A Class Divided (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
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- One of FRONTLINE's most requested programs -- third-grade teacher Jane Elliott's lesson in discrimination.
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The day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is the story of that lesson, its lasting impact on the children, and its enduring power 30 years later.
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Read an exclusive interview with teacher Jane Elliott to learn about her bold lesson in discrimination, and what she’s been up to since: to.pbs.org/2WCF17L
Frontline, can you gather these same adults to interview them on their thoughts on drama trump??
This is great!
CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE THIS CAPTIONED ACCURATELY
Both of the comments in the caps look like it's coming from the same person on two different accounts. I thought bot accounts where reserved for Twitter?
@@jenmb2679 Classic snowflake behavior. Fake outrage and doesn't have the courage to watch to the end; where you will certainly learn something*
Probably one of the lying, cheating, stinky ole "blue eyes", who never listen!
*If you have watched till the end and have learned something that you hadn't known prior to the video, and you've taken off the ugly collar and trashed it.
Then ignore everything I've just said and have a great ignorance free day. Well done 👌❤️👍❤️✌️🙏
She should've received Nobel peace award...
Asian Lives Matter Are you kidding, this is CHILD ABUSE she taught her students racism and prejudice. Ive meet older people who went under her experiment and they where bullied and had to miss school for a few days.
@@Sam-nc3wl are you stupid? she taught her kids what its like to feel the negative effects of racism, and how to be better people. Are you saying we shouldnt teach kids about how horrid and terrible racism and prejudice is, so they grow up with the idealism of hatred? Nah, thats not right.
Drastic Of course I think we should teach our children about racism.
getting 8 year olds to bully each other to tell them that it is wrong is not the way it should be done. First of all children don’t have any solid morals or empathy. Secondly bullies have a tendency to continue to using nonsense like blue eyes / brown eyes well after the experiment as a reason to harass other students and kids.
Please don’t automatically assume that I am some bigot because I don’t agree with Eliot’s methods. Only seeing in absolutes is a logical fallacy.
Bobbi brown is a troll. Same comment for a number of threads. Probably not even a woman or a person
Sam I agree that the teaching method may have been extreme but racism is never a pleasant experience. That’s the point. To experience something for having a trait you can’t help is wrong. While I can understand the trauma that some kids may go thru, imagine the trauma you get when you have to put up with racial bias every day.
astounding how quick Brown Eyes became a slur among them. Really eye-opening
Rob Romeo yeah. That was shocking. All it took was a recess away from the teacher and bam! Slur
I know wow I didn’t realize it until this comment
@Rob Romeo that's all it takes it real life, too!
Rob Romeo Was the pun intended ?
pun intended?
The children acted better in this exercise then the adults did and they say kids are immature...
I don't think it's that, i believe it is because of fear of punishment. Were as in the adults, no one can punish them for being rude and obnoxious.
For a lack of better word, it's that children are more "naive" and I mean that in a positive way. They are not afraid to imagine a different version of themselves, to change their views of the world. As adults, we think we're weak when we change our opinions. We think our world view should be concrete. We think we are "enlightened" and stop being naive and interested. In excercises with adults, you can see how they are trying to enforce their own views on the experiment instead of taking part in it. They are too afraid to give up their egos for a day, while children are not.
Daytona Brilliant
Probably because the adults weren't going put up with any of her bullshit.
Maturity is based on experience in life. The more things you learn from experiences, the more you mature. Unless you’re a person who never learns.
This woman is a gift not just to America but to humanity.
Yes
You Nailed it. I forwarded this to everyone I could think of, and ask them to share.
This is a Brilliant Teaching!
It should be taught today in every classroom in America!
@@graysonburkhart please don't vote for i can't remember my wife name biden🤦
@@hoodatheist5549 To be Clear, You want to Keep Trump another four years? You do understand that you are trash and disposable to Trump, right?
@@graysonburkhart to be clear, no i don't want him either. You are choosing which one is more comfortable a stab or a gunshot
I love how she showed the difference in performance when children had the collar on. With the letter cards they perform slower while without collars they were faster. Being prejudiced against creates a sense of inferiority and plays on aLL aspects of your self esteem
This crazy how are things like this happening more often in more schools blacks and whites because now a days it’s everybody become a racist because they feel wronged or attacked
Jane Elliott must go to Israel and do this to teach the jew to follow the Torah since they worship academia so much! 🤭
now this is TEACHING
yes but a teaching method that would never be allowed today
@@xTheRealKestrelx unfortunately, too many sensitive and entitled people would object.
Brilliant way to teach humanity so much better than words alone. Just looking at these kids putting it all together just brilliant lessons.
No, it's child abuse. You might want to do a quick moral self-inventory, and see a psychiatrist.
I had a college professor do this in one of my classes. It was so powerful!
When Jane said ‘imagine if this went on for your whole life’ to the adults and they went silent... it really hit them. There’s no taking off neck ties in real life and going back to ‘normal’. They can never truly understand.
