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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At the beginning of the video‚ I 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
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Last Thursday I attended the on campus event in which Jane Elliot introduced her "Angry Eye" experience. Viewing this video helped me to truly understand how people of minority races are treated because of their skin color on a daily basis. During her presentation she started by informing us that most maps that we see in school are proportionately incorrect. She made the point that the maps were made to make the United States and Greenland look larger that they really are. She said the miss-education
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The Angry Eye -Jane Elliott Discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably because of their racial or ethnic origin‚ religion or belief‚ disability‚ age or sexual orientation. Jane Elliott decided to use role-play a situation portraying the discrimination that a person of different colour would be constantly exposed to in day-to-day life. The Angry Eye is a provoking documentary of a diversity training session conducted by Jane Elliot on a college campus. On this video it was
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inferior to the superior. “Society labels certain people outside of the norm. They push them to the edge” (Vocabulary) Throughout the video The Angry Eye Jane Elliott also did an experiment with college students in which made people emotional‚ and helped to open their eyes to see what people of color experience daily. She used the same example of blue and brown eyes to show who was in power. She created the scenario to make it seem as
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“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Essay In Connecticut during the mid-eighteenth century‚ Jonathan Edwards‚ a zealous pastor and preacher‚ gave a sermon called‚ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” The purpose of doing so was to awaken the people of the congregation to the Puritan philosophy. Edwards does not deliver this sermon lightly for he must use other factors‚ such as fear‚ to make up for the lack of evidence. Throughout Edwards’ sermon‚ he uses the fallacies an appeal to fear and
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MISSY ELLIOTT Born: July 1‚ 1971 (age 41)‚ Portsmouth VirginiaFull name: Melissa Arnette Elliott | Missy Elliot is an American rapper‚ singer-songwriter‚ record producer‚ dancer and actress. Five-time Grammy award winner‚ and record sales of over 30 million in the United States. Elliott is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)‚ including double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction. Elliott is known for a
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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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Essay on Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt is a street photographer born in Paris from Russian immigrant parents (Erwitt‚ 2011). This essay will not focus on his biography but rather put emphasis on his work. Elliott Erwitt is known for his spontaneity when taking snapshot and passion for the human condition (Magnum Photos‚ 2011). He also has a very sharp sense of humor that is without a doubt reflected on his work. Elliott Erwitt has also a particular affinity for dogs and kids (Erwitt‚ 2011). It
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his weekend I had the privilege to watch the video‚ brown eyes blue eyes by Jane Elliot it was up loaded to You Tube‚ August 12‚ 2015. This video gave me a better insight on how whites see the world. They are oblivious to the systematic racism within this society because they are the privilege group. They had difficulties dealing with two hours of the type of racism that other groups in this society go through every day.After seeing this video‚ I see why we have a higher rate of high blood pleasure
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