A Class Divided Analysis

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As I watched the video of the Frontline special "A Class Divided" explaining the experiment done to a classroom of third graders to mirror segregation and discrimination in society; I could relate the discriminatory treatment given to the "brown-eyed" vs. "blue-eyed" children in many ways with the types of stereotypes that have been built in Workplaces; the categorization of jobs as White-Collar and Blue-Collar, Corporate office and Branch offices. Stereotyping coworkers for their job position and education level within an organization divides employees and encourages distrust within the levels of management. The sense of superiority which is conceded for employees that work in the different parts of an organization gives rise to differentiated

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