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Hi Mikayla, I find your discussion response reflecting on Chimamanda Nyozi Adichie's speech at a much deeper level. The speaker's main point was how a single story can be dangerous to stereotype a person, culture, or a group. However you specifically talked about passing that thought of stereotype a culture and once you see the different opinion and belief within the person it makes the individual truly unique. You gave a great example of the roommate which perfectly outlined your point. The roommate of the speaker thought the culture in Nigeria listens to only "traditional music" and lives in poverty. It is an eye opening to most of us listening to speaker speaker, Chimamanda Nyozi Adichie that is not the case. She listened to western developed
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