A Class Divided
What I liked most about the video was the point Ms. Elliot proved. I did not believe belittling the children and adults how Elliot had done would accomplish her goal. In the beginning of the video, it was clear that the kids had been taught and accepted discrimination towards other. A child that age is very impressionable and most likely had learned it from her parents and others the children were close with. I was amazed to see that even after 14 years the values Ms. Elliot had taught these children were part of their everyday lives and even taught to their own children. I was also surprised that the adults reacted in such a matter to their fellow co-workers. They had seen these people everyday and should've knew this wasn't the case. It showed how people can be quiet when they're not the one directly effected.
What I did not like about this video and believe the reason it did not catch on, is that, it was very harsh on the children. Even with the positive results in both adults and children this clearly didn't catch on to schools around the country. I was never presented discrimination in any way similar to this.
It was apparent after day one that the children had changed their views on the lesser brown or blue-eyed students. The fact that some of these children could completely change their view on their best friends was very surprising. I feel like this exercise could have permanently ruined some friendships especially in the young children's lives. It was shocking to not see one brown-eyed adult stand up for a member in the blue-eyed group. They just sat back and watched the blue-eyed be attacked for things a number of the brown eyed people had probably been doing.
The scenes I think I will remember a month from now are the collars being put on both the adults and the children. I will also remember the man in the video who was repeatedly attacked by Ms. Elliot.
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