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The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Danger of a Single Story

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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Danger of a Single Story.” TED, July 2009, https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en.

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The subtlest and most pervasive of all influences are those which create and maintain the repertory of stereotypes. We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them.

Walter Lippmann

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Lippmann, Walter. Public Opinion. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922, pt. 3, ch. 6.

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Lippmann, Walter. Public Opinion. Dover Publications, 2004, pt. 3, ch. 6.

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