Letter from Birmingham Jail and Danger of a Single Story

Letter from Birmingham Jail and Adichie' Ted talk happened in different background. King's letter which was in 1963 and it was during the time that people was seeking for peace. In the letter, we saw lots of injustice to the black people. The whole letter is about how King was fighting human rights for colored people. They wanted equal rights as the white, they wanted respect, they wanted their children could be treated the same, etc. It showed civil contradiction. However, Adichie's speech happened in a peaceful time and she wants to tell everybody that judging a person or a country not by a single story. She uses her own story for an example showing how people think about Africa by just only knowing one single thing. She is trying to show us what a real Africa is and everybody should experience before judging.

Discussion question: sometimes when people has limited judgment, for example how Adichie's American roommate thinks of Africa, do you think it is also necessary for Africa to be more open to introduce themselves to the world so that people will know them more?