Edwidge Danticat

The Ted talk given by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie describes the dangers of a single story. A single story is told here as a story that is told with the same singular view. Adichie describes how she started reading and writing when she was younger, although her writing only ever contained characters who were white and blue-eyed. She says how the books she read only ever had people like this and who drank ginger beer, Adichie wanted to drink this ginger beer although she had no idea what it was. But…

1. Discuss the Cultural Humility (1. Lifelong learning and critical self-reflection, 2. Recognize and mitigate power imbalances, 3. institutional accountability) needed to serve this client? Lifelong learning and critical self-reflection: I think enacting cultural humility’s goal of lifelong learning and critical self-reflection requires a significant amount personal work before, during, and after every interaction with Reverend Joseph Dantica. To be able to learn from Rev. Dantica and engage…