"The Angry Eye" | part 1 | Brown Eye-Blue Eye Experiment

[nrkus]

@BigSpoon19

@313holmes

The worst part is you probably don't even realise that you're racists. "you ignorant white folks", really? Go be a bigot somewhere else.

Notice how you base all your indignation on things that have happened two or more generations ago? This entire racist attitude of obsessing over crimes of generations past and casting white people as eternally guilty and black people as eternal victims is destructive to both sides, all it does is keep society from moving past this shit.

[313holmes]

Shoutout to everyone with logic and sees the point of this video. I see people talking shit about black on white crime and all that other bullshit. All crime is wrong and that black on white crime is something that has picked up over the years. It doesn't compare to harsh trials and tribulations blacks faced back in the day. In 2012 we still walk around with targets on our back. You ignorant white folks will never know what thats like because of "White Privilege" I commend the ones that do know

[nrkus]

This is idiotic. Her "exercise" consists of three things:

- Open segregation and reading things like "only brown-eyed need apply", which have had no relevance to the real world for 50 years.

- Being mean to a girl and making her feel stupid in a way that I've seen some teachers treating students including me completely irrespective of race.

- Bringing up two murders of black people by whites, when there's about 6 times more black-on-white crime in the US than white-on-black.

[BigSpoon19]

You're not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you? If you think that the "only _____ need apply" does not still go on, you're not paying attention.The fact that individual whites have been demeaned misses the point. That attitude towards people of color was ubiquitous for decades. That type of condescension continues.The question is not "black-on-white" vs. "white-on-black," you half-wit. We're not keeping score. The point is that a pervasive culture of exclusion was the cause of those crimes.

[CyborgParrot]

@nrkus The only reason there is not active discrimination in the country is because we have outlawed the PRACTICE. There is no way we can outlaw the belief or perception. The perceptions and beliefs like this still exist and are being used every day across the country. Racism and ethnocentrism has existed violently and passionately since humanity has existed and will continue to exist. To say this does not happen in the US anymore or that it bears no relevance is both ignorant and idiotic.

[theindigolemon]

@nrkus

"completely irrespective of race."

Really? You think teachers' treatment of students has nothing to do with their race?

[theindigolemon]

@nrkus

"Bringing up two murders of black people by whites, when there's about 6 times more black-on-white crime in the US than white-on-black."

Another way of saying that is that black people are just as likely to be the victim of violent crime perpetrated by white people as white people are to be the victim of violent crime perpetrated by black people. Because of self-segregation, it's hard to draw conclusions from just those numbers. Anyway, it's not a contest.

[theindigolemon]

@nrkus

Open segregation and reading things like "only brown-eyed need apply", which have had no relevance to the real world for 50 years.

Only because it's illegal. Employment discrimination is very real.

[TheRocketVoltage]

This woman gives me LIFE! <3

[LaTigressa13]

I read about her in my Sociology class. She is my hero.

[xolaroid]

Class 3 cultural Marxist detected. let's stop hate by spreading hate!

[pekkauolevi]

lol

[down4guyana]

I think the problem is white people and some other races feel like we should forget the past, because it happened and we're headed towards a better place and the 13th amendment was passed. In actuality the issue isn't over. This same harshness she gives them, is what minorities and gay people deal with from time to time. In the past it was much more blatant and harsh, it hasn't faded now though. Just know that.

[lovesmenot5]

I read that Jane Elliott is Jewish. Is this true and is this the real reason why the experiment idea came to her? Just wondered. I know some black people with blue eyes and green eyes and I know white people with brown eyes. I don't understand why the experiment is on eye color.

[ycaruzob]

@lovesmenot5 LOL I wonder that this will compete with the Race mixing?

[specialkrj]

@lovesmenot5 Because it's arbitrary.

[Mike0Powell]

@lovesmenot5 Because eye color isn't really something you think about but could be used to sort people like in this experiment. Also, typically white people will have blue eyes so they go through the experiment instead of someone who already understands.

[GloryLizard]

That's funny. I got treated like this every day and I'm a "majority".

Let's just ignore that ever happening though... It's not like just anyone call fall victim to malicious behavior.

[MissXaverie]

@GloryLizard It's not about "malicious behavior" it's about an entire society being hostile to your very existence in subtle ways you have no control over. eg It's black children being many times more likely to be suspended/expelled from school, while dealing with the reality that teachers have lower expectations for them. It's that black students that do well experience 3x the stress of their white peers - because if they perform poorly it'll reflect badly on their entire race. ETC

[tallglassofwater007]

I think in some cases it isn't a white person choosing to be "ignorant" of the fact that there is racism going on still to this day. But the fact that if I (for example), as a white man don't think differently or treat people any different because of their race/gender etc. it seems crazy to think that it happens day to day. And I don't mean the KKK type racism... I'm talking about subtle things like not looking someone in the eye, or not giving them a job.

