A Class Divided with Jane Elliott
Watch Part 4: Teaching it to Adults and Part 5: How the Adults Reacted
Write a brief response by Monday 12/10 at 10am answering the following questions
- What did you learn?
- What scene or scenes do you think you'll still remember a month from now and why those scenes?
- Did any part of the film surprise you? Do you think someone of a different race, ethnicity, or religion would also find it surprising?
Viewing this documentary made me realize that racism is something that people themselves foster. Although I have always known that people of different races aren't separated by actual, physical boundaries, Elliott's experiment reinforced the idea that people themselves are the ones who keep boundaries between the races, while they are also the ones with the power to make those barriers crumble. One scene that i believe will stick with me is one from the experiment Elliott did with adults. One blue-eyed woman, especially insulted that Elliott wouldn't call her by her real name, was flamboyantly disrespectful and spoke over Elliot even more drastically than any third grader would. This scene especially struck me because it was shocking to see that the adults used as subjects in this experiment seemed to react worse to it than children did. I think because most adults, especially the white adults of the time, were used to getting respect n a daily basis, they were especially insulted when their usual respect wasn't awarded to them. Besides being surprised by the severe reactions of some of the blue-eyed adults in this experiment, it was especially shocking and slightly scary to see how quickly Elliott's third grade class picked up on her premise of segregation and rolled with it. Within a day, her young students who were previously as close as could be started treating each other like enemies based on their eye color. It's alarming to see how quickly those young kids embraced racist practices because though all young children are malleable to some extent, Elliot's students' acceptance of ideals of segregation solely based on what one authority figure told them remains unsettling to think about. I think this would alarm anyone of my generation, regardless of their race, ethnicity, or religion, because today's society so heavily promotes equality for all. It'd be surprising for anyone living today to wrap their minds around how children could embrace racism so easily.
ReplyDeleteBecause i watched this video i learned that discrimination is something that all people hold the capability for. Everyone can be biased towards someone else, be it for their ethnicity, how they dress, or even where they're from. it made me realize that discrimination is everywhere and that it will probably be around for a very, very long time, if not for forever. A scene i will remember for a while is the scene where Elliot was saying she learned how to act more brown-eyed and that all blue-eyed people need to learn that too. This scene stuck with me because it scared me. It made me realize that we force people to act a certain way and if they refuse, society lashes out with discrimination. I think that a lot of people in other races, ethnicities, and religions would find this surprising. However, i know for a fact that some would not find this surprising at all. I know that some of these people have been discriminated against simply because of what they look like or what faith they have, and i believe that because of this experience they would not be as surprised at the video.
ReplyDeletePrior to watching this video, I always associated discrimination with race. While this is at most times true, discrimination can be for just about anything, in this case against a certain eye color. When I heard that we were to watch the experiment preformed on adults, I didn't think that they would respond like the kids in the third grade class did. This proved to me that everyone discriminates against another group for any reason that they may find. One scene that will stick with me was when a blue-eyed man spoke out and said how he felt like he was a Jew. This part hit me because during the Holocaust, the Germans discriminated against the Jews. In history, this was one of the worst cases of discrimination and no human should ever feel this way. This film did surprise me because I didn't think that eye color (something so trivial) could teach people about discrimination. Most times when I meet a person, I don't notice their eye color for a couple weeks. I think this video would shock people of another race, ethnicity or religion because of something that Elliot pointed out at the end of the video. She said that once the blue-eyed and brown-eyed were reunited as equals again, they acted like a family. If we did this with all of the differences that separate people, society might be able to be a family.
