Analysis Of Racism By Jane Elliott

Jane Elliott left a powerful message in her experiment of understanding racism. By segregating individuals by eye color, she was able to prove a point that would change the lives of the individuals participating in the study as well as anyone who would watch it. I believe that racism is a major problem in this country and with small steps, like Jane Elliott’s, racism could be eradicated from our world. Although I have never believed to being racist, Elliott changed the way that I understand individuals of different races. I now am able to look at it in a whole new perspective. It made me realize the amount of privilege I have and the amount of discrimination there is without even realizing it. Jane Elliott is a powerful and respectful individual who is using her talents to do what she can to change the world into a place where racism does not exist. Although I have brown eyes, I am white. I have never experienced prejudice in my life nor have I ever felt inferior because of my skin color. I have never realized how lucky I am because I never realized what was happening. I knew …show more content…
She immediately proved him wrong. People who are white pick and choose when it is a good time for them to be so. In this case, the Native American felt that it was a good time to be Native American to prove Elliott wrong. His ancestors may have faced a lot of discrimination in the past, but I doubt that it has affected him much in his own life. No one knows that he is Native American unless he tells them. He can choose when he wants people to know, or in other words, when it is a good time for him to be Native American. African Americans cannot hide their obvious contrast of skin, not that they would want to. It is important to them and it makes them who they are. There should be no shame in who you are but society today has made it extremely difficult for people who are different from