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Are you familiar with Jane Elliott's "Blue eyes/brown eyes" experiment? It's a good kind of ultra-lite introduction to racism/discrimination if you've literally
by Cushman 12y ago
Are you familiar with Jane Elliott's "Blue eyes/brown eyes" experiment? It's a good kind of ultra-lite introduction to racism/discrimination if you've literally never come across the concept before. (Comes up a lot in Holocaust curriculum.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQAmdZvKf6M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQAmdZvKf6M
Though I wonder if small children aren't closer to understanding this than most of us. They're such a jumble of implicit biases at the best of times... You know that thing you're so scared of, that only comes out when you turn off the lights? Some adults grow up and stop being scared, and some adults don't.
- pdkl95 12y agoElliott's experiment is one of the most impressive teaching methods I've ever seen. This is such a good way of introducing kids to discrimination and hatred, how easily it spreads, and how it affects people. The interviews with the people that had Elliott's lesson much later when they were adults is notable - the lesson stuck with people, in life-affecting ways.
- 3JPLW 12y agoIt's been a long time, but could Seuss' The Sneeches (those with stars and those without thars) serve the purpose?
- thret 12y agoFor a wonderful fictional piece on the same theme, try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(novel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_(novel)