[similik101]

The sad part about America [not making excuses for some lazy minorities] but those who succeed worked MUCH harder than a Caucasian person. Sometimes, I sit in my graduate classes, look around, and feel incredibly sad because I went to high school with people who had so much potential, who if they were in Caribbean islands, or other parts of the world that weren't so hostile to minorities, would be much further than they are. America--you are an amazing place, but the racism makes its ugly.

[tallglassofwater007]

@similik101 You can say that as a whole Caucasians get treated better, but to say I didn't work as hard as a minority to get to the same place is bullshit. I have had nothing handed to me in life. My grandfather worked his ass off until the day he died. My father is doing the same. I have done the same for my company putting in more hours than anybody else showing up before anyone else. I work my ass off.

[nosocialsavy]

We used to do this in our lit of the civil rights class, but all the lil white kids went crying home to mummy and daddy ala draco malfoy and the school discontinued the exercise. Its a shame, i really want to try it...

[FrenziedFlame]

'because my feelings were hurt.' Oh, you're feelings were hurt, were they? In an experiment that she knew she was a part of. People are abused, people are fucking dead. But wait, this poor white girl's feelings were hurt because she got a stern talking to. Quick, everyone sympathise.

[IsItTheBagel]

@FrenziedFlame I don't see why you're being such an asshole about her crying. She even said she doesn't expect anyone to feel sorry for her, so I'm not sure what you're even ranting about.

[GloryLizard]

@FrenziedFlame My glass of sympathy is running out though.

[superskh]

The one thing I have to say against this is that I have been treated this way before by black teachers at a school. It shouldn't matter that the girl is white, she was mistreated and you should have empathy for anyone who is hurt or disrespected in that or any other manner. There is a lot of violence out there in the world and for all you know that girl has seen her own kind of bullying. Maybe being white gets her out somewhat, but people find ways to hate. That should be the focus. Empathy.

[michere11]

....somehow i knew someone was going cry..but this is a amazing experience if anyone was in there

[kolodragon]

8:07 People can be colorblind...

[ChibiVampKittens]

I like the message of the experiment but I feel like this experiment was handled poorly. And this is coming from a Hispanic girl. :/

[FuckBieber]

"Because my feelings were hurt." I wanted to slap her. This amazing woman needs to go to every school and teach this, because some kids don't know that other people in this world go through horrific things.

[Voguefairy88]

I watched this last night and haven't been able to stop thinking about it. As a 40 year old black man I never realized that the way I was treated by teachers in school was a deliberate act to get me to give up and accept what was happening to me. Now I realize what was done to me and why it was done. The way she treated the brown eyes is how I was often treated in grade school and in high school but at that point I'd given up already. Its shameful the way white people have behaved towards others

[SkyFoxCode]

Lol I'd love to see one of those "White Nationalist" people defend themselves in this exercise. I do wonder what they would say.

[KiomeTsukashi]

10 people still do not get it

[CrazyAnimatorOfDoom]

We did this in primary school. It taught me a valuable lesson in equality.

[NoNameLikeThisOne]

These exercises don't really feel right, in a way. This doesn't feel right because it seems like some of them are just toughing it out for the day and aren't really learning anything. And the fact that it's been filmed would make it feel a lot less serious.

[Laughingwithtravii]

I am a gay male and this still makes me cry. I wouldn't say I have had it easy, but it could have been much worse. Anyways, I had this exercise in my highschool class cept our teacher used shoes rather than eye color. I couldn't handle it. I couldn't treat them with the ignorance they treated me with. But it still taught me something, how other minorities are discriminated against, and to prevent me from doing it to them. I'm just as ignorant as others until I am taught. This is beautiful.

[xalyssax2011]

Can anyone tell me where and when this video was filmed? I'd really appreciate it.

[pirateofcolorado2818]

My question is that she's acting like she's above it all, but she's white? I dunno, seems sort of hypocritical. And it's not about seeing lack of color but rather that it doesn't matter, because that's not what makes a person.

[Lucifixlucy]

@pirateofcolorado2818 She's making a point... It's not about what colour the teacher is. It's got NOTHING to do with the teacher.

