https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc 7 en-us 2021-03-11 15:26:24 UTC 2021-03-11 15:26:25 UTC hello@padlet.com ryannassar1 https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544782 2021-03-11 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544782 ryannassar1 https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544783 "I'm a storyteller. And I would like to tell you a few personal stories about what I like to call "the danger of the single story."]]> 2021-03-11 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544783 ryannassar1 https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544785 "Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity. "]]> 2021-03-11 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544785 ryannassar1 https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544788 Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti writes that if you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story and to start with, "secondly." ]]> 2021-03-11 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544788 ryannassar1 https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544792 Too often a storyteller gives just one perspective, so it is important here when the speaker says she will tell the reader "a few personal stories". She provides multiple stories revealing a more complete view of her identity. I believe this is an example of using stories "to empower and humanize". The speaker tells stories to complete our understanding of how various stories together give a more complete picture of a person or place. Putting the good stories together with tales of challenges makes her relate-able and believable. ]]> 2021-03-11 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544792 ryannassar1 https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544793 2021-03-11 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ryannassar1/au4xzpf8r1qfcpcc/wish/1298544793