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ashling

(25,771 posts) Sat Sep 27, 2014, 11:56 PM Sep 2014

WATCH: This Talk Will Make You Question How Much You Really Know About Everything

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WATCH: This Talk Will Make You Question How Much You Really Know About Everything (Original Post) ashling Sep 2014 OP

Culture is a matter of perspective. She is enlightening. The Wielding Truth Sep 2014 #1

Chimamanda spoke the truth: In order to know a place drynberg Sep 2014 #2

I'd say it even goes a bit further than that... Veilex Sep 2014 #3

Agreed. I would go even further & say ... CaptainTruth Sep 2014 #4

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)

1. Culture is a matter of perspective. She is enlightening.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 02:26 AM

Sep 2014

drynberg

(1,648 posts)

2. Chimamanda spoke the truth: In order to know a place

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 08:48 AM

Sep 2014

One needs many stories from different perspectives, or the reader/viewer will be led astray...not unlike our corporate media...

Veilex

(1,555 posts)

3. I'd say it even goes a bit further than that...

Reply to drynberg (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 10:42 AM

Sep 2014

we often hear the phrase: There are two sides to every story. I would posit there are often more than two sides to every story, and many stories to every situation... not just places. It is easy to dehumanize when we allow ourselves to hear only one side of a single story.

I always enjoy hearing Chimamanda speak.

CaptainTruth

(6,591 posts)

4. Agreed. I would go even further & say ...

Reply to Veilex (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 10:48 AM

Sep 2014

... there are as many "sides" to a story as there are people who know the story, because every person views things differently, even if only slightly.

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