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  Lynn Meade     lmeade@uark.edu    cell: 479-445-4967        

   

Blue Eyed--with Jane Elliot Part 1
(with German Subtitles)

Warning:  This will make you angry at some point.  If it doesn't make you a little angry, you aren't watching. 

Time to watch all 10 videos 91 minutes

 
 

Blue Eyed--with Jane Elliot Part 2

Do you agree with her premise that tests are culturally biased?
 

Blue-Eyed -- with Jane Elliot Part 3

Do you agree that we do things to put blacks and women down in our country? Do you agree that we treat women like children?  She asks if they think that the blue eyed group can take it for only two hours---do you think that you could take what she is dishing out without breaking?
 

Blue Eyed-- with Jane Elliot Part 4 

What do you think about the man's reaction who refuses to answer, "Do you have any physical problems that will be made worse?"  When Jane becomes hostile, does she cross a line?  Is it ethical to make people this uncomfortable in order to prove a point? Have you ever seen this type of confrontation between a student and a teacher? Have you seen someone use words to make another feel small?


 

Blue Eyed-- with Jane Elliot Part 5

Do you agree with her that we oppress blacks, gays, women, and non-Christians?  Do you agree with her that we change the rules?  Do we build people up so we can tear him down? She makes fun of the fact that we would never vote in a black president, what is your reaction ...have things really changed?

She said that her family's business was ruined and that her children were persecuted for what she does?  Do you think that people would have the same reaction if she did this experiment today?
 

Blue Eyed-- with Jane Elliot Part 6

She makes the comment that if people didn't like what they were doing--they would stop?  Do you agree that people oppress others because they like it? She makes a grown man cry, how does she do this?  Can simple words really hurt someone so quickly?   
 

Blue Eyed - With Jane Elliot Part 7

She comments that the white woman does not live in the same country as the black woman does, do you agree? She shows the pictures of the children before and after--what is the difference in their expression? She shows the picture that the boy drew with the angel and the devil--how do we treat children in ways that make them feel small like in that picture? She mentions the dyslexic child is put down by the school system, have you seen others put down by teachers?

Watch the body language of those on the bottom? What body language does she use to intimidate the blue eyed people?
 

Blue Eyed - With Jane Elliot Part 8
It briefly breaks into German for a commercial

She comments that knowing that people are wrong when they discriminate against you still doesn't make you feel better, do you agree?

 

Blue Eyed - With Jane Elliot Part 9

She tells one lady to "get over cute," do you agree that females loose their support when they lose their looks? She says we infantilize (make them baby-like)  females, do you agree? Why didn't anyone come to the rescue when she was picking on people?
 

Blue Eyed - With Jane Elliot Part 10
 

She comments that Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Ageism work because people do nothing. She goes on to day that, "To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor"... do you agree?
 

"Our lives begin to end
the day we become silent
 about things that matter." Martin Luther King

A Quiz to Test Racial Sensitivity

This is the Original Video about Jane Elliot and the Brown Eyed- Blue Eye Experiment: A Class Divided

This is optional, you don't have to watch this.

A Class Divided-- 1

A Class Divided -- 2  

A Class Divided -- 3
 

A Class Divided --4

 

 

Funny Public Speaking Bloopers

Watch Outfoxed, the video (45 minutes)
First bit in another language but that goes away quickly. 
 Helps you to see bias in any media.

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