ReplyDeleteThroughout this experiment I truly realized that equality lays in the hands of the people. We are the ones to make these invisible boundaries between others, and we are the only ones to take them down. A scene from this documentary that I think will stay in my head is the scene when the blue eyed adults expressed how they felt after being discriminated against. The comparison between how the man felt and how the jews where treated during the Holocaust was shocking to me because I would of never thought of the comparison. Another scene that stuck in my head was when the man spoke about how Elliot was not making good arguments but the blue eyed people just felt like they couldn't say much because it would be used against them. After hearing that I realized that that is what the discriminated blacks must of felt like when whites would only use their color against them. A specific part of the film that surprised me was how quickly the third graders took power. In the midst of 24 hours these children grabbed the power their teacher gave them and stood proud, and I think that still stands true today. Many of us today strive to receive power and sometimes don't care what process it takes to get the reward.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this experiment I realized that we are the reason people are divided. The way we act towards other separates us. If we didn't draw these invisible lines between others we wouldn't of ever had these division between people. One scene that stuck out to me that I probably will never forget is when Elliot was saying how she learned how to act more brown-eyed and that all blue-eyed people need to learn that as well. This scene made me realize that society expects people to be certain a person and if you are not like this, you may be treated differently. I think if someone watched this of a different race, ethnicity, or religion they would not be as surprised as I was. I am of a race and religion that is never really discriminated against often. Someone who is apart of a minority may no be surprised after seeing this because they may have experienced it.
ReplyDeleteBefore I watched this video I knew discrimination against skin colors, race and ethnicities existed, but after watching the video I realized there can be discrimination for anything. It really isn’t only the color of one’s skin or religion they practice, but a person can be discriminated for anything different than another person, like the color of one’s eyes. I believe this video was effective in what it wanted to do. Even though I was not a part of the experiment I definitely learned something that I wouldn’t have learned if I just talked about discrimination in a class room. I thought there were a couple scenes that were very important and that left a lasting impression on me. The one scene when the third grade children first were told that blue eyed people were better and smarter was very important I thought. Once they were told this they immediately started to turn on one another and pick on each other. I thought it was crazy that not even 5 minutes ago they were all great friends and then they all started attacking each other saying mean things to one another. Another scene that I thought was very important was when the adults at the correctional hall facility took part in the experiment. I thought it was interesting how adults were becoming irritable and annoyed after only 30 minutes into the experiment. I really was surprised how actions did so much more for teaching a lesson on racism than just words alone. I was also surprised that the experiment worked so well for the adults. I do think that someone of a different race would find this experiment surprising; I believe they wouldn’t have to take part in the experiment though because they already know what it is like to be discriminated against. After watching this video I feel I have new information about discrimination that will be helpful to me in the future, this video was very eye-opening for me and I believe everyone should see this video to see the impacts on discrimination.
ReplyDeleteThis eye color experiment taught me that discrimination can occur in any sort of situation. I feel it has enlightened me in the sense that discrimination in any form can have detrimental effects on any person. Whether it's discrimination against race, religion, sexuality, or gender.... it can cripple the spirit of a decent human being. I feel the most memorable moment during this video would have to be when the woman voiced her opinion about being spoken to with out the common curtesy of being called by her name. During her attempts to defend herself, she was shot down and made a fool of. This showed me that when a party carries a prejudice against a certain group of people, anything they do or say is wrong, regardless of whats trying to be communicated. I feel not only was this the most memorable, but also, a scene that would surprise and shock any individual watching this documentary. It proves that any sort of superiority a certain group feels they have over the other is just the consequence of prejudice and discrimination.
ReplyDeleteThis video made me realize where the true cause of discrimination lies. Discrimination is something that every single person has control over. It just matters if you choose to act on it. People choose to set up walls, which separate them from others. In the video, it was shocking to watch how the kids treated one another. Once they knew that they had the power to discriminate against their classmates, they took full advantage of it. This video proved to us how if you are different than the majority. society will discriminate you. We always say we are all about individuality, but are we really? This video has proved that the majority will always have a sense of dominance over the minority.
ReplyDeleteI learned so many things from watching this video. I've learned that we, society, are the reasons why we are divided. There are people who stand up for what they believe in and fight, and then there are people who sit back and watch. We, the society are the reason that prejudice and discrimination exists because of our actions and the way we think. I've had somewhat of a glimpse of what it's like to be discriminated against by watching these people. I've seen both the children and adults who were discriminated against have significant amount of hurt shown on their faces. I can't completely understand the discrimination because I truly have never been discriminated against like that, but from this video I have an idea of what it is like. The scene I'll always remember is that boy who was sitting there, who admitted to punching his friend because he was being discriminated against; and he said that hitting his friend did not help him. Violence isn't the answer, and it doesn't help. Another scene I'll remember is when Jane and the adults spoke about how the blue and brown eyed people felt throughout the experiment and Jane asked them why didn't the blue eyed people stick together? Why didn't they support each other? I was actually surprised with the adult who was blue eyed and kept speaking back to Jane. I thought all of the blue eyed people who were discriminated against wouldn't think of saying anything back to Jane, but she did and stood up for herself. I think someone who is discriminated against wouldn't find this surprising because this is what they go through everyday. I think those who are discriminated because of their rage, ethnicity, religion, etc. would actually be happy that what they're going through is being shown and somewhat understood by these people who are participating in the experiment and who are watching it.
