“The most kind and loving thing we can do is speak the truth.” – Louise Penny

After enduring years of irritating college diversity workshops, full of stereotypes of Blacks, Asians, and other groups, we watched a video of Chimamanda Adichie lecturing on “The Danger of a Single Story.” She spoke on the stereotyping found in ignorance. No, not stupidity, but the ignorance that might lead people to believe most Arabs are vicious terrorists and Nigerians, like her, dress in animal skins.

For a sabbatical project, several years ago, I prepared a research–based presentation for MState to expand her notion. I wanted to highlight some lesser known contributions of three groups: the Indigenous, Arab populations, and African/African American populations.

I read books and articles and found out, fo

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