"Danger of a Single Story"
- What does it mean to have a 'single story' about a place or community?
To have a single story about a place or community means to have or provide you're own information about a something. For example you might have an idea of how a place is because of all the media you've seen before and it turns out that when it comes to reality, it isn't what you thought of. It's all different from what you expected to see. It's an exact part of stereotypes. A Stereotype is a widely held explanation or idea about a person place or thing.
- Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story? How could people learn more about that community?
I actually haven't been told about a "Single Story" about my Community or a place. In my community there is thought of many things. I've been asked so many times: Do you like living here? and I respond: it might not be the best but I do enjoy living here. They think of my community as an old Mexican black community, where they drink, steal, fight and sell drugs. People think that just by giving it one look it says it all but they are wrong. For ex. Let's say I went to visit a friend in California and she thought I wasn't going to visit because of our differences= she was rich and I was poor. Just because I wasn't as high as her doesn't mean I wasn't able to take a flight and stay at a fancy hotel. Like I said again: "One look doesn't say it all". What this single story is missing is they reality there actually is. My community isn't what it's been stereotyped, it might be old but not of any other, yes they are blacks and Mexicans. "With one scant peek the mouth opens" In real life we are all kind to each other, we share, we care for the children and we all live united in our own beautiful way. People can learn better from my community by actually realizing how it is. Giving it a visit, living there and give it more than one look to know it ALL, NOT JUST A "SINGLE STORY".
- Describe a single story you have heard about another community. How did you learn that story? How could you find out more about that community? A single story I've heard before is about The West side of Austin which is said that they are rich and the rest isn't as far. I learned this story by many different people. Since my mom works on that side of town, she definitely can recognize it. I can find out more about this community by visiting them, making some friendship. Try to see what the west side of Austin really is. Ask them what they think about how people think of them. What is their response.
- How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community?
A game can definitely let players experience many stories about a place or community by showing them what people really are and letting them know what they are not, ask many questions in there. The questions will help them understand life better they way it really is because now a days kids are used to the media worldwide and it's like the only thing they can count on. They might think that the internet is always right but it's not. What the media shows might not be what you think it is. Including all of this in a game can work out for kids in many ways. That way they can relate to their own "Single Story".
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