ReplyDeleteI learned that there is obviously no reason for anyone to discriminate against someone else for any reason. Society is responsible for turning everyone against each other because we make ourselves believe that a specific group of people are better than another, which is absolutely false. Discrimination can be on a wide scale concerning race to something just as silly and simple as discriminating for eye color.
ReplyDeleteThe scenes I'll remember will be the ones where the kids turned from being nice and cooperative to extremely mean when the blue eyes had the power. I think I'll remember this because people in power often may feel they are better than another group and may abuse their power and may discriminate as a result.
The parts that surprised me was when a woman in the adult version of this exercise said that she had 2 nephews, one with blue and the other with brown eyes. She said the one with blue eyes was very lazy and the other was very outgoing and that she hoped she would only have brown eyed kids as a result. For her to have made that conclusion was very astounding to me because she categorized her nephews by their color of their eyes and blamed their actions for the eye colors. I think anyone would be surprised to her the woman say that because she was able to come up with the example in a very short amount of time and she seemed to have meant every word she said and that was very surprising to see that an aunt would blame the eye color for the actions of her nephews.
Discrimination is what essentially labels society into groups. These videos highlight how easily a person's perception of self can be faltered. Discrimination slowly destroys a person's ability/confidence, and forces them to believe in these lies and discrimination. I learned that these videos are prime examples of how our society runs and how exactly discrimination can severely lower a person's self worth.
ReplyDeleteScenes that highlighted this is when the children take advantage of their new found power. When the children were told that their eye color was superior, they acted in that way. The children who had the lower status seemed to gravitate towards actions that highlighted that. Being discriminated against ultimately changes your actions.
I learned that these videos are just examples of the way our society runs. The Holocaust and slavery are just two terrible instances that discrimination lead people into labeling others based on ethnicity or religion. This video should be more widespread, as it highlights how discrimination can have such a terrible rippling effect on people. It is sad to see how we assume roles based on something as simple as ethnicity or religion.
After watching these videos, I learned that discrimination can be brought out of not only children or those who were brought up in discriminatory households but of anyone. While I watched the segments, I was shocked to see how quickly the adult coworkers turned on one another after being separated by eye color. It was as if the brown eyed people did not even know the blue eyed people any longer and actually felt superior to their colleges simply because of their eye color.
ReplyDeleteI think I will remember the scenes with the adults in the upcoming months, especially the where the woman is arguing with Elliot over calling her by her name simply because it was then that I truly realized the absurdity of discrimination and the validity of the experiment. At any point the blue eyed woman could have stood up to Elliot and called her out on her discrimination, yet she felt so inferior, she continued to futilely argue and continually gave Elliot the upper hand.
This film as a whole definitely surprised me. Prior to viewing I never would have expected small children or adults to react the way they did as quickly as they did. I think that someone of a different race, ethnicity, or religion would also find this film surprising for these reasons, but may not find it so surprising that people can be so discriminatory in general.
I learned from these videos that discrimination can take place any age, any situation, and at any given moment in time. Prior to this video I thought discrimination was primarily of skin color or of gender. Discrimination can easily evolve to be eye color. Discrimination can take what ever form people decide to form it into.
ReplyDeleteScenes that highlighted this is the kid who says "they always call us brown eyes". Prior to this experiment I don't know many children or even adults who would walk around calling each other brown eyes or blue eyes. Even in current day it would be weird. Another moment that highlights this is in the adult experiment after being told brown eyes are smarter a woman judges her two twin nephews on the color of their eyes.