[Janisse1023]

@pirateofcolorado2818

Its an exercise.... she can''t change the color of her skin omg its not about the teacher... im afraid a lot of people are missing the point of this exercise. LE SIGH

[jmidd89]

@pirateofcolorado2818 the difference between her and most whites is that she IS AWARE of what she is trying to teach them. She can teach it because she gets it, and it trying to show other whites what she sees and is sure of.

[sweetesthangover2009]

@pirateofcolorado2818 You have to live in a fairy tale to say that color doesn't matter. You must have that privilege of not having to deal with a lot of shit because of color because me being a person of color I know first hand that color definitely matters. Your right that color doesn't make a person, but in this white society you may as well say it does because color plays a big part in the lives of POC.

[BloodandthunderVII]

@pirateofcolorado2818 Way to miss the point of the experiment. You've failed her whole point in reverse.

[MrBOOMSHAKALAKAISM]

people don't look down on blacks because their skin is black. blacks on average are genetically inferior and do have genetic issues regarding behavior and intelligence, and their black skin is just a convenient marker for us to recognize this defective population. blacks really are different than us. the truth sometimes hurts.

[BloodandthunderVII]

@MrBOOMSHAKALAKAISM So edgy...so brave!! SO BRAVE.

Idiot. Keep proving the video's point, please.

[badTHOUGHTSxo]

very powerful. i was questioning how selfish that white student could be, to sit there and CRY over something that wasn't even on the scale of what emotions the experiment were supposed to provoke. ms. elliot had a perfect response to it.

[bukkietime101]

wow this is groundbreaking

[buddhalove16]

9 dislikes?! whoever disliked this is fucking insain!

[thunderdragon14]

I LOVE THIS WOMAN.

[ghmhf23]

The only people who are truly racist still are country-boy hicks, and if shes making a Youtube video, that wont reach them. There is barely racism in today, its just the fact that people dont like the way others act. I'de hate any ignorant jerk that acts like they own all the "money, pussy, weed". STATISTICALLY IT IS TRUE that there are more black people than white who act this way. Do I like white people who act that way? No. Theyre all stupid.

And the lady in this video is ignorant.

[PurinsesuHaru]

@ghmhf23

I disagree with everything you've just said. If the only people in the US who are still racist are 'country-boy hicks', then why do my upper-class, very privileged classmates at a private school in Chicago still make racist jokes and comments? It's because, though they're getting an excellent education, they're still ignorant to things like this. I'd love to do this experiment there. Racism isn't contained in any one part of the country or people. Open your eyes. It's everywhere.

[BBDomino1]

When Elliot first did this experiment, she also had her students reflect on what it was like to be in the 'superior' position, how quickly this brought out their feelings of sadism, power, and self-justification. In this video, I see Elliot psychologically abusing people for the sake of political correctness, and I see those in the superior 'brown-eyed' position falling quickly into place behind her. Abuse and bullying only breeds more abuse and bullying.

[KouYamiAura]

I think the only thing that's a little ridiculous in this is the "I don't see color" part. What a lot of people want to say, when they say this, is that skin color doesn't matter in a lot of day-to-day activities. If someone makes a nice painting, who cares that he's white? It's a nice painting. I won't care for the color of the person. I'll just see a person painting a picture.

Unfortunately, a lot of people use it to try to be "less offensive," and I suppose that's the point being brought up.

[lovinBreezy12]

@KouYamiAura Saying things like "I don't see color" is an issue because it completely erases that person's ethnicity, and everything that comes with it. Someone's color is part of their identity. Being aware of a person's race doesn't make you racist. It's discriminating against that person because of their race that makes someone a bigot.

[NinaGayan]

discriminated against just isn't true. People are so much more than the color of their skins and their eyes, and no, being white doesn't mean you are a racist bastard or deserve to be insulted like that. This merely consists of shifting the target of the discrimination, more than actually working on the mecanism of discrimination or analysing its outcomes.

[NinaGayan]

discriminated against just isn't true. People are so much more than the color of their skins and their eyes, and no, being white doesn't mean you are a racist bastard or deserve to be insulted like that. This merely consists of shifting the target of the discrimination, more than actually working on the mecanism of discrimination or analysing its outcomes.

[NinaGayan]

I'm not sure about the use of this experiment ... Maybe when it was done, it was powerful because it showed people the power of discrimination, the effects of it. But all I see in the reactions here are people happy because those blue-eyed white people supposedly gets "a taste of their own medicine", a payback, an insight on what being discriminated against feels like. I am in no way denying that racism can destroy and hurt, but just assuming that a blue-eyed white person has never been

[bigupscrew]

TF was she crying for -_____- But this happens ever day. Jane is amazing!

