Eye of the Storm Jane Elliot 1970

Rick Silverman
23 Apr 201726:17

Summary

TLDRIn a small Iowan town, teacher Jane Elliot conducts a powerful experiment on her third-grade class to teach them about prejudice. By assigning superiority based on eye color, she simulates discrimination, causing a shift in behavior and attitudes. The exercise, which initially favors blue-eyed children, is reversed the next day, making brown-eyed children superior. This dramatic role reversal helps children understand the pain of being judged and treated unfairly based on superficial differences, highlighting the destructive nature of discrimination.

Takeaways

  • 🏫 The setting is a school in Rville, Iowa, where a third-grade teacher, Mrs. Jane Elliot, conducts a lesson on discrimination.
  • 👁️ The teacher uses eye color as a basis for discrimination, initially favoring blue-eyed students over brown-eyed ones.
  • 👑 Raymond, a blue-eyed student, feels superior and enjoys the privileges given to blue-eyed children.
  • 😔 Sandra and other brown-eyed students feel hurt and discriminated against, experiencing the negative effects of prejudice.
  • 📺 The experiment is documented by ABC News, highlighting the town's lack of diversity and its impact on understanding broader social issues.
  • 🗣️ Mrs. Elliot uses the classroom to teach about prejudice and discrimination, emphasizing the importance of empathy and understanding.
  • 🔄 The roles are reversed the next day, with brown-eyed students being favored, demonstrating the arbitrary nature of discrimination.
  • 🧠 The children's behavior changes dramatically within the experiment, showing how quickly discrimination can affect social dynamics.
  • 📉 The academic performance of the 'inferior' group improves when their status is changed, indicating the power of perception on ability.
  • 🤝 The lesson concludes with a discussion on the unfairness of discrimination, aiming to instill values of equality and respect in the students.
  • 🌟 The impact of Mrs. Elliot's teaching method is profound, leaving a lasting impression on the students about the nature of prejudice.

Q & A

  • What was the main purpose of Mrs. Jane Elliot's classroom experiment?

    -Mrs. Jane Elliot's experiment aimed to teach her third-grade students about prejudice and discrimination by creating a situation where blue-eyed children were treated as superior to brown-eyed children, and vice versa, to make them understand the feelings of being discriminated against.

  • How did the students react to the discrimination based on eye color?

    -Initially, the blue-eyed students felt superior and enjoyed the privileges, while the brown-eyed students felt inferior and unhappy. However, as the experiment progressed, both groups became uncomfortable and realized the negative effects of discrimination.

  • What privileges were given to the blue-eyed students during the experiment?

    -The blue-eyed students were given extra recess time, allowed to go first for lunch and seconds, permitted to use the drinking fountain directly, and allowed to sit in the front of the classroom.

  • What were the brown-eyed students required to do as a result of the discrimination?

    -The brown-eyed students were required to wear collars to identify them, stay in during recess, use paper cups instead of the drinking fountain, and were not allowed to play with the blue-eyed students on the playground.

  • How did the students' behavior change during the experiment?

    -The students' behavior changed dramatically. Those who were considered superior became more assertive and even aggressive, while those who were considered inferior became more submissive and less confident.

  • What was the impact of the experiment on the students' academic performance?

    -When the brown-eyed students were considered inferior, their performance on a card pack activity was slower. However, when their status was reversed, and they were considered superior, their performance improved significantly, showing that their self-perception affected their learning abilities.

  • What did Mrs. Elliot reveal to the students at the end of the experiment?

    -At the end of the experiment, Mrs. Elliot revealed that she had lied about the superiority of blue-eyed people and that the color of one's eyes does not determine their worth or abilities. The purpose was to teach them that discrimination is unfair and wrong.

  • How did the students feel after the experiment was over?

    -The students felt relieved and some expressed that they felt better, as if they were back home, indicating that the discriminatory environment created during the experiment was uncomfortable and distressing.

  • What was the overall message that Mrs. Elliot wanted her students to take away from the experiment?

    -The overall message was that discrimination based on superficial characteristics like eye color, skin color, or any other physical attribute is unfair and harmful. It is important to treat everyone equally and not judge them based on their appearance.

  • What was the community's reaction to Mrs. Elliot's experiment?

    -The script does not provide explicit details about the community's reaction, but it implies that the experiment was a significant event that provoked thought and discussion about prejudice and discrimination among the students and possibly the community.