The most shocking parts of these videos was how quickly it took place. Within a span of 5 minutes someone already wanted to exert power. After being told they were dumb the blue eyed or brown eyed kid's collars "stopped" them from answering the questions quickly. I think this is how discrimination works you make someone feel so inferior that they subordinate to you because they begin to either give up or believe what you say. It was shocking and this video should definitely be more popular.
These videos really taught me that once discrimination takes place in someone's mind, it can change them permanently. We see that people use discrimination to make other people feel bad about a feature. People feel insecure and feel the need to make someone else feel insecure. If someone is already feeling insecure about something, people need to pile on just to make themselves feel better. We see that even adults can feel the fear of being discriminated.
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely remember each time when everyone who is being discriminated against actually hear what's "wrong" with them and what they're not allowed to do. When the "victims" of the discrimination are hearing this, the looks of their faces are heartbreaking. It reminds you that people do have feelings and just because they have different colored eyes do not make them a non-human being.
I found it surprising how stern she was being with everyone. If you didn't know who this lady was and what she was actually doing, you would think of her as a cold-hearted blue eyed witch. I was expecting a lot more quarrels, but there were a few. Also, I found it surprising that she picked to pick on blue-eyed people, when society ALWAYS picks blue eyed people. I showed this video to my friend and the first thing she commented on was that she was picking on blue-eyed people. She picked something that not a lot of people discriminate against, and since my friend is Spanish, she said she was expecting her to pick something that was more discriminated.
Even after seeing this for a second time, I still love watching it and blown away by the outcome of this study. I learned a lot during this. I learned that people are easily influenced especially from authoritative figures. We like to think that anything our teacher tells us is true and just to learn it and know it, even if it is something that we do not agree with. One of the adult students made a good point that I never would have thought of. That prejudice and discrimination is built in the mind, and it is not an actual physical barrier. It was amazing to see how quickly the room became segregated and the amount of tension between the two groups strictly because of something they were told by a women they have never met.
ReplyDeleteA scene that I will always remember is seeing the little boy on the playground all alone in the corner. He felt as if he should be there because he was not as good as the brown eyed kids and could not play with anyone when the day before those people were his best friends. I am not very surprised by the outcome of the study because of my belief on how influenced humans are and really believe anything they will hear for the most part. It is more eye opening to think that black people and minorities feel this way on a daily basis and people could barley last an hour and a half feeling that horribly about themselves and discriminated against. I think most definitely other races and religions and ethnicity's would find this very surprising and almost comforting that people are finally realizing what they have had to endure for so many years. For example, a blue eyed man who was being discriminated against related what he was feeling to how the jews felt during the Holocaust with the Nazi's being superior to them. A brown eyed women also had almost like a WOW moment when she said to a blue eyed women, " yes, you might have felt a little discriminated against for this hour and a half, but at the end of the day and when you wake up you are still a white women. On the other hand, black people and minorities wake up every day and go to bed every day knowing they are discriminated against everyday and knowing that they will have to wake up again the next day and go through it all over again. This was a very eye open experience for me and I think the little bit that this women is doing with her study in all different places will end up going a long way and I think at some point making a big impact on putting an end to discrimination.
I thought the whole thing was insane, watching it- not insane in a disbelieving way, but insane in a "I can't believe I'm actually seeing this" way. Even just about ten minutes into the video when a brown eyed woman offered up an example of her nephews, with one being blue eyed and the other being brown eyed, that was alarming to me, because it's obviously an idea that'd never entered into her head before this seminar, and the seminar itself has only been going on for a few hours at this point. The powers of suggestion are so strong in this group, it makes it easy to understand why so many people fall into the trap of discrimination, especially considering in many cases there's a pre-extisting prejudice, whereas in this case there really wasn't. It also, on the other hand, highlights how discrimination isn't inherent, it's something taught and learned, and while it may be exasperated by something, discrimination is in no way something any single person is born with.
ReplyDeleteI think I find it surprising because, to be quite honest, I've never been discriminated against, at least where it matters. I've never had someone tell me what I can do and what I can't do, because of something I cannot control. Someone who's been faced with racism and sexism, or religious discrimination, or any kind of outward prejudice, would probably be a little less surprised by this video, I think, because chances are they've seen the way people can turn against them, can be taught to dislike them. It's like that story of the little white friend Martin Luther King Jr. had as a kid- they were friends from the neighborhood, played together, hung out, etc., and then one day the little white boy's mother told him he wasn't to play with MLK, because he was black, and the kid listened to her. It's a little like that, someone who's gone through something like that would most likely be less surprised by the outcome of the video.
