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Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiment
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Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiment
Context
How it began
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Spark
-Enraged the Black community in America
-The racism problem
-Caught the attention of an Elementary School teacher
Jane Elliott
The Purpose
-Aimed to reduce racism
-Experimented with the students in her class
-Focused on the ideas of how color defines a human
Jane Elliott and her class in Riceville, Iowa (1968)
Day 1
-Blue-eyed children were superior and had more privileges like extra time during recess
-Brown-eyed children were inferior and forced to wear collars for identification
Trials
Day 2
The roles between blue-eyed and brown-eyed children were swapped
Nurture Theory
- the supported human nature theory in this experiment
The experiment focused on nurturing the students to reduce racism
The students experienced paradigm shifts from the introduction experiment and the change of superiority between the two days
Human Nature
The beliefs of the students would be impacted by the eye color of their peers
The Conclusion
It is believed that racism could be reduced through inflicting traumas into the students
Ethical Concerns
-Labeling through the use of collars for specific eye-colored individuals
-Only white students were involved in the experiment though blacks in America experiences discrimination
Issues
-Restriction of access and evoking privileges from students
-Mental damages to children who are emotionally impacted and insulted
-Separation within a classroom environment and resulting in conflicts between children
-Psychological traumas that may be permanent due to the harsh prejudice
Modifications to the experiment
Performing the experiment with adults who have fully developed brains
Reducing the magnitude of the traumas that are demonstrated
Improvements
Consent - although this is usually ineffective when addressing children
Performing the experiment on animals - though this also raises ethical concerns
Allowing the students to have a choice in participation
Non-ethical issues
Revealing the disclaimers after the experiments had ended
Non-ethical issues
It can be argued that although both brown-eyed and blue-eyed students have their fair share of power in the class, the order of superiority does matter and hence the decision of the teacher would be a non-ethical issue
The tensions that may be caused by the separation of students
-it can be argued that the brown-eyed student fighting back is ethical due to the discrimination and name calling he faced