Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise Creator Jane Elliott Visits Clarkson University
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Jane Elliott is an outspoken anti-racism activist, feminist and LGBT activist, but if you ask her, she simply says, "I prefer to be called an educator."
Jane Elliott is famous for creating the "blue-eye/brown-eye" exercise, which she developed the day after Martin Luther King's assassination. That day back in 1968, she was going to teach her third-grade class about Native Americans and the Sioux prayer that goes "Oh Great Spirit, keep me from ever judging a man until I have walked a mile in his moccasins." However, after she learned about King's assassination she defied convention.
She divided her class according to each child's eye color. The children with blue eyes would be superior to the children with brown eyes. All class privileges would be taken away from the children with brown eyes and given to the children with blue eyes. She would encourage the blue-eyed children to play only with other children with blue eyes while the children with brown eyes were denied the privilege of using the playground. The following day she reversed the roles.
The result of the exercise was a group of children with a new view of diversity and acceptance. Jane also experienced a life-changing moment that would lead her to a new life of teaching others about the meaning of acceptance and a new identification as the "foremother" diversity training.
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She is amazing, I just saw her speak at my college and she was incredible. I watched her experiment a couple of months ago and I happened across her talk with a friend. She was true and upfront, she was hilarious but also serious about what we needed done. It was absolutely just indescribable. She kept us involved with her talk and I can't even begin to explain how powerful that was. I'm so glad I happened across her. She is one of my favorite people now
Thank you Jane Elliott!
My mother would have loved you!
She also taught and was outspoken about many injustices.
From the first, I have found your work to be amazing...tragic that we still need such lessons!
Thank you for this post, to Jane and to clarkson university.
I'm using it in a presentation on discrimination and inclusivity as it has an impact when you watch it. Thank you again xx
At least she gets it. Can't say that other white people have.
Other races can be racist towards whites too.
Seth Keenan This isn't about whites against everyone else anymore, she now includes, disabled, aged, jews, gays. Its now about racism as a whole not just coming from the whites side
Seth Keenan
"Can be" is not the same as "Is". Have you learned nothing from watching this video? Jane is right, you have trouble learning simple things...typical.
Natashka Powell
discrimination against the aged, gays and the disabled isn't racism.
When she started it was all about racism, but it has now moved to all kinds of discrimination.
she is so smart
Let me know of any great books about this subject.
Your presentations are superb. After watching almost all of your videos on CZcams I've come to the conclusion that I need more in-depth knowledge about the subject of racism.
Jane Elliott should discuss homophobia. I see a lot of people in this world that hates racism but loves homophobia. It makes no sense to me!
good point
Emma Roberson why don't you do it?
Emma Roberson & you don't know what's it like to be discriminated against just because you're an indigenous solar being, and everyday having to wake up knowing that you're in the hands of the enemy, so this is extremely important, and unless you want to see another civil war happen, very soon, you better spread the word because no one is asking anymore, period...