Jane Elliot‘s Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes Experiment!

This week we take a look at Jane Elliot's Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes Experiment! We watched the PBS documentary before the podcast and used the time during the podcast to reflect on what we saw and how it has affect the world. We also take a quick look at race and race based issues and ask if a experiment like this is even more needed compared to the 70's.

 

 

Guide for Episode 8- A Class Divided Blue Eyes/brown eyes

 

Intro- Welcome back to Hypothetically Sound, Thank you for listening, today we are gonna take a look at a social experiment. This social experiment is called The eye of the storm or a class divided or its most popular name, brown eye/blue eye experiment. This is a very popular social experiment that many teachers still use today, I myself helped teach or have taught Jane Eliots experiment in some high school classrooms and in a few college classrooms. SO guys, I had us all watch the PBS documentary, before we get into the planned questions I have for you, what were your impressions of the documentary?

 

Link to PBS- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/introduction-2/

Colin Kaepernick- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick

-First impressions

What did you think?

Was it well done?

-Do you think this experiment actually changed these kids( they were easily using the N word)

Do you think it had a lasting impact?

Do you think the parents understood?

How do you think todays parents would have taken it?

-So the kids changed so easily when told they were dumb or smart, do you think the same thing would happen today? Do you think this type of mindset is what allowed slavery to go on so long? I.E telling slaves they were dumb made them dumb and not rise up

Is this how oppression started

Your takes on slavery and modern day slavery

-So Jane Elliot does this experiment to adults as well, and White adults seem to get angrier faster than the white children, why do you think that is?

White Privilege

Adults are too comfortable in their norms and strike back when challenged?

Oprah clip- https://youtu.be/ebPoSMULI5U

FaceBook Clip- https://fb.watch/8dTESt68kR/

 

-After watching it, do you believe that the experiment is unethical and does more harm than good, or is the experiment done well and necessary 

 

Jane Elliot Quote-  We don't need a melting pot, we need a salad bowl. You put in the different things you want it all, the veggies, the onions, cucumbers, peppers  to maintain the identity, you appreciate the differences, a melting pot doesn't appreciate the differences. WE want a country of differences