Outlines

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👀 Discrimination Experiment in a Classroom

The paragraph introduces a classroom setting where two students, Sandra and Raymond, are described by their eye color. The teacher, Mrs. Jane Elliot, makes a discriminatory statement that blue-eyed children are superior to brown-eyed children in intelligence, cleanliness, and civilization. This statement leads to a shift in the classroom dynamics, with blue-eyed children feeling superior and brown-eyed children feeling dejected. The paragraph sets the stage for an experiment in teaching about prejudice, as the town of Rville, Iowa, is described as a predominantly white and Christian community that is geographically and socially distant from the racial tensions seen in larger cities.

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📚 Teaching Prejudice and Discrimination

This paragraph delves into Mrs. Elliot's determination to teach her third-grade students about prejudice and discrimination, alongside their regular curriculum. Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., she uses the opportunity to discuss the concept of prejudice with her students. She decides to conduct an experiment to make the students understand discrimination by using eye color as a basis for division. She assigns blue-eyed children as superior and enforces various discriminatory rules, such as extra recess time and better seating, while brown-eyed children are subjected to restrictions and derogatory labels. This experiment is intended to help the children understand and empathize with the experiences of marginalized groups.

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👓 Enforcing Eye Color-Based Discrimination

In this paragraph, the experiment continues with Mrs. Elliot enforcing the discriminatory rules based on eye color. Blue-eyed children are given collars to identify them as superior, and they are tasked with putting collars on brown-eyed children. The seating arrangement in the classroom is changed to favor blue-eyed children, and brown-eyed children are made to wait and are treated with less respect. The paragraph illustrates how quickly the children adopt these roles, with blue-eyed children beginning to act superior and brown-eyed children feeling the effects of discrimination, leading to conflicts and a change in behavior among the students.

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🔄 Reversing Roles and Reflecting on Discrimination

The fourth paragraph describes a pivotal moment in the experiment where Mrs. Elliot reverses the roles, declaring that brown-eyed children are now superior. She continues the discriminatory practices but shifts the focus to brown-eyed children, allowing them extra recess time and privileges. The blue-eyed children, now on the receiving end of discrimination, begin to feel the negative effects. The paragraph highlights the emotional and behavioral changes in the children, as they start to understand the implications of discrimination and the unfairness of treating people differently based on superficial characteristics.

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🚫 Confronting Discrimination and Learning Empathy

This paragraph concludes the experiment by Mrs. Elliot revealing the truth: that the discrimination based on eye color was unfounded and that all children are equal regardless of their eye color. She removes the collars and ends the discriminatory practices, allowing the children to reflect on their experiences. The children express their discomfort and unhappiness with the treatment they received, recognizing the unfairness of discrimination. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of empathy and understanding, as the children learn valuable lessons about the harm caused by prejudice and discrimination.

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🎓 The Impact of the Experiment on the Children

The final paragraph reflects on the potential long-term impact of the experiment on the children. It suggests that while the children may not forget the lessons learned, it is uncertain whether they will retain the understanding of human psychology and the harmful effects of discrimination. The paragraph concludes with a tribute to Mrs. Elliot's courageous and creative teaching method, which, despite causing discomfort for a day, provided the children with a priceless understanding of empathy and equality.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Prejudice

Prejudice refers to a preconceived opinion or judgment that is not based on reason or actual experience. In the video, prejudice is exemplified through the teacher's deliberate act of discrimination against brown-eyed students, illustrating how quickly and easily prejudice can take root. The teacher's actions are intended to teach the students about the harmful effects of prejudice, as seen when she tells the class that 'blue-eyed people are smarter than brown-eyed people,' which is a baseless assertion designed to provoke thought and discussion.

💡Discrimination

Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. The video script describes an educational experiment where discrimination is enacted based on eye color, with blue-eyed children being treated as superior to their brown-eyed peers. This serves to demonstrate the real-world consequences of discrimination and the feelings of inferiority and exclusion it can engender, as seen when brown-eyed children are forced to wear collars and are restricted from certain privileges.

💡Anatomy of Prejudice

The term 'Anatomy of Prejudice' suggests a detailed examination or dissection of the components that make up prejudice. In the context of the video, this concept is central to the educational experiment conducted by the teacher, Mrs. Jane Elliot. She breaks down the elements of prejudice by creating a scenario where one group is favored over another based on a superficial characteristic, eye color, to help students understand the mechanics and impact of prejudiced attitudes.

