Claim: Prejudice and discrimination is unfair; treating others different is unethical. No group is superior than others, as the PBS film Class Divided experiment conducted by Mrs. Elliot had proven how children are taught to discriminate from such an young age. Agreeing with the textbook, Social Problems, in regards to the harm it can cause, “...larger society is damaged because it misses out on what the victims could contribute; moreover, society is harmed further because racial tensions create conflict that makes the society less productive and harmonious” (Best 5).
Grounds: Mrs. Elliot announce to her students both Tuesday and Thursday, reversing the blue-eyes and brown-eyes superiority than the other. For example, the first day of experiment, “the blue-eyed people are the better people in this room. Blue-eyed people are smarter than brown-eyed people” (PBS). During recess, Russell and John got into an argument, which started off with name calling, “brown-eyes” (Class …show more content…
The lecture slides, “Public Reaction,” the United States has a population that consists of more than 300 million people and it is greatly impossible to survey each and one of them (Professor Quach). So, I would like to begin with the Qualitative Research involving participants from all race, gender, and social class. Moreover, to break down to lessen the number of participants for this survey, the main focus will be the audience in school from grade three (idea from the film) to higher education, like University students. Perhaps the most tricky one in this segment would be, religion, because it is simply complex knowing there are many religions people believe in. Possibly, within the survey we can state something like this: Ruling out your religious belief, if possible, what do you think about prejudice? Should anything be done? Is it wrong or right to
Grounds: Mrs. Elliot announce to her students both Tuesday and Thursday, reversing the blue-eyes and brown-eyes superiority than the other. For example, the first day of experiment, “the blue-eyed people are the better people in this room. Blue-eyed people are smarter than brown-eyed people” (PBS). During recess, Russell and John got into an argument, which started off with name calling, “brown-eyes” (Class …show more content…
The lecture slides, “Public Reaction,” the United States has a population that consists of more than 300 million people and it is greatly impossible to survey each and one of them (Professor Quach). So, I would like to begin with the Qualitative Research involving participants from all race, gender, and social class. Moreover, to break down to lessen the number of participants for this survey, the main focus will be the audience in school from grade three (idea from the film) to higher education, like University students. Perhaps the most tricky one in this segment would be, religion, because it is simply complex knowing there are many religions people believe in. Possibly, within the survey we can state something like this: Ruling out your religious belief, if possible, what do you think about prejudice? Should anything be done? Is it wrong or right to