A Lesson in Prejudice and Discrimination

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After watching the film, A Class Divided (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/class-divid...), discuss your reaction to the film while answering the following questions:

  • How did the negative and positive labels placed on the children and adults become self-fulfilling prophecies, or part of the "vicious cycle"?
  • What does the blue eyes and brown eyes exercise reveal about the Sioux prayer Elliott mentions, "Help me not judge a person until I have walked in his shoes"? How might the strategies used in this experiment be applied to the workplace or to the classroom in an effort to reduce prejudice and discrimination?

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Prejudice and Discrimination
Labels mentioned at childhood are often thought to be funny and harmless. This is not the case
however, negative labels are taken seriously by psychologists, educators, and parents. It is
therefore discouraging to come across a parent with a loose tongue. The negative labels placed
on the third-grade children resulted in some of t...


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