Essay Assignment “The single story creates stereotypes,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says. “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” This is a quote from Adichie’s TED Talk, “The Dangers of a Single Story,” which we will watch in class. For your […]
What are“singlestories”you have believed about China, Chinese people, or Chinese culture, prior to taking this course?
SOC 160 Reflection Essay: Understanding China beyond a Single Story Learning Objectives: This assignment will enable you: To gain a deeper and fuller understanding of the danger of viewing China, its people or culture, as a single story To be insightful about your experience and look both backward at your growth and forward toward your […]
How might gender differences in the way we are raised affect how we think about politics and government and then how we behave in the political world?
Heres the link to the TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_we_should_all_be_feminists?language=en#t-661961 In this essay, you will do two main tasks. First, take the list you made of applications of course concepts to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk and discuss at least two of them here. Second, consider similarities and differences in the descriptions Adichie gives of her culture […]