The idea was to give them an 'understanding' of what the situation can feel like
@@LightLife4the point Ella is making is that the blue-eyed woman said “We all have faced some form of discrimination…” and said that this exercise wasn’t reality because people don’t just get “constantly badgered like this”. When, in fact, POC can and DO get “badgered” or discriminated like this on an everyday basis. That’s why one of the brown-eyed women (who was still white) was quick to correct her, which, by the way, is one example of how to advocate for someone outside of your own race.
Jane Elliott must go to Israel and do this to teach the jew to follow the Torah since they worship academia so much! 🤭
What really hit home for me, was the fact that these kids understood SO quickly that the experiment is about experiencing what racism/discrimination FEELS like. I watched the other two documentaries and the adults missed the point entirely, only thinking they were being called out as racists. That is not the point at all, the point is to experience what prejudice is like and how things that cannot be controlled are not a reason to be treated in a horrific manner. As soon as that child said “I understand how the brown eyed people felt yesterday” was the moment I knew the lesson hit home. That is what this experiment is about to realize that racism is a ridiculous reason to feel hateful towards another. Smh
Well said!
Yes, very well said, that was one of the most powerful things the kids said! They really did get it!
Kids are like sponges, the got it very quickly! It’s a beautiful thing for them to understand this complex social problem, on the other side of the fence!
notice how being called brown eye suddenly became a slur word.. dam! words are really powerful bombs.
duduoshunn just like with the slur for black people...
You mean to tell me that these former students are only 24 years old Damn they all must have had a rough life!
@@theuntouchablegirlkysieisc599 people definitely aged differently back then
It's not the word that is powerful it's what the word symbolises that's powerful, and whatever it is we are made to associate the word with.
It could have been any word. The word is just a noise that we are taught to interpret in certain ways.
It's the intent of how the word was said, not so much as the actual words
This made me cry children are pure and it’s simply that racism is taught. I cried over and over in joy. These kids are so smart. God bless them and may God continue to bless her
I liked the little boy who said, "I felt like a king."
Made me cry too , it's crazy how easily racism is taught
@@prettypisces3789 I'm Pisces too.
P.S racism isn't only taught. studies among random kids, around the world, show darker skin equates to worse things in their honest minds. the major religions touch upon this too. it's almost as objective as short being worse than tall for a guy. studies show over 95% of white women chose white husbands even in 2010. looks are mostly objective (especially in attracting women, although women downplay looks more than men n value money/status more, as per all the studies done around the world) n attractive people get more dates, sex, jobs, promotions, money, friends, respect etc.
I plan to upload cool/fun/detailed/fact-based videos on this in time so click my sub n bell icons.
@@airplayrule so where are your reference s to your bold statement that racism isnt only thought?
@@airplayrule oh and you dont think racism spread because of globalism??
It honestly almost drove me to tears knowing that those children had to encounter those feelings. Feelings I know so well.
Exactly
@James Venner 2 spare us your presence.
Same
Ditto
It’s necessary now that they know the feeling they can now see it in the world and not tolerate it
Love how she had them consent to the lesson: "would you like to try it?"
This video just WON the internet. Please everyone...SHARE THIS UNTIL YOUR FINGERS HURT
Anajen 30 I’ve just shared it with my President as well as one of the Country’s main broadcasting cooperation.
This is the best legacy to share with our generation and every generation after us.
'They shot a king last night Ms. Elliot'
I caught that too...the purity, the precious ignorance, the innocents.
It was a cute statement. Someone had the news on in his house.
All police officer trainees should be put through something like this.
I don't think that it would make much difference, teaching humans to human to others? Scary!
I think they should watch this.
@@samanthaslaughter1285 I fully agree Samantha!!!!
@@samanthaslaughter1285 they may have green eyes though
john brown lmfao
that discomfort those kids felt means they'll remember the lesson the rest of their lives!
Especially when they become so resentful they become vicious racist
Go troll somewhere else
@@lexleibs5759 get a job you loser
The day after? He was murdered in Memohis on Friday April 4th. The seniors in the cafeteria cheered. My art teacher walked out the door and never came back. On Monday I gave a speech in his memory. The entire football team threatened to kill me. You had to be there it was four days burned into my memory forever.
Sorry to hear you experienced that bro.
Jeez man, that's insane
Where did this happen?
Sad. Thanks for sharing some real insight
Dave Barry wrote about the same thing in a book of his. Specifically, one student was excited about the idea of black people rioting.
The best lesson and the overall message is at 48:25 . The whole documentary is great but the women’s response to her question has me shook. Blessings to the lady at 49:18
That answer was on target!
Yes!! Ommmggggg I was like yes!! It’s like we constantly have to explain ourselves or defend ourselves of why we feel *gasp*! Emotions! A majority of white people know they are ignorant af. They knows what’s up. They just don’t want their little glass dreams to be shatter because pawpaw and mawmaw taught them all their life that they are better than the rest.
shelisa sells It’s LITERALLY every single Gotdamned day.
After the lady at 49:18 finished talking all I could say was yes bitch
EYES WIDE OPEN.
As a Chinese in the US during times of Covid19 plus protests on George Floyd's death, this video says so much... And this is from 35 years ago yet nothing changed. I'm feeling so helpless.
