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[quote=Anonymous]1. The speaker paints a much more complex picture than that the pp supposes.

Yes, Adichie's message is more complex - much more. Agreed.

2. This thread is certainly not focusing on African women. Btw, you don't need to put othered in quotes, it's a real term with real meaning. Please explain more about how voiceless and othered, the DH's on this thread are. It's a offensive comparison which doesn't even make any sense.

Again, agreed, the thread's not focusing on African women. Neither does Adichie, by the way.

And I agree that othered doesn't need quotes. I've seen it half the time with quotes, and half the time without. Since DCUM isn't academia, I didn't assume posters are familiar with the term, so I used quotes. I accept your correction. It's more important to move the conversation onto a constructive track than to disagree on this trivial issue. And that's where I take issue with your response to PP. So her connection was a little far of the mark - so what? She's making constructive connections, shifting her perspective, encouraging us to shift ours, too - that's one of the points of Adichie's talk, and she (Adichie) makes it in a powerful way.

3. My tone may be hostile but it's hardly offensive. It's no harsher than the PP's personal attacks for example.

PP was out of line. Agreed. She was responding to what you wrote. Whether you meant it as hostile or not, it comes across that way.[/quote]

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