From this video I learned that discrimination happens among all ages for all different reasons. Before watching this video i always associated discrimination with race, gender and religion, i never thought of it in a situation like this. It was so surprising to me that a group of adults would turn on each other that quickly even though they truly knew that they were equal. One scene that really stuck with me was the one where one of the women was discriminating against her own nephews. She was saying how the brown-eyed one was better than the blue eyed one and this surprised me because they were her family. I was also shocked by the man who said that it is annoying that the blue eyed people had to be there at all because they were rude, disrespectful and not as smart. This whole video surprised me because I didn’t think it would work on adults too, but it did.
ReplyDeleteI found the video pretty funny. Not in a "ha-ha" kind of way, but in a way that makes you laugh in disbelief. I've seen the video about the children doing this experiment several times, but this is my first time watching it used with adults. I was utterly shocked by how the blue eyed adults crumbled in this situation and the majority of them just dealt with the discrimination. The few people who tried to speak up were quickly shut down, and the blue eyed people just became more frustrated.
ReplyDeleteI'll remember this video... Not just certain scenes, but I'll remember the good majority of it because I felt it had more of an impact watching it played out with adults. It's simply amazing how discrimination can be felt in less then 15 minutes of a person walking into a room. While I have never been discriminated against, I feel this video can help me and others understand the true nature of discrimination. Any person be they white, black, Asian, Muslim, Jewish, etc can all watch this video and walk away with an understanding afterwards about the true nature of discrimination. And, hopefully, workshops and classes that teach about discrimination and its effects can give hope to those who are discriminated against daily.
The film taught me that no matter what age group you do this study with you get similar results. No one regardless of their age likes to be discriminated against. This study really opens the eyes of people that do discriminate or are prejudice towards a certain group of people. You never know how someone feels until you are put in their shoes and that is exactly what the children and adults had to do. A scene i'll remember is when one blue eyed person was being picked on and no one stood up for them. The adults in the study sat back and let Jane stereotype the blue eyes people. The other blue eyed people did not say or stick up for another person because it was not directed towards them. I find this also in today's society because people wait to see the end result before they say or do anything. However, I feel that if that was me and I was being accused of certain things that were not true about myself I would not just sit there and let someone accuse me of false assumptions. I say this now but who knows how I would react if this actually happened. I think anyone would find this surprising no matter what ethnic group you chose. Clearly it is discrimination at its finest just with a different characteristic.
ReplyDeletei learned from the video that not only can someone easily turn a third grader into a prejudice person, but it is also easy to do the same thing to an adult. i think it is absolutely insane that this actualy worked on adults. If i put myself in the same situation i would probably think the teacher was insane, but then again i dont know how i would feel if i was in the same position. ill definatly remember the scene where the man raised his hand and he said that blue eyed people are very stubborn and do not listen well. and also the scene where the woman said that she hopes she has brown eyed children because they are better. it jsut blows my mind that it is so easy to completely change a person;s beliefs about another person in a matter of minutes. pretty much the whole video just surprised me because i cannot get over the fact that all of these people were so easily fooled by the experiment.
ReplyDeleteFrom watching this experiment I have learned many moral lessons, the two main ones being do not be prejudiced against others and also to not be hateful against those who may be prejudiced against you because they may not know any better. The experiment was effective in proving that if there were no stereotypes, or popular ways of thinking of each other put into place originally then there would be no discriminating at all. I learned the true debilitating effects on both the discriminators and those being discriminated against. The scene that affected me the most was when the brown eyed people started to turn on the blue eyed people by saying that they were being disrespectful, just because they were told that they were to discriminate against them. I wasn't surprised by any aspects of this film, as I believe that while prejudice and discrimination are two evil factors of life, they are usually natural feelings imposed by culture and media influences or maybe even personal experiences, and only overturned if the person is taught, just as people were taught in this genius experiment.