Me too. But there’s going to be a change I promise. 🤍 Keep your head up
we need to educate people. were going through a revolution right now, we will fight for civil rights. we will fight for equality. we will not give up. educate, and keep hope. sending love to you in these tough times
China is racist to Africans too. As an African, I think it if hypocritic when The Chinese complain about racism with America, when they are just as bad.
Please don't feel helpless. You matter. Things will change.
FablingPam Most Chinese in America have nothing to do with China the fact that you are blaming Chinese people for being attacked because of their ancestors makes you just discriminatory as the people you are against.
White parents today: "We can't talk to our children about racism. They're too young to understand!"
Jane Elliott: "Watch and learn!" 2:43
Exactly, my mom grew up in the MLK era and she taught me to love all people as they are. As long as they respect me I respect them!
@grogdizzy Remember how white people learned in the last weeks what "The Talk" means for Black families? My mom for one was shocked. It didn't even cross our minds as white people that parents would have to talk with their children about racism simply to protect them. It's not that I wanna offend, we were all raised to be silent about race. The "color blind" and "All lives matter" arguments are direct consequences of that education and we pass these hurtful notions on to the next generation. It's not our fault we think this way. But it's our duty to overcome that education. That is what Jane is doing and she is getting shit for it ever since she started her excercises.
My mom doesn’t give a crap, even if it’s Gorey or brutal she still tells me every news about racism
grogdizzy my neighbor
@@werweis21 "The Talk" is child abuse, amd you're a piece of shit if you do it, because it's a fucking lie.
This teacher did an amazing job teaching these kids a lesson that would stick with them for life. If a teacher tried to do this today, and made a kid feel bad, that teacher would be fired and never allowed to teach again. For a day of feeling bad, these kids learned a life long lesson. Sadly today kids are deprived of such experiences.
Except underlying this whole experiment is the awkward question... Why don't people discriminate based on eye color...or hair color... or height.... And then the obvious realization that race must be more significant than those things. Probably because the racial group is an extension of the biological family. So she's basically just brainwashing these kids into believing that race is no more significant than eye color. Even though race is something you share with your ancestors and your kin and is a visual proof of your heritage and isolates you from people who don't share your heritage. Hmm maybe more significant than eye color.
@@joeshmo95 You do realize that eye, hair, and skin are all determined by melanin right? One chemical is responsible for these three components of the human body. These kids aren't being brainwashed. They're being educated about the reality of people who are different from them. Do you have any idea how much DNA we share with other races and yet we look nothing like them? There are white people that have 20% - 30% Afro-Caribbean DNA yet they look just like a casual white person. This proof doesn't seem too visual if you ask me. Especially seeing as how you have to test for it. Your heritage doesn't isolate you from anything. Ignorance and prejudice does that...
Actually, when she initially did this exercise the other teachers and parents tried desperately to run her out.
WHAT CHOICE DO PEOPLE OF COLOUR HAVE WHEN IT IS CLEARLY OBVIOUS THE MAJORITY OF THE WHITE RACE IS RACIST- WHY NOT TEACH THIS IN SCHOOLS???????????? BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOU UNFAIR RACIST SOCIETY.
@@joeshmo95 - that's another strawman argument. She's not "brainwashing" these kids. And you're not even correct on she purpose or objective of the activity. If anyone needs to go through the activity, it's you.
Seriously speaking, every class in america should go through this. Every class in every school.
Not only in America
I don't think parents are intrested in having there kids abused. but good try.
@Lizzie Allen the fuck is the third wave experiment
Lone Star oh please. This is nothing compared to how blacks are treated. These kids came out perfectly fine.
What a Brilliant woman . This should have been taught in Kindergarten all across America!!!!
She has a place in heaven for sure. She changed the lives of so many by this experiment. I wish this was a mandatory teaching in all schools.
@hr human resources She will have a place in heaven, she is still with us, 87 and still active :)
Maybe one day!
She's still kicking! Got interviewed on Jimmy Fallon after George Floyd's death
That lady is most definitely not destined for heaven after the blatant child abuse shes been involved with. Sounds to me from her recent interviews she hasn't learned anything and is still hell bound.
It shouldn't just be about racism, it should be about LGBT+/Women’s and Disability Rights to. If you could do it so it teaches people about what it's like to face prejudice in a minority group the world would be a better place
@46:15: Yup, that's the he "angry black" dilemma. Can't raise your voice in public without having the mere fact that you're arguing or angry, even if it's justifiable, used against you.
@UsNotMe - You don't even have to raise your voice to be accused of being angry. They used to call Obama an angry Black man, and that dude was as mellow as they come. It's the same for Black women, we can't even simply voice an opinion without being called angry.
so true, happens all the time.
Even as a gay person, it happens.
Other person: **Uses the f-word (not the fun f-word, the other one) in an insensitive joke**
Gay person: **Literally breathes**
Other person: Oh no, you're going to make this about homophobia, aren't you?
