How Racist Are You? - Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise Writing

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How Racist Are You? - Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise Writing

Discrimination Based on Skin Color: In Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes exercise, participants were divided into two groups according to eye color - Blue Eyes were considered inferior and Brown Eyes superior - and labeled accordingly. This may reflect racism; by treating individuals differently based on superficial features like eye color alone; an effect which mirrors how people are often discriminated against due to their skin tone in society.

Exercise of power and privilege: In the video, Jane Elliott as the facilitator for an exercise held power and authority over its participants...