💡National Brotherhood Week

National Brotherhood Week is a reference to a time designated to promote unity and understanding among people of different backgrounds. In the script, the teacher mentions this week as a backdrop for her lesson on prejudice, highlighting the irony of celebrating brotherhood while societal prejudices persist. The mention of this week serves to underscore the importance of the lesson being taught and the relevance of combating prejudice in society.

💡Rville, Iowa

Rville, Iowa, is the setting of the video and the location where the educational experiment takes place. It is described as a small, all-white, Christian town, suggesting a lack of diversity that might contribute to ignorance or misunderstanding of prejudice. The choice of this location underscores the universality of the lesson on prejudice, indicating that it is not confined to diverse urban areas but is relevant everywhere, even in places where direct experience of prejudice may be limited.

💡Collar

In the video, 'collar' is used metaphorically as a physical marker of difference and inferiority. Brown-eyed students are made to wear collars to signify their lower status in the artificially created hierarchy of the classroom. This act of discrimination based on the color of the collar serves to illustrate the arbitrary nature of prejudice and the ease with which people can be marginalized based on superficial characteristics.

💡Desegregation

Desegregation refers to the process of ending racial segregation, especially in schools. While not explicitly mentioned in the script, the concept is relevant to the broader themes of the video, which tackle issues of segregation and discrimination. The teacher's experiment can be seen as a microcosm of desegregation efforts, as it forces students to confront and question the arbitrary divisions created by prejudice.

💡Civil Rights

Civil rights are the rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and to be free from discrimination under the law. The video's exploration of prejudice and discrimination touches on the broader civil rights movement, particularly as it pertains to racial equality. The teacher's lesson is a direct engagement with the principles of civil rights, as she challenges her students to consider the unfair treatment of individuals based on superficial characteristics like eye color.

💡Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. is referenced in the script as a figure whose assassination prompted discussions on prejudice and discrimination in the classroom. His mention serves to contextualize the video's themes within the broader history of the civil rights movement and to highlight the ongoing struggle for equality and an end to prejudice in society.

💡Teaching Methodology

Teaching methodology refers to the strategies and techniques used by educators to facilitate learning. In the video, Mrs. Jane Elliot employs an unconventional and controversial teaching method by creating a discriminatory environment based on eye color. This immersive approach is designed to make students feel the effects of prejudice firsthand, a method intended to have a lasting impact on their understanding and empathy towards others.

Highlights

Sandra and Raymond's school experiences are highlighted, with Sandra having brown eyes and Raymond having blue eyes.

The teacher's statement that blue-eyed people are smarter, cleaner, and more civilized than brown-eyed people creates a discriminatory environment.

Raymond feels superior and like he rules over the brown-eyed children after the teacher's comments.

The town of Rville, Iowa, is described as an all-white, all-Christian community with no history of racial tension, making it an interesting case study for discrimination.

Mrs. Jane Elliot, a teacher at the community Elementary School, decides to teach her students about prejudice and discrimination through an experiment.

The experiment provokes an incident of discrimination based on eye color, with blue-eyed children being treated as superior.

Children's behavior changes dramatically within 15 minutes of the experiment, demonstrating the power of social conditioning.

The blue-eyed children begin to act out in discriminatory ways towards their brown-eyed peers.

Mrs. Elliot's experiment shows how quickly children internalize and act on discriminatory messages.

The experiment is stopped, and Mrs. Elliot reveals that she lied about blue-eyed people being superior, highlighting the arbitrary nature of the discrimination.

The children's attitudes and behaviors change again when the roles are reversed, and brown-eyed children are declared superior.

The children learn that discrimination is unfair and that they should not judge people by superficial characteristics.

The experiment concludes with a discussion on the importance of treating everyone equally, regardless of eye color or skin color.

The children express relief and a sense of belonging once the discriminatory labels are removed.

The experiment's impact on the children is profound, with many likely to remember the lesson taught by Mrs. Elliot.

The story ends with a reflection on the power of education to combat prejudice and discrimination.

