Chimamanda Ngozi's The Danger Of A Single Story

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1) What is one type of prejudice other than racism? (10 points) One type of prejudice other than racism is class it is a form of discrimination by wealthy people towards people who are less wealthy. In addition, classism can also be the vice-versa, people of lower economic status can see the wealthy as snobs.

2) What is one example of social fatherhood from our society? (10 points)

3) How are race and ethnicity different? How are they the same? (10 points) Race and ethnicity differ in several ways. Race is a primary union of a group and we have only one race, while we can claim. We can only have one race, while you can claim multiple ethnic connections. For example, we can identify a person as Irish and polish, but have to be either black or white. There is no similarity between race and ethnicity.

4) Analyze one Single Story from our society, including the origins and purpose, alternative stories, and how you would change the narrative to include those alternative stories. (15 points) One story that I had analyzed before by Chimamanda Ngozi, called The Danger of a Single Story was an inspiring and wonderful story which starts by letting us know a story about what she would explain on as a youngster. She would make stories that were like the outside stories she would read which contained white cleaned youngsters with blue
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What is the issue? Where does it come from? How can we fix it? (20 points)-One gender issue that is important is violence against women, a contemporary issue that has persisted for centuries. This acts of violence are committed against women expressly because they are women. It is a global issue which our society has not rid itself of. We can prevent this issue if women who are being violated against raise their voices, take a stand and rebel against the issue. In addition, we can prevent this issue if we begin to push a culture of respecting women and not mistreating

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