Discrimination Of Colored Eye Students

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The outcome of this experiment has took tolls are the students tremendously. On both days where each type of colored eyed students were the minority, they were down on themselves and could not function and excel in the classroom as those who were superior. Students who had the dominant color eyes were discriminated against those you did not. They discriminated against the minority and called them names as well as not getting along with the opposite colored eye students. Each one of the students felt the pain of what is was like to be discriminated and the students had soon learned that discriminating others was not acceptable in any circumstances.

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