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A Class Divided By: Jessica Miller 03/16/24 1

In the experiment “A Class Divided” conducted by Jane Elliott in 1968, is very much relevant today as it was back then. It shows a look into how prejudice, discrimination and privilege work. In this experiment it involved taking a class of third-grade students and dividing them into two groups based on the color of their eyes, and then treating one group better than the other. During the experiment, the privileged group, which was the blue-eyed students, was given more benefits like more recess time and drinking from the water fountain and the brown eyed had to drink from paper cups, and at lunch time the blue-eyed got to go first an get seconds as the brown-eyed didn’t. This shows societal privilege where certain groups have access to better resources and treatment. The “truths” that translate beyond the experiment show that privilege often goes unnoticed by those who have it, and those who are or have experienced it, leading to success or failure, can internalize discrimination. The U.S. is a race-conscious society, and racial lines of demarcation still influence people’s access to social and economic opportunities (Marsiglia, Kulis, Lechuga-Pena, 2021). The scene that spoke volume to me was when the next day they switched roles and the brown-eyed students were given those privileges and the blue-eyed privileges were taken away. The way their behavior changed so quickly in when both groups experienced privilege and discrimination shows how societal treatment can impact individual’s self-perception and behavior. The brown-eyed felt superior the next day because they were the ones getting special treatment. The persistence of racial distinctions in social life is crazy given the fact that race, as a biological concept, has not survived the test of scientific scrutiny (Marsiglia, Kulis, Lechuga-Pena, 2021). As told by Marsiglia, Kulis, Lechuga-Pena (2021), people are taught to believe that there are 2

racial groups with distinctive characteristics and that some races are superior or inferior to others, justifying the dominance of one over the other. Seeing how their attitudes change when they were put in opposite shoes showed how racial societal is shown today. Treating someone unkindly because of his or her race, gender or preference is something we have been fighting for decades and will continue to deal with in the future. When the blue-eyed got the same treatment as the brown-eyed the following day they seen how it didn’t feel good to be treated differently and to be teased for something like their eye color. Teaching kids at an early age to treat others the same and not to judge people based on their race, gender or even characteristics they have will help the future be more proactive about discrimination. From Marsiglia, Kulis, Lechuga- Pena (2021) that even though science has provided evidence to demonstrate that humans share a common biological and genetic heritage across racial lines, the social experience of race needs to be recognized and integrated into a culturally grounded approach to social work. 3

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References:  Marsiglia, F. F., Kulis, S. S., & Lechuga-Peña, S. (2021). Diversity, oppression, and change: Culturally grounded social work (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. o Chapter 1, “Culture” (pp. 3–28) Download Chapter 1, “Culture” (pp. 3–28)  Review the “Privilege and Empathy” section.  Frontline PBS. (1985). A class divided Links to an external site. . https://pbslearningmedia.org/resource/osi04.soc.ush.civil.divided 1/a-class-divided-1-the-daring-lesson/ 4

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