Essential Blue Eye Reflection

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When I first seen the title of the film The Essential Blue Eye I did not think very much of the title. After sitting through the five minutes of the film, I became very interested. The narrator of the film wanted to prove to the world and the people in the study that everyone is the same regardless of their race. I loved the way she made people who were not of color feel belittled. The main focus in the film was why does society looks down on people who are of color and LGBT community. The Essential Blue Eye narrator did not care about how people saw nor treated her; she just wanted to teach others that color does not make you above nor below anyone.
In Chapter two, they discussed the core values and the code of ethics as they pertain to social

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