Transcripts

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this is Sandra's and Raymond's

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school this is Sandra at her

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desk this is Raymond at his

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desk Sandra has brown

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eyes Raymond has blue

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eyes this is what their teacher said

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blueeyed people are smarter than

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brown-eyed

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people they are cleaner than brown-eyed

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people

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they are more civilized than brown-eyed

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people Sandra and her brown-eyed friends

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didn't like that day but Raymond did I

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felt like I was a king like I Ruled them

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brown eyes like I was better than them

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now the American Adventure the people

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and events shaping our lives and our

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times

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now this week the eye of the storm an

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experiment in teaching the anatomy of

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prejudice with ABC News correspondent

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butell

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rville Iowa with a population of a

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little less than a thousand people sees

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the turmoil and hears the angry voices

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of the times only in television it has

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no ghetto it has no campus no riots no

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demonstrations no Negroes its people are

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all white and all Christian it's a

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relatively poor town surrounded by large

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cornfields and it's so far removed from

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the anguish of the cities that it was

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often hard for the people here to

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understand the forces that are dividing

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the United States today until a teacher

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at the Town School deliberately provoked

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an incident of discrimination based on

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color it happened at the community

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Elementary School in rville the town's

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finest building here nearly 600 Farm

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children are educated by 55 teachers and

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one of them Mrs Jane Elliot is

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determined that along with reading and

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writing in the new math her third grade

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students will also learn about the

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prejudice and discrimination that are

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Facts of Life in this

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problem C there go problem Cur

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you almost didn't say it at the right

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time didn't you okay I'd like to you

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roll this right on Monday we had

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business as usual we did a regular

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school day 18 okay now what

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multiplication fact that give

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you 6 * 3

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right okay how many

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sets six six sets of three three okay

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what are six sets of three tell me

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again 18 right okay now let's put that

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down here I'm sorry that the rest of you

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have to wait but we wait for you so you

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can wait for

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him I think part of education is having

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a child learn something about living

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beyond the textbook good

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job good job very

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good keep telling you you're the best

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there is these are very very

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good good job the morning after Martin

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Luther their King was killed I a child

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came into the room and said um they shot

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a king last night why did they shoot a

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king and we had to discuss it we

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discussed it and I had thought about

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this all evening the night before

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watching this horror on television and

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at the time we were studying an Indian

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unit and I was ironing the teepee as I

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was listening to this thing and it

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became so utterly ridiculous to me this

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whole thing is so so senseless

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and based on something so

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illogical that I thought they had to

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find out children have to find out

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adults obviously don't care or if they

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do care they don't care enough to do

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anything or are incapable of doing

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something I don't know I think children

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have to be told that this is wrong and

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telling them they can turn you off I

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wanted them to be involved in finding

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out what happened I wanted them to know

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at least a little bit about how it feels

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to be stepped

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upon I pledge the Le to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republ for which it stands one nation

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under God indivisible with liberty and

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justice for all God Bless

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America above from the mountain to the

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pries to the

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America godess

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America my home sweet

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home this is a special week does anybody

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know what it is National Brotherhood

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National Brotherhood week what's

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Brotherhood be kind to your brothers be

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kind okay be kind to your brothers like

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you would like to be seated treat

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everyone the way you would like to be

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treated treat everyone as though he was

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your brother and is there anyone in this

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United States that we do not treat as

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our brothers yeah

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who the black people who else inan

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absolutely the Indians and when you see

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when many people see a black person or a

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yellow person or a red person what do

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they

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think

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at dumb people and look at the dumb

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people what else do they think sometimes

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what kinds of things do they say about

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black

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people negro in the city many

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places in the United States how are

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black people treated how are Indians

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treated how are people who are of a

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different color than we are

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treated part of this world they don't

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get anything in this world why is that

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because they're different colors you

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think you know how that would feel to be

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judged by the color of your skin yeah I

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don't do you think you do no I don't

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think you would know how that felt

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unless you had been through it would

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you no is there anything about you

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people that is different from one

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another that we could

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use to make part of

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you like the eyes what color the eyes

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okay we could use the color of your eyes

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how many in you here have blue

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eyes okay how many in here have brown

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eyes

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it might be interesting to judge people

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today by the color of their

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eyes would you like to try this sounds

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like fun doesn't it since I'm the

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teacher and I have blue eyes I think

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maybe the blue-eyed people should be on

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top the first

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day up here I mean the blue-eyed

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people are the better people in this

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room oh yes they

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are blueeyed people are Smarter Than

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browney

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People my dad isn't that is your dad

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Browne yeah one day you came to school

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and you told us that he kicked you he

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did do you think a blue-eyed father

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would kick his

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son my

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dad my dad's blueeyed he's never kicked

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me Greg's dad is blueeyed he's never

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kicked him's dad is blueeyed he's never

