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<h2 class="title-section">Why Diverse Stories are Important</h2>
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There are an estimated 10,000,000 adolescents and young-adults who identify as some form of
diverse person in the U.S.
However, only a small portion of young adult literature address these perspectives.
It is imperative that we recognize why it is important to expose all young adults to diverse
stories so that
we can all take steps to increasing our perspectives of the world.
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<h3>The Danger of a Single Story</h3>
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"What this demonstrates, I think, is how impressionable and vulnerable we are in the face
of a story, particularly as children. Because all I had read were books in which characters
were foreign, I had become convinced that books by their very nature had to have
foreigners in them and had to be about things with which I could not personally identify."
<p>- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie </p>
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In her <a
href="https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story">Ted
Talk</a>, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses her own personal experiences dealing
with seeing a lack of representation while growing up.
It affected her own ability to write her own stories-- when she first started she only
wrote about white protagonists because she thought people only wrote about foreigners and about
things with
which she could not personally identify. She also highlights how this lack of diversity impacts
non-minority readers. She coins the term "single-story", or the idea that if an individual
consumes
only one point of view, this can stunt their ability to develop a multi-dimensional view about a
group or culture. This can create and strengthen stereotypes, which can cause direct harm to
people in minority
communities.
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<h3>Applying this on a Larger Scale</h3>
Creating self-identity between the ages of 12-24 is critical not only for oneself, but also as a
building block to create healthy and functional social
relationships once a person reaches adulthood. Because this is the key demographic for young adult
literature,
these books can be extra influential on this age group.
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"It is at this point that wider society becomes significant to the child by admitting him to
roles preparatory to the actuality of technology and economy. Where he finds out
immediately, however, that the color of his skin or the background of his parents rather
than his wish and will to learn are the factors that decide his worth as a pupil or
apprentice, the human propensity for feeling unworthy may be fatefully aggravated as a
determinant of character development."
<p>- Terri Moore-Porter </p>
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<p>In her research, Terri Moore-Porter found that access to diverse stories was important not only
for minority students
but also for majority students as well. She found that the texts gave students a window into
other's experiences in a way
they may not find in their day-to-day lives. It allowed for self-reflection, and for students to
start to process their own
biases and assumptions. </p>
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It is imperative that we start to increase the number of diverse books in our curriculum, and
that we encourage and
support authors in writing from unheard perspectives. If we are able to do this on a wider
scale, we can help growing students
feel seen and important in the world around them, and help others start to learn the value of
another perspective.
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