I'm just so impressed with this woman. What an amazing teacher.
mtg would try to have her fired
I keep coming to this documentary because it's so impressive. In such a short period of time this teacher managed to program an entire class for the rest of their lives and in turn these people will groom their children to not be racist! This activity should be done to all students in the early stages all around the world and we will definitely see a change in society. Much respect! 🙏💯
As an educator, she is so inspiring and just further justify my own actions of teaching my students about racism in America. I am so happy to continue her work in my classroom.
Lilbabyz10 You Rock!
As a parent, stick to teaching the subjects you are hired to do. I'll handle teaching them about "racism" and morality. If you abuse my children I will sue you and press charges.
@@daniellemeyer8568 a teacher teaching is why your gonna sue someone lol yea you definitely shouldn’t be teaching your kids about morals let alone racism 😬
@@daniellemeyer8568 Racism in quotes LOLOL. Do you seriously think Jane Elliott was abusing her students? Really?
@@daniellemeyer8568 WTH 🤦🏾♀️
The meaning simply put is.... walk a mile in another's one's shoes is a lesson we all can learn. Racism is taught at a very young age everyone of us can definitely learn from this. Thank you for sharing this.😊
It'd be nice, though, if she made this about discrimination and bullying in general. For example, I find it far worse if you're discriminated against because you are deemed as ugly, weird or the only "biggest loser" at your entire school. When you feel like the only outcast, that's far worse than feeling you're part of a group of outcasts.
@@undyingsoul3949 That happened to a really sweet friend of mine (when she was a child, long before we met) and I agree with you. It practically made her suicidal as a child, because she didn't even have a group of people who were like her. She didn't know why she became the school scapegoat (she was very quiet and shy, but also brilliant).
I've experienced racism, and that's horrible too, of course. But at least I know I'm not the only one.
I'd love for this teacher to design a class to educate students against ALL forms of bullying. ♥️
@@undyingsoul3949 - I think your idea, to use this to address bullying as well is important. However, I don't agree with you on trying to compare "what is worse". I don't think that's fair. Bullying and racial discrimination are very much linked together. There are racists who think people of different races are ugly and inferior and act upon it. I think this can be adjusted to address bullying...but this specific one is about racial discrimination.
Or moccasins, as the case may be...
An amazing teacher. A remarkable woman. A life - changing lesson. And a film, I know, will have a positive impact on my teenage daughters here in England too.
You didn't know that when you divide people into teams they become antagonistic? That's pretty sad. Also the flip side of this argument is...why don't people focus on these little differences? Like in the real world... As in why does race become the defining thing that people categorize themselves by and not eye color or hair color which have never sparked group antagonism anywhere ever? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Maybe race is an extension of your biological family and, um, actually a relevant biological phenomenon? Don't worry you don't have to show this to your teenage daughters when you're brainwashing them.
You're a terrible mother if you indoctrinate your children with such nonsense!
@@undyingsoul3949 and joe shmo you have no idea of what you are trying to say it is so nonsensical that I feel dumber by having to point the fact that empathy can be learned and it is not always automatic. Clara Boxall fight bigotry by whatever means necessary and thank you.
Oh. My. Gosh!
“...why does race become the defining thing that people categorize *themselves* by...?”
Good Lord! The fact that someone took the time to type those words just shows exactly why this lesson should be taught in every school.
No, actually ...not ‘should be taught’ but absolutely NEEDS to be taught!
@@joeshmo95 Race is a social construct, Joe.
This video needs to be rewatch by today’s society for the better
Why? It’s grossly outdated and non-applicable to today’s society. Black Lives Matter is a farce
Dave i’m saying it needs to be watched not done. of course this is unacceptable in today’s world. It’s something to put people’s mind into perspective. i didn’t mean this is any bad way just so people could get a little more educated on...
@craig rankine Except we are now at the point where she said "I lied" and the other children have to wear the collar. But somehow people refuse to fast forward to when the collars are taken off and everybody is treated equal.
I literally LAUGHED a cold dead laugh when Betty Sue was like, “ALL of us, everyone in this room, has been discriminated against”.
You know what’s also laughable...Her name is Karen 😂😂😂
@@ajahnagrosvenor7072 lol smh
This exercise was done with my class, when I was in the second grade. This video was very similar to what happened with my class. I cried that day, because my teacher had us sit with our faces to the wall and yelled at us. This lesson is amazing! The video was even better! The teacher was best of all three!
So abusive, yelling teachers that make you cry are amazing, according to you? I hope you intend that comment as a piece of comedy..
jeff5102 I wish it was comedy
jeff5102 racism is abusive. A couple minutes of crying, feeling discriminated, and judged can not compare to how long that’s been going for blacks.
@@jonathanaleman2338 Absolutely. But would you rather white folk have no example to that horrible feeling in their whole lives or at least some? I think this if this nerfed version of racism is demeaning and hurtful *enough* to get results like that from people, a LONG TERM change of behavior that helps tie people together this much, as shown by the results of the repeated applications of this exerceise over the years... I think it's the right kind of tool to use. The structural and violent racism we have today should have never been allowed to remain this bad for so long, and perhaps it was because the people with the power to change it didn't think it was their job to eliminate that behavior, like they had done enough. This kind of prejudice check is almost a racist vaccine when done right to a class of kids.