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kicked

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him what color eyes did George

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Washington have blue blue blue

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blue this is a this is a fact blue-eyed

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people are better than browney

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people are you browney or blue-eyed blue

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why are you shaking your

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head are you sure that you're

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right why what makes you so sure that

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you're

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right the blue-eyed people get five

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extra minutes of recess while the

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browney people have to stay

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in the browney people do not get to use

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the drinking fountain you'll have to use

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the paper

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cups you brown-eyed people are not to

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play with the blue-eyed people on the

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playground because you are not as good

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as blue-eyed people the brown-eyed

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people in this room today are going to

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work

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collar so that we can tell from a

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distance what color your eyes

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are now the blueeyed people each of you

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can pick out someone on whom to put a

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collar so the blue-eyed people each come

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up and get a collar you can choose

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someone to put this collar

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on

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where are the most fun seats in the room

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at the front or the back back front

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front where should who should sit in the

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front then the blue I think the bluee

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people should

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absolutely on

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page

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127 everyone

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ready everyone but

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lri ready lri

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she's a

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browney you'll begin to notice today

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that we spend a great deal of time

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waiting for brown-eyed

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people the yard stick's gone well okay I

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don't see the yard stick you over

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there hey M you better keep that on your

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desk so if the um brown people brown

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people get out of

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hand oh you think if the Browne people

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get out of hand that would be the thing

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to use

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who goes first to lunch the blue-eyed

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people no browney people go back for

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seconds blueeyed people may go back for

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seconds browney people do not Browne

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don't you know they're not

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smart that the only reason take too much

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might take too much and tell the person

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that goes back to um stay there because

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the watch for these little colors so so

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if they don't ask you they just might go

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back oh you think I should alert the

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lunchroom help to know that these people

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should be yeah like the woman that you

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go back for seconds tell her she'll

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know tell her that's probably we should

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do that shouldn't we

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sound and the two black when we were

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down on the bottom everything bad was

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happening to

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us the way they treated you you felt

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like you didn't even want to try to do

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anything seemed like Mrs Elliot was

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taking our best friends away from

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us what happened at recess were two of

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you boys

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fighting John what happened John Russ

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call me names and I hit him hit him in

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the gut what did he call

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you brown

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eyes you call him brown

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eyes they always call us that and all

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the um eyes call Brown

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Eyes come here brown eyes then they were

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call us blue eyes I wasn't s Sandy and

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Don were yeah yeah what's wrong with

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being called brown

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eyes it means that we're stupid we not

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that oh that's just the same way as

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other people call uh black people

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ners yeah that the reason you hit him

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John did it

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help did it stop

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him did it make you feel better

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inside make you feel better

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inside it make you feel better to call

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him brown

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eyes why do you suppose you call him

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brown

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eyes prob because he has brown eyes

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that's the only reason he didn't call

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him brown eyes yesterday and he had

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brown eyes yesterday didn't he because

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we get start yeah since you put those

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blue things on there tease them tease

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them oh is this teasing

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no well he did it were you doing it for

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fun to be funny or were you doing it to

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be

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mean I don't know don't ask me did

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anyone laugh at you when you did I

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watched what had been

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marvelous Cooperative wonderful

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thoughtful children turn

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into nasty

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vicious

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discriminating little third graders in a

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space of 15 minutes I think

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I learned more from the superior

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children than I did from the children

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who were considered Superior than I did

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from the children who were considered

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inferior because their personalities

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changed even more than the others did

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whether they are this whether this is

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what they would like to be inside but uh

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Society inhibits them I don't know but

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for one day we removed their inhibitions

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and they were

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ghastly we didn't like one another very

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well by the end of the day that first

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time yester day I told you that

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brown-eyed people aren't as good as

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blue-eyed people that wasn't true I lied

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to you

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yesterday the truth

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is that brown-eyed people are better

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than blue-eyed

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people Russell where are your

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glasses I forgot them you forgot them

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and what color are your eyes

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blue Susan G

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has brown eyes she didn't forget her

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glasses Russell ring has blue eyes and

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what about his glasses he forgot them he

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forgot them all these browney people are

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listening to what we're saying look at

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Brian are blue-eyed people good

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listeners

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no Brian will you put that down

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please thank

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you yesterday we were visiting and Greg

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said boy I like to hit my little sister

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as hard as I can that's

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fun what does that tell you about

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blue-eyed people they're nauy they F A