[treavioli]

What's crazy is that I've been taught that way and thought it was just normal. I just realized that I never heard other kids being taught that way. And I was usually the token black kid.

[MesRevesEnRose]

I have grown up seeing black boys being treated like this by teachers for no reason other than prejudice. I command her for being so frank and honest in her methods.

[Phonoise]

@2:55 that fat chick is already thinking about jumping for it.

[monicacds123]

I absolutely hate this video, nobody deserves to be treated as though they are stupid or inferior even in an experiment, the message is great, the way it was handled is disgusting.

[iwanttokickyou]

MISFORTUNE TO BE GAY. THAT OLD LADY IS RACIST HERSELF. HOW DARE SHE EVEN TRY TO TEACH KIDS ANYTHING. UGLY OLD HAG LOOKS GAY HERSELF

[Akasunification]

@iwanttokickyou Sexuality isn't the same thing as race; that's not racism dumbshit. :P Gay female here, and I wasn't offended at all by that comment. She was saying it sarcastically: he was born gay in a homophobic society. That right there is a disadvantage.

[iwanttokickyou]

lol and the content of their character still sucks anyways

[hiphopson]

sad thing is a lot of people will not take anything from this video and will only argue!! DAMN America

[mcawesomeguy101]

Ingenious!!!!!! I have watched this before and I think she is brilliant. And for the people who say "well she's too harsh" or "she's too mean" isn't it mean when black people, Asian people, gay people, etc have to deal with this in everyday life. She isn't mean, she's honest.

[Preecey22]

@mcawesomeguy101

yeah im gay and you're full of shit, this oppressive society people talk about is so overtly fucking exaggerated in the name of people like me, it sickens me.

[R2Mintus]

She's too pretty to be scolded. She actually conducted herself very well with that exchange, but what's up with crying (she's supposedly a college student)?

[Claire3124]

I honestly don't get how people can say "she's not teaching them anything" or "she's too harsh"! I'm sorry but i wasn't aware that beating, killing, hanging black people purely for the colour of there skin, was a good thing! She's trying to indicate how people feel when they are picked on and made to stand out because they are different and how horrible that experience is and what emotions that provokes in you! It isn't supposed to be lovely and sweet as that's just not reality!

[kaymichal]

Every black person or nonwhite person should read "the United Compensory Code for Victims of White Supremacy/Racism". If you do not understand white supremacy, everything else you think you understand will confuse you.

[Lucifixlucy]

@kaymichal What are you talking about? People should be treated equally, not have to be compensated for white peoples stupidity.

[mikeytenbucks]

How is this a learning experience? The fact that she's basing this on generalizations, by necessity, requires that she make other unintended generalizations. This becomes hypocrisy almost immediately.

[hiphopson]

@mikeytenbucks omg!

[iloveujohnnyrzeznik]

I hate that she said "misfortune of being born gay". Being born and not taught to "treat others as you wish to be treated" - that is the misfortune!

[pompomrisha]

@iloveujohnnyrzeznik I think she meant it in a sarcastic way, in a way that pointed out the unfairness of homophobic society

[theinfektions]

@iloveujohnnyrzeznik

As a queer womyn of color, I think she means that LGBTQIAA+ community is unfortunate for being born gay and being themselves because of the way people discriminate against us. But that's just my interpretation. I hope that gives some perspective.

[Lucifixlucy]

@iloveujohnnyrzeznik She means in it the way that it is misfortunate to be born gay in a society that discriminates. It's a misfortune that you get discriminated as well.

[MegaChibitalia]

Aww she made her cry :'(

[bigupscrew]

@MegaChibitalia she didnt make anyone cry, the girls knew it was an exersize

[CancorseTV1]

hi im jane elliot and im your residential bitch for today man i love her!

[raidaman1]

The point is not about the teacher, the students or even the methods...it's about how we as supposedly 'intelligent human beings' allow our ignorance & fears to dictate the way we treat each other and those of difference. If you are looking for something else here, then maybe you are also part of the problem...

[Asgard314]

This is diabolical... Just... Wow... That's a brilliant exercise to illustrate how everyone has the capacity to let go of their intelligence and hate based on something meaningless. This woman is brilliant. O_o

[AnimeAngelPrincess]

We watched this in my social psychology class today. God that woman is a bitch!!! The fact that this is a temporary exercise is pointless!!! The feelings of the individual are still very real!I I feel sorry for that girl because if i was her i'd be crying too!

[notsusan]

@AnimeAngelPrincess so you're a white, self-absorbed young girl, feeling sad for another white, self-absorbed young girl.

