Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted Talk about a single story is very compelling. Adichie explained how when she moved to the United States for college, her roommate had only one single story of Africans. She compared this to the stories she used to read and how people who looked like her can also be a part of a story. What her roommate thought she knew about Africans was encompassing. She asked to hear Adichie’s “tribal music” and she was impressed that she knew English. This demonstration of only knowing a single story is detrimental to the growth of humankind.
People rarely think about how there is more than what meets the eye. In Adichie’s words, “there is more than a single story.” This means that there is more than what we just know about something. This concept highly relates to the young men in The Wire. Namond, Duquan, Michael, and the other young men in The Wire are seen by their teachers as hoodlums and up to no good. It is only Mr. Prezbo and Carver that realizes that these children are not part of a single story. They realize that there is more to these young men then they are given credit for. Yes, they are a product of their environment, however, they do wish for better.
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