Blue eyes

1. What did you think of the experience and point of the video? On the Main Point: The main purpose of the exercise Jane Elliot conducted in the Blue Eye/Brown Eye video was to demonstrate the impacts and nature of racial discrimination. I believe that this is a very important concept to learn for individuals that have never experienced or do not believe such blatant acts of prejudice exist. At the same time, I do not believe that this point alone has any form of long lasting value, emotionally or logically. The reason being, after the experience ended, ways to implement the recently learned concepts were not provided. Granted, some dialogue on how people wanted to be treated and potentially better ways to interact were covered, but how does this progress to the next stage of solving the issue? This lack of follow up on how to execute upon the learned concepts made me think that only half the matter of discrimination was addressed. My Experience:…

“brainwashing [through means of] surreal literary representations, idealized dolls, and the media” (Vasquez). This transforms into an endless battle for Pecola, one in which she can either stand up for her own cultural African-American beliefs or align her life to the unattainable expectations inflicted by society. Unfortunately for Pecola, she decides upon the latter alternative, quickly developing an untamable fascination with white girls with blue eyes. This is evident when Pecola visits Mr.…

In the novel I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou goes from a little southern black girl who wishes to be a “a long and blonde haired, light-blue eyed, white girl”, to a very mature young adult that is proud of her race.…

On November 4th, I attended a program called “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes”. “Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes” was a program about group discrimination hosted by the Dean of students, Dean McDonald. The program also highlighted Jane Elliot’s “Brown Eye, Blue Eye” exercise. Group discrimination is an issue that has plagued much of America. Discrimination is the unfair treating a person or group different from other people or groups. The program targeted the discrimination of African Americans by Caucasians during…

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…

In the first video " Blue/Brown eyes" is about Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism. When the teacher asked to the students is there any one in US who didn't treat like our brothers?. The students say the black people ,because they are "dump" stupid" . They are Prejudicing, they don't have any evidence or they didn't see black people do stupid things this is their belief they imagination. on the second part students were separated some blue eye and some are brown eye, those students before they…

No one is a hundred percent sure of what they are doing at all times. People misunderstand things all the time. This can either something insignificant, or it can lead into massive misunderstandings. In the short story, “Eyes of a Blue Dog,” Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells a story about a man and a woman having some sort of relationship. The status of the relationship is unclear, and it may even be unreal. I woman is searching for a man who constantly tells her that she has eyes of a blue dog. She…

Scott smashed pipe after pipe and finally the machine stopped and the blue torches went out. Scott could make out with his third eye the heat signatures of SWAT pouring in on all sides. They took him along with all the other Khalaraks to be experimented on but as soon as Scott awoke and realized his Khalarak half had left his body. He explained his story to the surgeon and Sargent they let him leave. He was missing his tattooed arm and the purple stains remained but at least he was alive. Scott…

Sonny’s Blue and How it feels to be Colored Me Music plays a prominent role in both “Sonny’s Blues” and “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” because it allowed them to find their freedom. During “Sonny’s Blues”, Sonny takes all the hurt and misery that he went through, and displayed it through the art of music. Zora in “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” expresses her freedom by listening to jazz music to escape her reality. Music saved Sonny’s life because he saw it as a breakthrough from all the pain…

40’s. Piper was one of only four African-American abstract painters to have a solo exhibit in New York. This showcase, which led to her fame, was a series entitled Blues and Negro Folk Songs and all included pieces were directly linked to blues music or musicians. Slow Down, Freight Train was one of the 14 pieces in the exhibit and it is my belief that this work of art captures the semi-abstract style and then uses its elements to provide the feeling of blues music in a visual way. The…