@@CalamityCanyon - I don't think Jonathan Aleman was saying anything against Ms. Elliott's exercise. I think his response was strictly about the people on here calling the teacher abusive for yelling at the kids. Like he said, those kids only had to endure that for a very short while. I find it disgusting that people like jeff5102 would call the teacher abusive just because some kids cried from being discriminated against for a little while during a school day, as a means of teaching them an important lesson about the impact of discrimination against others. I bet he doesn't give a damn about people who actually experience racism and discrimination on a daily basis. People who can't just wake up the next day and be told it was all just a social experiment. I completely agree with you, this is the right kind of tool to use. I personally think every single school in the country should implement it. Jane Elliott started doing this in 1968. Can you even imagine how much better this country would be if this had been part of the required curriculum for all schools over the past 52 years?
“Oh boy, here we go again”😂 9:58
kid discovered the meme over 50 years before it was made😂👌
The PG version of CJ's.
Yesss someone else noticed it 🥳🤣😂
I was rollin hahaha
I’ve listened to this beautifully brilliant women for about a year now and she’s changed my life. Being black it feels wonderful knowing people like this exist. It gives me hope that maybe she can get thru to people that look like her more so than I could. God bless you Ms. Jane Elliott
My teacher did this to me yesterday I wanted to cry. I was so scared to do anything wrong or voice anything for fear of being belittled. This experiment really puts in perspective how horrible it is and this was only one period and barley as disgusting as what happens every day.
Amazing teacher! Sad, you can’t do anything like this anymore with common core. Too busy teaching to take tests rather than being functional human beings.
considering that teachers and students are too busy trying to not get shot I think that common core is the least of their worries!
Common core has nothing to do with social justice
We have a homeroom period 2 times a month in which we teach social justice-type lessons. Some schools are doing it.
X-01 Unknown EXACTLY. And then you forget what the useless common core shit
White PARENTS can have this talk at home.
Perspectives are based on our experiences, but also on what we are told to believe. It is very important to cross-check everything we are taught, or we fall victim to our own biases we create.
You're not fooling me, pineapple is never acceptable on pizza.
One of the most intelligent things I've read in a comments section. Well said.
@@JesusArreola25 Hate to tell you, but I love pineapple on pizza :D
carpo719 Have you heard the episode on Hidden Brain about how we, humans, believe or dismiss the information we encounter (Vegetable Lamb)? I recommend it. And it not the only episode that addresses how determine what we believe. Addition, my third grade teacher conduct this experiment. It left a strong enough impression I can still draw up the emotions I felt over the two days.
@@batboy3746 Yea because you are being bias and playing into the stereotype that all asian are smart. Not saying this is the answer but this is my opinion.
SIS TRIED TO SAY “ALL LIVES MATTER” AND MY GIRL PUT HER IN HER PLACE!!!! AHHHH YESSS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 49:10
Anna Santos yes she really came thru
that woman was/is definitely racist
She said...Karen, sit down. 🤣
@@calmdown3132 Hehe this is the 80s....probably Betty or Claire
Delroy61 lmao @ Claire. Spot on!
This teacher is astounding, she deserves a Nobel peace prize
Wow! That’s a small class size. Today, the class sizes are waaaaay too large. Difficult to control and reach the students with such large classes today.
This is a small town in Iowa of less than 1000 people. In these small rural towns, small class sizes are not out of the ordinary.
Siyathokoza Zulu this is midwest, small school. I was in a graduating class of forty
There was only 205 million people in the U.S verses 327 million today.
@@zulusiyathokoza your stupid
@@zulusiyathokoza That is not a private school or rich kids. They may have been the only kids born the same year in that little town.
This is actually exactly how colonialism worked, they split the indigenous people against one another based on false "tribes" and arbitrary classifications. google Rwanda genocide.
It only works if you have arrogant ignorant, rebellious people ...who are easy to penetrate.
This is exactly how systemic discrimination works.
@@1BRWNSKN it works when you tell one group there more superior because of a belief or physical attribute.
Kingdom Mama there are multiple tribes in a nation
Brits did this shit in Iraq aswell. We didn’t have much issues between minorities but now...Kurds, Arabs, jesidis, turks, ashura...it’s heartbreaking
Her methods of teaching should be taught to every teacher across this country and should be a requirement
I had a headteacher during my Primary School years who taught us about discrimination in a similar way to Jane. I'm 39 now and still haven't forgotten, just happy she taught us
what i like a bout her approach to teaching is that there is clearly a right and wrong in her lesson, there is no relativism, post modern, everyone is right bs, but a clear lesson that does not leave the students confused or second guessing.
I've watched this twice and cried both times. Mrs Jane Elliott is a genius.
I always come back to this because it is beyond powerful. Jane is a fantastic human being who is single-handedly trying to eradicate the world of its greatest burden.
