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she felt like she could have no deep human connection with fide's family and then in america her roommate felt the same about her. this shows how all people are guilty of believing what their society tells them about other cultures

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she found her way in literature and realized how much it can change someone's life

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We assume that foreign people must only be one thing and that we have to feel bad for them or save them  because of the media and it is an extremely wrong perspective

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We assume that foreign people must only be one thing and that we have to feel bad for them or save them  because of the media and it is an extremely wrong perspective

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perspective is everything. what you are presented with is all you know. you can't be blamed for being close-minded when it's all you've known. you can't be chastised for eating pizza when it's all you've been fed.

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perspective is everything. what you are presented with is all you know. you can't be blamed for being close-minded when it's all you've known. you can't be chastised for eating pizza when it's all you've been fed.

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When her American roommate thought she automatically was clueless in culture and tradition just because of her looks. Shows how we are so quick to judge a book by its cover.

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getting a single perspecitive is inaccurate, and you must view the full picture to understand something or someone: "i found that people like me...could also exist in literature"

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When we are exposed to a specific stereotype, it can be very harmful to society's mindset.

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before she read Nigerian stories, she at first thought that all her stories had to have foreigners as the characters

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Have to look at different perceptions and not just one idea of someone

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"I was saved from having a single story of literature" by other Nigerian writers.

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"I did not know people like me could exist in literature"

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"I did not know people like me could exist in literature"

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when the media portrays someone a certain way countless times, many people tend to believe that single story

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when the media portrays someone a certain way countless times, many people tend to believe that single story

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She went through a mental shift in her perception of literature.

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Young kids are very impressionable when it comes to literature

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people can be very oblivious to other cultures if not properly informed on them

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As a young writer, her writing was influenced by British and American literature although having no experience with many of the elements in her own stories

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"I now identify as African in many ways."

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if you show people as one thing over and over again, that is what they become

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We are impressionable and vulnerable when we read books as children

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"i loved british and american books, but the unintended consequence was that I did not know people like me could exist in literature"

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"i loved british and american books, but the unintended consequence was that I did not know people like me could exist in literature"

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"show a group of people as one thing, and only one thing, and that is what they become"

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"show a group of people as one thing, and only one thing, and that is what they become"

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literature is extremely impactful and influential

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"that people like me could exist in literature"

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"that people like me could exist in literature"