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Anyone else have to do this exercise? I did it in college.
Jane Elliott, a controversial former school teacher from Ohio, is recreating the shocking exercise she used 40 years ago to teach her nine-year-old pupils about prejudice. Elliott is asking 30 adult British volunteers to experience inequality based on their eye colour, to show how susceptible we can all be to bigotry, and what it feels like to be on the other side of arbitrary discrimination. Does Elliott's exercise still have something to teach us? Presented by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, and broadcast as part of the Race: Science's Last Taboo season, the exercise is observed throughout by two expert psychologists.
Jane Elliott, a controversial former school teacher from Ohio, is recreating the shocking exercise she used 40 years ago to teach her nine-year-old pupils about prejudice. Elliott is asking 30 adult British volunteers to experience inequality based on their eye colour, to show how susceptible we can all be to bigotry, and what it feels like to be on the other side of arbitrary discrimination. Does Elliott's exercise still have something to teach us? Presented by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, and broadcast as part of the Race: Science's Last Taboo season, the exercise is observed throughout by two expert psychologists.
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