I believe we can learn a lot from the exercise about human nature than many people may think. People make judgements about others which are different than themselves in some way every day. Now, here in 2023, Americans continue to judge people for many reasons, but often we are distrusting or hating others because they voted for a candidate other than we did for President. I have been told that I should not be allowed to vote because only conservatives which are also white and Christian are true Americans. America is being torn apart based merely on the fact I voted for Democrat Joe Biden for President. I was also told that it was because Democrats cheated.
Absolutely! It is the Greatest, Needless, Burden!!! Where no one is a winner!!!!
I just find it so amazing, all those kids said those 2 days were forever burned into their memory and they hated them with a passion... and they are extremely grateful that they went through those 2 days.
I first watched this film for my Sociology assignment. I loved it so much. Everyone must see this movie.
brown woman of color hahaha wow
Alex Xolo what?
Unfortunately preaching to the choir. People who are curious about how the world works and how people treat each other are not the ones who need to hear it
Thats why im watching it too! Super interesting
This documentary and the Stanford Experiment should be mandatory viewing for teenagers. I had no clue that racism or bullying affected a child's learning or how they might perceive themselves. These kids received a good lesson on how it feels to be discriminated against.
Omg yes! In every school.
One of my friends was almost suicidal when she was a little kid from being bullied, and I've experienced racism even in our relatively diverse city. Kids need to understand.
Welcome to the real every day life for most minority children
This decline in academic ability in this experiment could account for the low motivation in academics among the black folk.
@@Inspirekidstoday They actually did a study on this, they ended up calling it stereotype threat (Aronson and Steele.) Because negative stereotypes get interiorized by black students, many will do poorly on tests when it is presented as a test of their skills. When the same test is presented only as part of the experiment, the black subjects had very similar scores to their white counterparts. I'm explaining it poorly here, but negative stereotypes definitely play a role.
And the Milgram experiment.
I’m Japanese who goes to a community college in California. When the coronavirus spread into the world, my professor treated Asian including me as virus and he said go home to us. I came to the US before the things happened but the professor said “Chinese people spread the virus into the world. I was discriminated in SF because my name didn’t sound like American. I was discriminated because of you Asian. Don’t show me your faces.” When I heard that, I was so disappointed. I never thought a professor did such a fool thing for me. He is educator he should teach us that you can’t discriminate someone by their colors or races. But I found this. I was one of the racists. When he discriminated Asian people, I was like “I was Japanese and we were not like others. I didn’t bring virus to the US. Chinese did that!” After that, I was so ashamed of myself. I realized I was wrong by being discriminated.
There’s so much racism in this world. Some people don’t realize they are racist. I’ll share this video to my friends. I hope people will learn something from this video like me.
I’ve never seen anything so powerful. When Mrs Elliot first started with the children, seeing the reactions on the children’s faces I had silent tears. If only this would be a requirement for young children. It clearly shows in the end the children understand racism. Even with the adults, in the end of just an hour and a half I feel they understood. It’s sad that this teacher started this in her classroom around 1968 and it was never put into practice back then. Imagine how different the world would be today if it had been. It could start now and could make a difference going forward.
As an educator I can't help but be in awe of her. The ability to take chances like this is something very very few teachers would take. Anything that can potentially cause controversy, at least those topics not approved of, is something that is to be avoided at all costs. The freedom for a teacher to take this leap is where the real impactful lessons are learned. That of course is not to say that every teacher who wants to take a chance is as capable as her but giving the initiative to teachers is something I believe benefits children far more than any harm it could possibly do.
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HE GOT IT EXACTLY RIGHT! NOW THEY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND.
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One didn’t get the point of this example and one did. Amazing, I watch her did with in Britain and the same thing happen. Some just don’t want to accept the fact they have privilege and some want to and challenge it.
This is one of the most thought-provoking pieces I have seen in a long time.
TH-cam, please start recommending more things like this, and put this on the front page
When they had the upper hand, it was alright to look down on the other group. When the tables turned, they didn't like the feeling of inferiority.
Exactly a good lesson
Dear Frontline, do you have a Spanish version of this documentary. If not, do you give me permission to do a Spanish subtitle of this video?
Juan Martin. Your idea to translate this film is a good one. This social exercise is good for critical thinking
Please do it. I feel like this documentary is important to watch no matter what country you live in.
i think it is very important to translate/dub this video in other languages.
I would contact their buisness email. I do bet it has a Spanish sub because pbs is government funded
I just asked them the same thing! If they added subs in English we could also translate them and add them manually
What an amazing teacher. The kind of rapport she has with her students is inspiring. They are so engaged in the lesson and it still affects them as adults. So powerful!
Jane Elliott is an educator, and a human being, of the highest order. This is a person who is genuinely striving to make the world a better place. We need many, many more people like her, especially in positions of leadership.
Thank you for everything that you do for humanity, Jane Elliott!
I’m just glad y’all can atleast get a *small* glimpse of what my life’s really like..
Chiefur Skates just so damn sorry fam. I will forever do my part to try and change this.
Keep safe please🧡 we have to , and WILL make a change. This can't go on any longer
For humanity i will try to do my part in trying to eradicate this concept.
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We need more Elliots
Hell no we don't!
@@AWlpsSHOW36 shut up fake account
@@Ojitos_ivl
Fake account? WTF?