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot from the adult video. The adult video made me realize that the majority of people will have prejudices against whoever they are told the minority is. It wouldn't make a difference who the minority was in the video. For example, if the brown eyed people were the minority instead of the blue eyed people then I am sure the blue eyed people would of had the same prejudices towards them that the brown eyed people had towards the blue eyed people in the video. It made me realize that prejudices can happen to anybody and that it isn't a real physical thing, that it is something of the mind. I think the scene i will remember the most is when the guy compares the excercise to the Holocaust. I will remember it because it is something that I was thinking the entire time i was watching the video. The film does surprise me because I really did not think the adults would have as much prejudices as the little kids because they are older and more understanding, but they did which was interesting to me. I think that someone of a different race, ethnicity, or religion would definatley find this surprising because they would realize that they are not discriminated against truly because of who they are, but they are discriminated against because of who society says they are.
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ReplyDeleteThis documentary has taught me that once discrimination against a particular group is seen as "appropriate", a person's mind set can easily be swayed by society's reaction. It really surprised me to see how so easily an adult's perception can change in comparison to a child's. I felt as if the adults in the workshop were so eager to judge rather than the children in class. An example that really stood out to me was the brown eye woman in the seminar using her two nephews as an example of how blue eyed individuals are so much more inferior. It was awful to see how someone can not only mock her nephews, but embarrass them too by providing examples. This woman would have never thought this about her nephews if this information at the workshop was not provided to her. All in all, I feel that anyone of any race, ethnicity, or religion would find this, especially the adult's reactions, to be quite sickening. It's awful to see how someone can change so easily due to what is considered part of the "norm" for society.
ReplyDeleteI have learned that WE are responsible for why we are divided. I learned that discrimination can happen anywhere and with every person. Someone is always going to judge and have an opinion if another person isn’t the same as them. This certainly happens within the elementary and middle school age range because the children are only taught about discrimination through hearing about it. No one actually knows discrimination until they are being discriminated. Some people stand up to it and some sit back and do not do anything. I will always remember the little boy who admitted to punching his friend. That kid realized that hitting him didn’t solve anything so he shouldn’t have done it. Even though he was just doing it because of what he was taught to do: discriminate, I really liked the point that violence is never the answer. I was surprised at how fast someone could hear something from an adult figure and start discriminating when those children were all friends earlier the day before. I also thought that it was ironic that she picked blue eyed people to be the superior people and the brown eyed people as inferior on the first day. It honestly baffled me to think that one sentence can change a person’s view on someone or something. When you are told what is supposedly the “right” thing to think, people think that. But, that should not be the case. I definitely think that someone of a different race, ethnicity, or religion would also find is surprising because of that reason. This whole video as a whole was very interesting but also disturbing because it shows you how people act when discriminating and how someone would feel if the roles were reversed.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this video, I learned that discrimination takes place in one's mind. However, the way a person's mind views discrimination can easily alter the way they act upon it. When the teacher told the "victims" that a certain color of eyes made them better people, the "victims" quickly altered their views and discriminated against those who used to be their friends. Before the experiment started, the children only discriminated against black people because that was what they were told this was appropriate since they were born. When the camera showed the "victims" of the discrimination, the looks on their faces were heartbreaking. A line that I will never forget was when the student said "they always do this" when in reality they had only been going through this discrimination for a few hours. It reminded me that no mater what age and what features a person has, they are still a person and they do have feelings. I think that people of other races or religions would find this surprising if they have not been harshly discriminated against. On the other hand, I think that those who have been the victim of this type of discrimination would not be surprised since they have seen it before. I did not find it quite as shocking that the children did in fact discriminate against each other because I feel like the pressure of an authority figure instructing them to do at such a young age could have made them feel like they had no other choice. However, I was surprised at how quickly the adults turned on each other as soon as collars were put on them. I was impressed at how a few of the blue eyed people did in fact stand up for themselves. A line that stood out for me was when the teacher said she learned to act more brown eyed and the rest of the blue eyed people should too.
