Jane Elliott‚ internationally known teacher‚ lecturer‚ diversity trainer‚ and recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education‚ exposes prejudice and bigotry for what it is‚ an irrational class system based upon purely arbitrary factors. And if you think this does not apply to you. . . you are in for a rude awakening. In response to the assassination of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. over thirty years ago‚ Jane Elliott devised the controversial and startling‚ "Blue
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� PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �4� December 2‚ 2011 Understanding Human Diversity Movie Reaction The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon and react to the exercise "Blue-eyed/Brown-eyed" conducted by Jane Elliot in relation to the ideas of diversity‚ race‚ and privilege. The objective of this exercise was to give white people an idea of what life is like to be something other than white. Elliot ’s exercise pointed out both blatant and indirect ways that prejudice demoralizes people of color. Elliot
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Essay - ‘Blue eyed‚ Brown eyed’ The act in which one treats one another different purely on the basis of their; eye colour‚ skin colour‚ nationality or the nationality of their guardian or ancestors is known solely as ‘discrimination’. Jane Elliot‚ exposed to the harsh waves of discrimination‚ tries to change the world through her methods. Discrimination once practiced upon an individual‚ can scar or change a person for the remainder of his or her life. It can also change ones views on discrimination
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perceived Jane Elliott to be very rude toward the students. But once she explained her goal to the groups‚ I thought it was an excellent opportunity for the students to experience a portion of racism that’s received by people of color. I feel that many white students should be able to experience the receiving end of racism‚ and Jane Elliott’s goal of allowing them to become aware of these negative treatments that they inflict on people of color was excellent. The comments that were made by the blue group
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When watching the film‚ Blue Eyed‚ there were several disturbing ideas that were brought to my attention; not only because it was sad to see how the participants were treated‚ but because what was happening in the experiment that took place in the 1980s is still going on to this day. Jane Elliot‚ the “Blue Eyed” experiment inventor‚ proved that racism has not gone away and that the future in a way is not looking promising for prejudices to ever cease from existence. It made me really take a
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Blue Eyed Jane Elliot’s diversity training experiment is one of the most impressive educational research projects that I have ever seen so far in college. Her brave approach and the very professional behavior that she manages to maintain through the entire experiment allow the participants feel empathy and acceptance. Even though the entire movie was very interesting to watch and exposed very sad facts‚ there were some parts that stood out from the rest and deeply affected me. Towards the
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the loving gift was always a big‚ blue-eyed Baby Doll. From the clucking sounds of adults I knew that the doll represented what hey thought was my fondest wish. (14) Litlle black girls receive white blue-eyed dolls as a gift for christmas and these dolls look nothing like them‚ so as a consequence of this they may think that there is something wrong with them and this will eventually lead them to think that they are ugly. For this reason giving them blue-eyed dolls is a way of planting the seed
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watching "A Class Divided"‚ a teacher used an experiment on her class‚ a brown eyed/blue eyed experiment. The experiment was to help the children understand about prejudice and discrimination. In the experiment Mrs Elliot told her class that blue eyed children were better than the brown-eyed children. The brown-eyed children had to wear collars so that they could tell each group apart from a distance. Mrs Elliot told the blue eyed children that they were smarter‚ nicer etc. than the other group‚ they also
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the world better. Furthermore‚ she believes that in order for freedom to be achieved‚ it is essential that women be involved. The short play written by Georgia Douglas Johnson tackles themes of racism‚ inequality and interracial relationships. Blue-Eyed Black Boy is a story of progress within
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Jane Elliott’s Blue Eye/Brown Eye Experiment Jane Elliott’s Blue Eye/Brown Eye Experiment is one that many teachers would be scared to try. At the time‚ the experiment was smartly planned; it took place the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. Segregation had been a topic fought over for centuries‚ but kids didn’t even realize that they were being racist. Especially for a small Iowa town‚ Jane Elliott’s experiment would have a crucial influence on students because they were exposed to a life
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