Why should I shut up? I didn't harass anyone?
Yes, we do
@@AWlpsSHOW36 found the racist
"...they shot a King, Mrs Elliot. Why did they shoot that King?"
That question from a child says so much to me. Heartbreaking.
I never, until hearing this child, realized that MLK could have become our President. Never dawned on me.
How different the world might be right now without evil influence.
I'll retire to despair.
This should definitely be done in today's school system.
I've watched this documentary years ago and tried to share it with others whenever I can. Thanks for making this documentary available on TH-cam for the world to see.
No one is born a racist, we are taught to be that way. There is no superior race, the only race we have is mankind. Isn't it wonderful how quickly these kids caught on to this?
Scientific evidence proves that there are multiple different races within the human race. So you're wrong. Just like this woman brainwashing many people.
@@undyingsoul3949 hahah that's straight up bs, Race is a social construct.... (I can back up does claims if you wish )
You obviously have wilful ignorance to the "real" facts. Use critical thinking and be pragmatic... And don't/stop look/looking for tedious ego/superior boost, It just shows your insecurities fam
@@dr.blackphil7512 Okay, show me your bogus sources! Because I've seen my sources. "Race is a social construct" is almost as dumb as the claim that gender is a social construct. Brainwashed SJWs have their sources for that, too.
@@dr.blackphil7512 I also don't care what the facts are. I'm cool with either truth. Ego boost or whatever my ass!
@@undyingsoul3949 nahh gender is a different topic, I don't believe that because of biology. You just compare does things because it sounds similar and not because you thinking in a progmatic way..
Obviously you don't care about the real facts=the real truth, not the false reality you built up because you have wilful ignorance..
It must be so painful for Mrs. Elliott at that time, but what the children learnt in the class would make them not make someone else feel the pain for ever. What a great class, what a great teacher.
These children are more intelligent than a lot of adults today.
The Power of Education to change the human mind in full display . . . 👍🏾
Brilliant way to teach humanity so much better than words alone. Just looking at these kids putting it all together just brilliant lessons.
I am a teacher and this is such a great lesson but I wouldn't be able to go through with this. My heart breaks just watching it. This is Ms. Elliott is an exceptional teacher. She understands the importance of this lesson and how it will help the children in life. Also, It's unfortunate but in today's classroom, a teacher would probably be fired for this. Parents would definitely complain and throw a fit. Kids of all ages would also not be able to handle this situation.
This is how children should be taught. She was an excellent teacher .God bless her .
I need Frontline in my life.
Andy Miller then watch frontine.
It’s PBS. So its usually reliable
The improvement in their being and test scores is absolutely amazing!
This also goes to show just how sensitive and vulnerable children's minds truly are :( it makes me feel bad just thinking about abusive parents who mindlessly shouts hurtful things to their children...
Wow. What an amazing teacher. It sure brings the lesson home when you actually experience discrimination for some random reason you personally have no control over.
This lesson should be taught in all schools and workplaces.
the 5 minute to 2 minutes thing was scary
Wdym?
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The kids were either much better or much worse at the learning tasks, depending on whether or not they had been discriminated against.
Amen to this! God bless Mrs Elliot! 🙌🏽🙏🏽
“I understand how the brown eyed people felt yesterday”
-Blue Eyes
That is what this lesson is all about! I wish I could get everyone to have that perspective, if only for one day.
The woman at 49:12 👏
Great experiment and experience! I loved that the kids handled it better than the adults
Because they were easier to be manipulated and already knew THEIR TEACHER for a longer period of time. She was probably much kinder to them before this experiment.
It could be because children are more innocent. We are all prejudice, that's a fact. If we all had the same skin color, we would find something else to divide each other. If people started teaching their children how to Respect everyone on the basis of personality rather than physical aspects, then and only then would we be at peace but this will never happen.
It was maybe 1987 when I first heard of Jane Elliott. I can't remember if it was via a documentary, the PBS piece or if she was perhaps in Australia, touring. Whenever it was, her methods stunned, to the point that they stay with me.
I hope Ms Elliott is well enough to be working, but if she has retired, I hope she has anointed successors.
This is the first time I have ever seen this, but it’s not the first time I’ve heard of Jane Elliot, this woman is a pioneer, a genius, and although she refuses to take credit, she deserves one hell of a lot of credit for doing something that no other person at that time would even dare come close to, putting her career and her family in great danger, but she did it anyways knowing the risks. I honestly believe that every single student of that age should be forced to go through this exact same exercise. Can you imagine the world that would develop after a decade or so, if every single generation having to go through this, and learn firsthand what hatred and racism is truly about? We would develop a utopian society, but unfortunately, with so much hatred alive and well, I don’t see it happening, even though it’s the most simplest thing in the world to comprehend, fear and ignorance is preventing us from doing what we should have been doing for over a century, actually, since the birth of schooling. Hate is not something we are born with, it is something that we are taught, and if we can teach hate, then we can teach love and tolerance, and I do believe we can unteach hatred like Jane did in her classroom. This woman is beyond description, in the best possible way, she is exactly what every human being on earth should be, and what kills me the most it is so simple to comprehend what she’s trying to teach. I understand that she doesn’t like excepting compliments, because she is very correct that everyone should already know this, she shouldn’t have to be teaching it, but the sad reality is, it’s necessary now more than ever before, as centuries and centuries of hatred and anger only get worse and worse, turning neighbour against neighbor, country against country, until we will, unless something changes, completely destroy ourselves, and be the direct cause of our own extinction. Jane dedicated her entire life to preventing this, yet when I look on TH-cam and the amount of views her videos get, it’s pathetic. People posting stupid cat or dog videos get millions of hits, while her absolutely essential education techniques only get a couple of thousand. What the hell? She should be getting hundreds of millions of views, yet hatred remains strong, and that is something we cannot, and must not tolerate if we ever hope to survive as a species!
