Devvon Terrell - In 1968 jane elliot held an experiment...

Jane Elliot’s “Blue eyes/Brown eyes” exercise was a wake-up call for America. It exposed the hidden prejudices that many of us carry, whether we are conscious of them or not. By dividing her class into two groups based on eye color, she created a microcosm of the larger society we live in, where people are often judged and discriminated against based on arbitrary characteristics such as skin color, gender, and religion. By making them aware of their own biases, she gave them the tools they neede

Jane Elliot on her Blue Eyes Brown Eyes exercise