After viewing the entire film it has made me realized that prejudice is not only in the elder and adults. It also occurs in the children as well; it surprised me to see them in the beginning as friends and childhood friends. Then, as the teacher asked them about racism, they seem to know what racism and discrimination was to an extent. They knew the negative terms for African-American around that time and they felt that they did nothing too wrong. When they went through the experiment it was hurtful that the children would separate themselves from one another. Simply because as a child you are told to respect and follow an adults orders regardless if you believe it you should not do it. Once it came down to end they had seen that the prejudice
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The adults had much better understanding of what discrimination is and why it is wrong. The children were in a small all white towns in Riceville, Iowa; the only way for them to hear about racism is through a television or radio. While the adults who were prison guards and patrol officers who believe they came in for a workshop. For the children, they were given a two day experiment, the allowed them to see each side so they can know how it feels to be put at the bottom. The adults were given a one day experience putting the brown-eyed people over the blue-eyed people. The children had to follow their teacher’s orders and demands, which was given to her by the school to conduct the experiment. The adults were told that they are going to be paid for going to the workshop regardless if they stayed or not. Lastly, the children were given school rules such as have extra recess time, drinking from the water fountain, and conducting lessons faster. The adults were told the positive group was allowed to smoke, sit down first, go to certain bathrooms etc... However the main similarities that both groups had were the knowledge that they had gain after conducting the experiment. The seen the first hand the hardships of discrimination and what we should do in order to prevent it from rapidly spreading. Another would be that Jane Elliot used the same method with both groups. She had the minority have a collar tied around their neck and treated them differently than the
The adults had much better understanding of what discrimination is and why it is wrong. The children were in a small all white towns in Riceville, Iowa; the only way for them to hear about racism is through a television or radio. While the adults who were prison guards and patrol officers who believe they came in for a workshop. For the children, they were given a two day experiment, the allowed them to see each side so they can know how it feels to be put at the bottom. The adults were given a one day experience putting the brown-eyed people over the blue-eyed people. The children had to follow their teacher’s orders and demands, which was given to her by the school to conduct the experiment. The adults were told that they are going to be paid for going to the workshop regardless if they stayed or not. Lastly, the children were given school rules such as have extra recess time, drinking from the water fountain, and conducting lessons faster. The adults were told the positive group was allowed to smoke, sit down first, go to certain bathrooms etc... However the main similarities that both groups had were the knowledge that they had gain after conducting the experiment. The seen the first hand the hardships of discrimination and what we should do in order to prevent it from rapidly spreading. Another would be that Jane Elliot used the same method with both groups. She had the minority have a collar tied around their neck and treated them differently than the