Ted Talk Response

The central issue of this ted talk is a worldwide factor that has happened to everyone more than once. Her example on the “one-sided story” is one affecting a whole culture, a whole country; in fact, even a whole continent. What really worries me about the issue presented by Chimamanda Adichie is that it is a common issue that everybody is guilty of making at least once.

The most prominent example is Chimamanda Adichie herself. Even though she has been a victim of a one-side story, she has also been a guilty of at least believing a one-side story. She could not believe that the family of the poor boy could make anything, she “only saw them as being poor.” But a one-side story is not only something that affects masses in general, it can be very specific, like listening to a gossip and already judging the person with out really knowing them. It does not matter how many people are affected by the story, and the magnitude of the effects. What really matters is that it can be degrading, and have negative effects on people.