Discrimination comes in all colors, sizes, and gender etc. This is a wonderful lesson for ALL types of discrimination! This teacher hit the mark right in the center when she said it was so ungodly.
What struck me most about the group of adults was the willingness to listen and learn. I am unsure if this method would work the same way today. The adults in that room were able to dissemble at the end and be open to change. Changing minds today seems exponentially harder. What is it about I wonder.
As a teacher myself, I can say that some of us really love and care about our students.
I really wish this anti-teacher sentiment that is currently so politically active would reevaluate what we do for society. Every time someone says you should thank a veteran for their service, you should also thank a teacher for theirs.
If a teacher is perpetuating lies, they deserve no thanks.
THE TITLE TEACHER DOESNT MAKE YOU A DECENT HUMAN BEING -IT GIVES YOU THE POWER TO ABUSE YOUR POSITION, DESTROYING THE LIVES OF INNOCENT BLACK CHILDREN AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL. A REAL EDUCATOR KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM OUT THERE WHOM NEVER ASK FOR THANKS BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS FROM THE HEART.
TEACHERS/ SCHOOLS ARE SOME OF THE WORST PERPETRATORS OF RACISM- WONT ADMIT IT THO- THEIR IGNORANCE IS DISGUSTING. YOU ARE NOT ALL THE SAME!!! WHY DONT YOU KNOW THIS?? ITS EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED!!!!!!! ITS A VOCATION NOT A PROFESSION.
IF YOU LOVE AND CARE ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS THATS GREAT BUT YOU ARE PRENTENDING YOU DONT KNOW THIS IS NOT TRUE OF LOTS OF TEACHERS!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE HOW THE WHITE RACE PRETEND RACISM DOESNT EXSIST. THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!!!!!! IF YOU REALLY CARED YOU'D BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND NOT SELF SEEKING.
Christopher Diaz, PhD unless you risk your life everyday in a foreign country fighting for freedom and justice for others? You do not deserve a thank you. Don’t ever compare a teacher to a veteran again,. You are not the same.
Ayeitzmackkk most vets never leave the country nor are they in harms way. This isn’t Vietnam. Teachers are more important and have a greater influence than vets will ever have.
j music and covers if it’s lies then why is it taught
I love how she teaches compassion to her students. 💕💕💕
Question: Why Jane Elliot and Fred Roger didn't meet on this? Would have been pretty interesting to watch both of them do this. Two great teachers.
I don't think Mr Rogers could've pulled it off, he was too nice
I remember seeing this back in school in the 1970s. Very powerful and made a huge impact on me.
It’s amazing to see how people react/perform to being treated superior vs how they react to being treated inferior.
My takeaway from Ms. Elliot’s brilliant lesson was how readily the children were able to change their beliefs from one day to the next. If racism can be taught it can be untaught.
So powerful and an eye-opening experiment.
What I got out of this is if there’s something is NOT right ask other people whether they’re in the same shoes you’re in. If that is talk to them and ask help and support each other and stand up against anything you’re humiliated and discriminated.
A film should definitely be done about this woman.
I remember watching this as a child -it caused quite an uproar. That teacher was BRILLIANT!!!
These Kids are blessed having a teacher like that
Homeboy forgot to bring his glasses on purpose! LOL
LOL. Some boys in the background shout "Vietnamese" real fast at 3:08.
😂 Oh kids!
I knew we had reasons for being a great nation.
Thanks to all the teachers.
We salute you.
It’s working , these current protest aren’t just black people everyone is walking side by side
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@James Venner 2 Troll that you are, you don’t realize that there are other racial groups besides black and white so to invalidate their opinion and automatically throw in white people’s point of view without a) evidence and b) understanding the point of view of other groups (asian, latino, etc) is ridiculous.
@James Venner 2 OK
@James Venner 2 You can stop tagging me in your messages pls... You can read your Rudyard Kipling and take up the white man’s burden somewhere else
@@chocolatemuffin21 don’t even argue it’s ppl like that ,that are the reason there can’t just be peace I never said hey everything is fine now I said things are changing and he can’t see the positivity in that years ago black people couldnt have a platform to express themselves now we have Mexicans,whites, blacks, Asians ,males,females,etc all coming together talking and joining hands
She's an extremely effective living example of the practice "Honesty Over Empathy"