Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie eloquently states that “the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.
They make one story become the only story.” In other words, stereotypes reduce those not exactly like us to only their differences.
So why would people put up with the discomfort that differences evoke, rather than always selecting the easy reward with sameness? In his book “The Difference,” social scientist Scott Page provides mathematical evidence that although diverse individuals are less trusting of one other, when working together, they are more productive.
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