A Point of View: The Stories We Tell

Whether fiction or nonfiction, narratives shape our world and our relationships with each other. They lay the foundations for how we perceive diversity, what inclusion looks like, whether people believe there’s a need for equity, and their resistance to the need for justice. How often do we think about how stories reach us or who writes them? Who has the power to approve or reject them? How often do we question the lens through which we view the world, or how people unlike ourselves—and more, unlike the dominant demographics—have been positioned in it? 

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