugs on a regular basis‚ the problem is that they are not aware of how dangerous alcohol and drug addiction can really be. The reality is that drugs and alcohol are often the cause of many problems among teenagers‚ they ruin the lives of teenagers
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These are 3 powerful quotes from The Danger of a Single Story that made me rethink how I will consider a story in the future: - “So that is how to create a single story‚ show a people as one thing‚ as only one thing‚ over and over again‚ and that is what they become. “ - “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.” - “The consequence of the single story is this:
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