A teacher set up an experiment... blue-eyed students were to be treated as inferior, brown-eyed students were to be treated as superior. The blue-eyed kids hated it...the brown-eyed kids loved it. An effective way to teach what racism feels like? Or not?
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I've read this before. The teacher was very effective and very bright in doing this.
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I heard about this when I took Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology. No, I don't think it's an effective way of teaching what racism feels like. I think it encourages people to become divided and think they're better/worse than everyone else, so then it feels NORMAL. I believe it's very damaging to both the brown-eyed students and the blue-eyed students. Is it really worth implementing the lesson if it will hurt both sides emotionally?
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Well, it would give a taste, but not a thorough lesson in what racism feel like. I hope the students had their eyes opened by the experiment.
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I was in this experiment at a course - only we had it as the blue-eyed ones were less intelligent and couldn't speak a word of English, would never be able to learn, whereas the brown-eyes knew everything. (same thing, I suppose). I've got brown eyes. But then he switched it! All of a sudden, it was *not done* to be able to speak English and anyone that could was to be ostracised, and we were suddenly the inferior ones! It was awful! they were jeering at us and calling us names - all in the cause of English practice, but you could see how this could happen IRL... Not just colour racism, but fascism of every kind. A very good lesson indeed. Happy (very wet) Tuesday to you, Rosie :) ((hug))
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I think that this is a very effective experiment because it shows people that the cause of the prejudice is something that is completely out of the victims control. eye colour does not change the person any more than skin colour does
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