Analyzing Adichie's Speech

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Adichie’s speech additionally elucidates the danger of stereotyping. Adichie claims “the single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.” Stereotypes are undeniably flawed and fictitious. Amid, contemporary society, stereotypes are continually occurring and have been for centuries. Despite attempts at equality and becoming more unbiased, we all see things through our own perspectives because we are not able to physically and mentally be completely empathetic for others. I have personally stereotyped people. During my freshman year, a new family moved in near my neighborhood, they had a daughter about my age who was a cheerleader, because she was a cheerleader I previously
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