ReplyDeleteFrom watching these videos, I learned that there is discrimination in many different forms not only through skin and our religion. The way we discriminate comes from what society and others around us think and say that impacts our own thoughts. I think that I will remember the entire last video the most. This part really impacted me and helped me to see how vicious people can be and how fast their minds can change due to the impact others have on them. The parts that stood out to me in the last video were when the one lady kept standing up for herself and the other blue eyed people. I thought that it took a lot of courage for her to do that because she wasn't going to stand for the brown eyed people making fun of her and the others. It also amazed me that when the teacher asked why the blue eyed people didnt stick together the answers were mostly them saying how it was because they didnt want to get picked on. This just goes to show that we as humans dont always look at the whole picture and we just worry about ourselves and dont think about what others are going through and how it affects them.
ReplyDeleteFrom these videos, I learned how serious it is when people discriminate against others. It immediately causes the group being discriminated against to feel worse about themselves, feel trapped, and feel inferior. These effects can even be measured in their dropping test scores. I think I will remember the scenes from Part 5: How the Adults Reacted, when the Blue Eyed people explain how they felt as though there was no point to argue or fight for their equal treatment, because they knew it would just result in more bullying and abuse. This made an impression on me because I realized that this may be how victims of discrimination really do feel, and how easy it must be to feel this way. What surprised me about both of these videos was how seriously and quickly the discrimination began to affect the Blue Eyed people, and how easy it probably was for them to feel such hopelessness. The fact that people who really do face racism every day feel like this constantly is extremely sad, and people from those minority groups probably would not be shocked by this the way I was because this is what they face every day.
ReplyDeleteIn this video, I learned that most of the reasons that discrimination occurs come from outside influences. For example, someone is bound to be biased towards another person if their parent express a particular like or dislike toward that person. In this case, it was the teacher's assertion that blue-eyed people are better that brown-eyed people & vice-versa. She, being in a position of authority over her students, was able to easily sway their opinions to favor a certain eye-color. I also found it interesting that a students self-esteem can change so quickly when they feel discriminated against and how evidently it impacts their academic performance. i guess that the attitude a person has when performing a task does play a factor on the final outcome. The scene that I'll still remember a month from now would probably be how the children's opinions of one another changed so drastically in a span of 15. It was sad to see third graders who used to be friendly with one another turn into "nasty & vicious" kids in so short a time. I was also very surprised to see how effective this exercise was on the adults as well. People who have already fully grown up and formed informed opinions on how to treat one another acted, in essence, the same way as the third graders did. I also think that people from different backgrounds would find this surprising. This video is definitely eye-opening and it provides an unique perspective on the effects of racism and discrimination.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised while watching this video because although this experiment was performed with adults, they still acted as children. Regardless of age, I noticed if an authority figure tells a person to think one way they listen, ignoring their personal beliefs. The scene in which I believe that I will always remember is the one where one of the blue-eyed women called the teacher "lady". She was one of the few that stood up for herself, and unfortunately got shut down. This incidence reflected back on what the man standing in the back said, stating that that would happen. He explained how he felt a sense of hopelessness, and there was nothing he could do about it. The scene that surprised me the most was when that same blue eyed man in the back actually chose to not take notes, and claimed that he did not need to because he could remember everything that the teacher was saying. I remember her making a generalization on how ALL blue eyed people are rude and inconsiderate, but did he honestly think that this experiment wasn't worth his time? or that he was indeed better then the others? This scene actually really bothered me, and I am happy that the teacher called him out on it. This was a brilliant experiment and I found it extremely interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis video showed me that the means for discrimination are not elementary. Within a day the blue eyed adults were belittled by their coworkers who were previously their equals, merely because the brown eyed adults were taught that their life was at a greater value. This is what surprised me the most, adults who have grown up around discrimination and prejudice were so quick to turn on each other even though they knew that brown eyed people were not actually better than blue eyed people. I was also surprised by how test scores were changed both in the children and adults, that their intellectual abilities could be so skewed simply because of their lack of confidence and in confidence. I think what I’ll really hold on to from this video was the opening scene because the inmates comprehended discrimination and prejudice better than their authorities who worked at the jail. Of course this probably has to do with how the experiment was presented to both groups, but I also think it shows that it is difficult to truly understand the horrors of discrimination without experiencing it. So I think people of different races, ethnicity or religions would have a similar reaction as I, but if they have ever personally experienced discrimination they would probably be less surprised by the findings than I was.
