The Angry Eye Watching the selection of videos for this assignment, it was imperative for me to express my opinions on the Jane Elliot Blue Eye experiment. The blue eyed participants were chosen and exposed to what it was like to be discriminated against. People of color are subjected to racism everyday of their life, but the racism and bias behavior can be transformed. Defined in Weiten, “Prejudice is a negative attitude held toward members of a group” (p.449, 2015). The Implicit Association Test demonstrated that three-quarters of the white participants tested exhibited prejudice against blacks (Weiten, p.434, 2015). Jane Elliot in her experiment was trying to change people’s attitudes she acted as the source with her credibility and expertise. The message used fear, repetition, logic and strong arguments to support the experiment. The channel used was in person and Ms. Elliot was assertive, forewarning the participants, talking of the preexisting attitudes of racist people (Weiten, 2015). When Ms. Elliot stated that eye color was the determining factor for the gas-chamber during World War II, is was a physical trait that made a social judgement to the Nazi’s.
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I once told a story to co-workers about an incident where a black man had cut me off and almost caused an accident. Adrenalin levels were still causing rapid speech and excitement as I told the saga. An individual spoke up and stated he never knew I was a racist, shaking my head, “I am far from a racist” I exclaimed. Illuminating to me if I was not racist, why was it necessary when telling the story, I included the race of the driver. Pow! That they were black had nothing to do with the story; did their color influence my emotions? That observation of a co-worker has changed the way I view situations and speak to other people. As with The Angry Eye experiment our perceptions can be altered when we permit ourselves to be sensitive and empathic to the differences in
I once told a story to co-workers about an incident where a black man had cut me off and almost caused an accident. Adrenalin levels were still causing rapid speech and excitement as I told the saga. An individual spoke up and stated he never knew I was a racist, shaking my head, “I am far from a racist” I exclaimed. Illuminating to me if I was not racist, why was it necessary when telling the story, I included the race of the driver. Pow! That they were black had nothing to do with the story; did their color influence my emotions? That observation of a co-worker has changed the way I view situations and speak to other people. As with The Angry Eye experiment our perceptions can be altered when we permit ourselves to be sensitive and empathic to the differences in