{"id":92082,"date":"2022-05-27T10:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=92082"},"modified":"2022-05-31T09:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T13:47:26","slug":"the-danger-of-a-single-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=92082","title":{"rendered":"The danger of a single story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-63477\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DEI-icon.jpg\" alt=\"Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion logo\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/>Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice \u2014 and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. 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