Problem:
Please answer the following questions thoroughly and insightfully. Use evidence from the text The Boat People by Toni Morrison to support your claims. 1. What created a fighting spirit within the main characters? What barriers were in their way? What motivated them? 2. Instead of completing a Mirror & Window presentation this week, I will be providing the research for you to apply to the novel. As we know, many members of marginalized communities are often times racially profiled and stereotyped with devastating effects. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks on what she defined as the danger of a single story in the following video.
YouTube Video: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED
What did you learn about single stories? About the dangers? How does this learning add to our conversation?