Adichie in her story gives a powerful
account of not only her childhood in Nigeria but also the lessons and biasness
that she faced. She did an outstanding job in my opinion in tying the
springboard story to what she was trying to accomplish. I liked how she set the
entire presentation up by quickly acknowledging her own faults as a child
growing up in a middle class family in Nigeria.
She explained how the fact that as
a child she did not distinguish at first between white or black, rich or poor
as a child until her parents told her about these differences. Once told of
these differences she began to look at other people in a different manner. She now
understood from her parents the difference between rich and poor. I use the
term rich and poor in this blog as a generic reference encompassing the middle
class. The portion
It seemed ironic when she explained
that when she came to the United States she felt the immediate bias behavior of
her roommate thinking she was a poor African student. Adichie says that she
then began to understand the true nature of her thought process and how she
indeed discriminate against other people based solely on their economic status.
Now she was faced with an entirely different type of discrimination based upon
as she says the “chocolate” colored skin. She also brought up a different by
unique point how the world classifies Africa as a country but not a continent.
I do like the reference to the
imagination aspect to capture the audience’s attention and try to have them put
images into their own minds. She was able to find the example which in this
story was accurate in details of past examples in which she faced challenges. She
did however have some issues being lively. This did not retract the notion that
she was entertaining. I did notice that she stood behind the podium during the entire
presentation and did not use any visual aids.
The module has a lot of material that can be
used in adequately telling a springboard story. This is a great example how all
or most of these examples can create an effective presentation. Adichie demonstrated
the effect this can have an audience and how they can relate to the presenter.
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