On November 4th, I attended a program called “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes”. “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes” was a program about group discrimination hosted by the Dean of students, Dean McDonald. The program also highlighted Jane Elliot’s “Brown Eye, Blue Eye” exercise. Group discrimination is an issue that has plagued much of America. Discrimination is the unfair treating a person or group different from other people or groups. The program targeted the discrimination of African Americans by Caucasians during the 1960s. Caucasians who viewed themselves as superior human beings to African Americans treated them poorly through various acts of segregation and discrimination. Throughout towns, most notably in the south, there were posted signs hanging over public bathrooms and restaurant entrances stating “White’s only” or “Colored People.”
The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Jane Elliot decided to introduce a discrimination exercise to her Caucasian 3rd grade students called “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes. Jane Elliot created the exercise to simulate …show more content…
Many of the people in attendance valued the video and how the students were able to understand that discrimination against people of different color is wrong. Dean McDonald talked about how he prides himself on tackling a sensitive subject like discrimination. Many of the students believe the video should be shared everywhere and at all levels of education because this exercise allows others to experience and understand the affects of discrimination.
The entire program was amazing to me. I loved everything about the program from the video to the discussion. I learned about things I never knew existed such as the “Brown Eye, Blue Eye” exercise. The program presented me with a new perspective on discrimination. I thank Dean McDonald for putting together the program because discrimination is such an important issue that is often
The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Jane Elliot decided to introduce a discrimination exercise to her Caucasian 3rd grade students called “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes. Jane Elliot created the exercise to simulate …show more content…
Many of the people in attendance valued the video and how the students were able to understand that discrimination against people of different color is wrong. Dean McDonald talked about how he prides himself on tackling a sensitive subject like discrimination. Many of the students believe the video should be shared everywhere and at all levels of education because this exercise allows others to experience and understand the affects of discrimination.
The entire program was amazing to me. I loved everything about the program from the video to the discussion. I learned about things I never knew existed such as the “Brown Eye, Blue Eye” exercise. The program presented me with a new perspective on discrimination. I thank Dean McDonald for putting together the program because discrimination is such an important issue that is often