A single stroy is a dangerous this. Even though unintentional it can be an extremely harmful thing. I have personally been through the experience of a single story. It happened in the middle of football practice. After four dropped route passes i started to walk off the field. My coach comes and tells me," Stop running like a white-man run like you are!" . I Stand there puzzled and shocked trying to grasp the concept i was just told. I felt pre-judged just because I being racially profiled as "African-American" i was expected to be fast, stronger, and jump higer than others. I felt slightly disrespected but also slightly motivated. i was motivated to prove the coach wrong one by changing my attitude and two by succeeding
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