ReplyDeleteThese videos teach that discrimination is present at any age and that it is a learned behavior. By separating people into groups and declaring one group superior to the other automatically creates two group think mindsets. Both groups judged each other solely based on physical appearances. Scenes that stood out to me were when one of the outcasts (blue eyes) kept arguing with Jane and Jane kept putting her down because of her "preconceived" ideas about people with blue eyes; everything she said was turned around on her. The in-group (brown eyes) were also going along with everything being said because of their dominance. I think people of the "dominant race" would find this surprising because of the lack of discrimination they receive. This is a great workshop to really empathize with another group.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching parts four and five, I was surprised to see that the adults responded more negatively than the children did. I expected the adults, since they are wiser to not be so divided after she split them up into blue and brown eyes. I realized that no matter what age and no matter where you are, there is always some type of discrimination. Whether it is because of the way someone dresses or the way the look. Something that stuck out at me and that I will remember for a long time is when the man, who had blue eyes, said he felt like a Jew. As Jews being one of the groups that are discriminated the most against, I realized just how bad the holocaust was and that no one should be treated or discriminated against. I also learned how easily we fall into discriminating people, whether it is because of race, ethnicity, or religion, we are the one who create discrimination. I think that someone of a different religion, race or ethnicity would not take away from this video as much as I did. Being a white American I am not the one who is discriminated against and was not as aware, but someone, for example, a Muslim women who moves here and is now different from everyone else, sees what simple things are discriminated against and so I feel that this would not be an eye opener to someone different.
ReplyDeleteFrom these videos, I learned that you really can't blame one person or group of people who do the discriminating when it is every single one of us in society who have an impact on discrimination. These videos amaze me as to how quickly people are influenced by another whether it was the children or the adults. I feel that now I have a different opinion on discrimination and how silly people really are for being pressured into discriminating against others for such a little thing as eye color. I think that the scene I will remember the most will be how quickly the fighting started and how intense it got at one point between the blue eyed woman and the teacher. I also felt impacted at the scene when they were discussing what they learned from this and how the people sitting back and not saying anything felt because I truly believe that is what happens with race and other discrimination's as well. I think any race, religion, or ethnicity would find it surprising how much each adult turned on each other. I found it more surprising seeing the adults turn on each other than the children because the adults are suppose to have their own opinions and be mature enough when in fact they were acting the same.
ReplyDeleteFrom these videos I really learned how quickly we fall into discriminating against people that seem different.At first, I thought adults would have be able to make wiser decisions and not discriminate. I thought that because they have had more life experiences and have probably met all different types of people, that they would be more open and not be so quick to turn on each other. As I thought about it more however, I began to think the exact opposite. I feel like we are born into the world as these blank slates and through our experiences we develop our prejudices. I am not saying that as children we don't see differences, I'm saying that we accept them. We don't see something like a different eye color as being bad if we are not exposed to a world where that is bad. I will remember the huge fight between teacher and the blue- eyed woman because that really showed me just how drastic this experiment can be, and therefore how drastic like can be. When I was in seventh grade, we watched a "Twilight Zone" episode that proclaimed the message that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The main basis of the episode is that through the first 3/4 of the episode you don't see any faces, rather you just hear about the ugliness of this one woman. The people around her encouraged her to get plastic surgery because she was so "ugly". The big reveal comes at the end of the episode, when they remove the bandages to reveal a beautiful young woman. The people around her claim "the surgery didn't work". The audience then sees these pig like faces surrounding this woman. This really opened me up because I realized that we can't judge because we all come from different places with different experiences and different viewpoints.
ReplyDeleteI learned no matter what era or what age group it is to convince or deceive someone into being discriminatory. I think the scene I will remember most is when one women was so mad about this whole situation that she just kept speaking out and giving attitude towards the teacher. The whole film surprised me. Kids are dependent on adults to show them the right ways to act in society. Seeing that adults can be so easily blinded by un-logical and outlandish ideas was just a shock. I feel like some people in different races would not be surprised and would say, "everyone is racist towards us." Which is not true, I think this just shows people can be easily misguided and must be forgiven and shown the right ways to act and how to accept others.
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