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Lot the brown eyed people may take off

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their

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collars and each of you may put your

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collar on a blue-eyed

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person put your

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hand I'll wa for you day you

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were the browney people get five extra

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minutes of

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recess you blue-eyed people are not

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allowed to be on the playground

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equipment at any

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time you blue-eyed people are not to

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play with the browney people blue-eyed

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people go to the back the browney people

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come to the

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[Music]

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front

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okay brown-eyed people are better than

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blue-eyed people they're smarter than

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blue-eyed people and if you don't

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believe it look at

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Brian do blue-eyed people know how to

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sit in a

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chair very sad very very

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[Music]

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sad who can tell me what contraction

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should be in the first sentence let's go

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to the board and write it John come on

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loosen up here we

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go that's better let's do it

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again oh there's nothing like a double

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thank heaven for the

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blessing here we

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go come on let's do it again loosen up

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up up up come on that's better now do

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you know how to make a w okay write the

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contraction for we

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are now that's beautiful

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writing is that better yes browney

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people learn fast don't they boy do

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brown-eyed people learn fast very

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[Music]

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good Greg what did you do with that

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cup will you please go

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and get that cup and put your name on it

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and keep it at your desk blue-eyed

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people are

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wasteful okay you want to be time this

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morning

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yeah now use ort gingham phonics we used

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the card pack and the children the

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browney children were in the low class

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the first day and it took them 5 and A2

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minutes to get through the card pack the

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second day it took them 2 and 1/2

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minutes the only thing that had changed

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was the fact that now they were Superior

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people I thought you going to you went

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faster than I ever had anyone go through

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the card

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pack why why couldn't you get them

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yesterday we were C on you think the CT

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thinking about those

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car my eyes get rolling

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around oh and you couldn't think as well

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with the collars on 4 minutes and 18

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seconds

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I knew we weren't going to make

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it how long did it take you

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yesterday minutes 3 minutes how long did

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it take you today 4 minutes and 18

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seconds what happened one

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down

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why what were you thinking of

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this I hate

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today how you do I hate

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too

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because I'm

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blueeyed see I am

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too there nothing it's not funny it's

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not fun it's not pleasant this is a

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filthy nasty word called discrimination

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we're treating people a certain way

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because they are different from the rest

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of us is that fair no no nothing fair

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about it we didn't say this was going to

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be a fair day did we no and it isn't

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it's a horrid

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day

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okay you ready what did you blue people

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who are wearing blue collars Now find

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out today oh you I know what they felt

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like yesterday I did too how did they

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feel

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yesterday down like a dog on a Le yeah

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it feels like where you go into prison

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like you cheat them up into prison and

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you're throwing the key away should the

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color of some other person's eyes have

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anything to do with how you treat them

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no all right then should the color of

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their skin

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no should you judge people no by the

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color of their skin

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no you're going to say that

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today and this week and probably all the

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time you're in this

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room you'll say no Mrs

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ell every time I ask that question no

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then

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when you

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see a black man or an Indian or someone

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walking down the street are you going to

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say look at that silly looking thing

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no does it make any difference whether

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their skin is black or white or

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yellow or

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red is that how you decide whether

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people are good or bad is that what

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makes people good or bad

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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oh you bu your friend

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huh

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friend

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get okay you ready to listen now okay

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now are you

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back that feel

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better do a color of eyes that you have

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make any difference in the kind of

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person you

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are does that feel like being home again

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girls oh

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[Applause]

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stop okay who knows the song

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Anybody okay who can sing what's the

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matter

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Sheila

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cry Sheil I mean feel better now

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miserable situation isn't it okay who

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knows

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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what

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Jane Elliot's third graders have learned

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something of what it is to be isolated

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and separated from other people not

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because of what you are but because of

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the color of your eyes or the color of a

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piece of cloth around your neck or the

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color of your skin we don't know if

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these children will remember what

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they've learned but it's not likely that

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they'll forget their courageous and

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creative teacher who made their lives

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wretched for one day and at the same

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time gave them the Priceless

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understanding of human

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psychology this is Bill Bell in rville

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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Iowa he had

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high he had high apple pie in the sky

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hope so anytime you're feeling sadad of

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feeling bad just remember that

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whoops billion

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K billion K

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whoops K

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Dam so keep your high hes keep your High

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Hopes your high p in

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the hopes of problems just to balloon

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they'll be

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soon John speaking this has been a

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presentation of ABC

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