It doesn't matter that she, or any of the other blue-eyed students, are "sad." They're just sitting through this for college credit. Matt Shepard will never sit through anything again. which is more unfair?

[SmartK8]

@notsusan Are you really that stupid? Matt Shepard will never sit trough anything again. I'll tell it my wife, when I beat her to submission tonight. What she can complaint about? Nothing. Matt Shepard is much worse off. Therefore it is OK, to torture people mentally and physically without killing them.

[JermzzzyFTW]

I really don't like this lady- she acts like life is automatically easier for people just cause they're white- it really isn't and she comes of as some self hating reverse racist.

[notsusan]

@JermzzzyFTW It IS easier. That doesn't mean life is super easy for all white people. I'm guessing you're white from your comment. You have no idea what it's like to not be white. That is the gift Jane Elliott is giving these people. There is a problem and it needs to be acknowledged, that's not "self hating."

[ZrazorRozenstrauch]

@notsusan Hey now, life can be really hard when you're white, like when borrow your dad's car and run it into a telephone pole because you were smoking sticky buds at Cody's house and then he takes away your cell phone for a WHOLE MONTH. Growing up white can be just as hellish as growing up black or gay.

[pompomrisha]

@JermzzzyFTW life is automatically easier for white people. Of course white people may go through shit, but minorities will go through that same shit ON TOP OF having to deal with prejudice and work twice as hard to be respected

[brianalyn13]

@JermzzzyFTW Oh please, life is easier if you're white.

[ChibiVampKittens]

@brianalyn13 Not if you're gay, or are radically different then other people.

[theinfektions]

@JermzzzyFTW

Reverse racism does not exist because white people have a position of power. Yes, its rude and offensive but it will never be on the same level as calling a person the n-word or other racial slurs (vs. a redneck/cracker). Call it bigotry or whatever..... but seriously, people should just learn to tolerate and accept others who are different.

[Lucifixlucy]

@JermzzzyFTW It might not be easy for white people, but it is definately harder for blacks and gays. Would you like to have your current shit, with a nice topping of discrimination each and every day?

[wildperson]

@JermzzzyFTW

Whites do end up getting more opportunities in the US. Obviously not every single one is going to live the best, but note that, yes, racial discrimination against non-whites is far more common. Also, just remember the time period she grew up in.

[DollaBiIIz]

Ah hayab a SCHEME!

[summertimefairy1973]

I watched this in english class and i find this women full of shit! Im sorry but just because someone is white does not mean that they do not suffer the same kind of bullshit!! and to try and make a lesbian feel that her suffering is insufficient was wrong!

[DarkPanthera]

@summertimefairy1973 she never did that. It is actually the lesbian herself who (just because white people were not the center of positive attention) assumed that Jane was ignoring her sexduality and the suffering of other white people. people in power always, always, want to be the attention, to make people feel sympathy for them, even when the main point was focusing attention to how black people's treatment (im a lesbian too btw)

[hiphopson]

@summertimefairy1973 right that feeling, see how this video made you feel next time you find your self or anyone you know make a ignorant comment about someone remember that feeling on how you dont like being picked at because someone/people think that your a raciest just because your white and or blue eyed its just wrong a lot of people will argue about how she is wrong but getting angry will only prove her point

[theinfektions]

@summertimefairy1973

She's pointing out the problems with assuming one's gender (in this case, the girl who was called "he"). People neglect to realize and understand a person who does not fall within the gender dichotomy. What about transgender folks or genderqueers? Cisgender people, take notes.

[luvarn2]

POWERFUL!!!!!

[jae1g]

Thank you Basedgod.

[THEDOPE900]

This was kind of pointless..... She didn't prove anything.

[tehpurplepills]

BLUE EYES ARE RACIALLY SUPERIOR!!

[JMGEntertainmentify]

@tehpurplepills blue eyes are a mutation. humans use to all have brown eyes :P

[wildperson]

@tehpurplepills

Actually, white skin with blue eyes makes you more prone to skin cancer and sun damage. :/

[o13sweetboy]

I LIKE JANE ELLIOT SHE PLAYIN THE SICK WHITE MANS GAMES ON THE SAME WHITE MAN.PLAYIN THE WHITE MAN ON THERE OWN RACIST SICK GAMES, THAT THEY USE ON OTHER RACES.

[BBDomino1]

@o13sweetboy

"they, they, they"..if she's helping us to generalize about each other, she's not helping us at all.

[colourfulpensss]

As a minority woman the power and truth of this experiment blows me away.