A Class Divided By Jane Elliot

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"A Class Divided" is a very profound film. In the film, a third grade teacher Jane Elliot decided to show the kids a lesson about discrimination, and she made it in an unusual way. Elliott divided her class according to eye color. At first day, she told that students with blue eyes were smarter than students with brown eyes; they were afforded extra time at recess and other privileges. The next day she switched places, and she told that brown eyed people were smarter than blue eyed people. She carried out the same experiment with adults. She made blue-eyed people feel unintelligent in relation to the brown-eyed people by pointing that how blue eyed forgot things quickly, and did not pay as much attention as brown eyed people. After watching

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