Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Class Divided

We watched a short segment of this in class today and here is the link to the webpage that has the full video and other related material in case you're interested in watching all of it or reading more about the film: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/


The documentary (the one illuminating the arbitrariness of skin-color as a marker for racial categorization and discrimination) is called A Class Divided and the website outlines why Jane Eliott (the classroom teacher) felt compelled to carry out her experiment (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/friday.html) and also includes an interview with her (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/crusade.html).

If you do watch the entire program, let us know what you think in the comments!

Kritika

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