"The Angry Eye" | part 2 | Brown Eye-Blue Eye Experiment

[Alphaend]

Wonderful lesson. The clincher was Ms. Elliot's expression near the end - she knows that she won't be able to see her dream realized in her lifetime. But the most frightening thing of all is that it's our job to carry on what she started. Godspeed, my friends.

[OutlawRay1]

All colors are beautiful

[OutlawRay1]

I'm Mexican and only once have I been threatened to be killed by a white person I'm also gay and that is what disgusts people more regardless of skin color. I think this lady is just rude

[chinjewel1]

before I watch this: I have three FULL BLACK cousins with blue, green, and hazel eyes.

[ChrisThaCameraman]

brilliant...racism is more than bad words, its making a person feel beneath u all the time...white people and those in power need to realize this

[gothismysoul]

The only thing that bothers me is the fact that she deliberately went after the women here. She probably thought she could get a stronger reaction from them which is what she needed to make a point, but women are treated like shit everyday, regardless of color.

[thaherbz]

i don't get this at all. all she was doing in the beginning was talking about listening skills, being really rude to the girl in the bandanna, and than randomly brought racism into the picture? which seems totally irrelevant. i don't understand the connection between a teacher asking questions on listening skills and then being obnoxiously rude and nasty to the student answering, and racism at all. uhhhh...??

[oleanderbrew]

@thaherbz

That's the point! Color is not related, but people MAKE it related, they base things on it! That's racism- she's being rude and nasty, being irrelevant, because that is what racists do! (Maybe not that strongly, all the time, but still)

[Crackxyx]

@thaherbz sounds like you don't know what racism is. "racism" isn't something that is "brought into the picture". it's always there, because the vast majority of its influence is unconscious. very few racists make a conscious decision to be hateful towards people of color; rather, racists say things and do things that are racist and incredibly privileged and fail to understand that they are doing so

[thelipstickfemme]

Exceptional exercise. I do hope some of those who participated had some additional emotional support after it was all over. That was very very intense. Excellent sociological work Ms. Jane Elliot does.

[MidoriFan10]

Students of color do not have the right to make the choice.

Really? Racism still exists. No doubt. But to say that a black individual doesn't have the right to get away from some racist situations is simply incorrect.

[thePolerin]

@MidoriFan10 The point isn't that people of color can't walk away from *A* racist situation, but rather that they can't walk away from THE racist situation of our culture. No matter where they go, no matter what they do, racism will be there.

[BaileeRaquel19]

not a fool its a teaching experience its up to you to take it seriously but if your open to learn and take it for what it really means, you'll see why people will take it seriously

[timetopretend4]

She cannot change her orientation. I agree with everything else, but I can't believe Jane said that.

[melmariemartin]

@timetopretend4 I thought she said "orientation" at first too, but I believe she said "ornamentation"

[mirandaaisling]

@timetopretend4 I'm also pretty sure she said "ornamentation." I doubt that Jane believes sexual orientation is something you can change. It is, however, something you can choose to hide. You don't have to come out of the closet. But there is no closet for color.

[thePolerin]

@timetopretend4 it was ornamentation, I.E. her eyebrow ring. And she's right about that... speaking as a pink haired ex-eyebrow ring having semi-butch dyke. I can change how I look to avoid large amounts of discrimination against me.

[anisah777]

@timetopretend4

She definitely said ornamentation...in regard to her piercings.

[TheLittleLat]

@timetopretend4 I think it is more that, the girl can choose to not disclose her issues. Suppose it was sexuality it can be private. You cannot hide your race.

Perhaps I've taken the point wrongly, but that's how I interpreted it.

[imjohnandyouare]

This lady is a fool. I can't believe people take this shit seriously. You guys must be the same people who watch television and believe what you're told.

[thePolerin]

@imjohnandyouare It's easy to call someone a fool, and insult people who agree with her.. not so easy to back it up. What do you disagree with?

[HanaLovelace]

I studied this experiment in sociology. It's so powerful.

[mithilag]

What the fuck is this.

[warclassics]

That girl was so embarrassing.

[funwithstrokes]

She is such a winner.

[GloryLizard]

I took this kind of treatment every day while growing up. Racial slurs, death threats, even some physical abuse. I'm white, they were not. Systematically, yes racism against non whites is an issue. Socially, racism can happen to anyone...

[mdalexander06]

@GloryLizard No racism can't happen to anyone. You probably believe in reverse racism. Perhaps you should work on reversing that belief.

[down4guyana]

@GloryLizard Racism can happen to anyone. The definition of racism doesn't say its only towards people of color. It's not right what happened to you, and it's not invalidated. However, the issue of racism in the country is what she is talking about. That's like talking about homelessness, and you comparing it to being kicked out of your house for a week. Both are terrible experiences & probably tough, but be realistic. Racism towards minorities is a huge issue. I'm sorry for what happened to u.

[sweetesthangover2009]

@GloryLizard But the difference is you could move to a whole different area and have a chance at not having to deal with that "racism" you speak of, POC can't do that. Systematic racism will follow us everywhere we go because we can't move out of our skin.

[kraiden3]

this woman could make chuck norris cry 

[tallglassofwater007]

It's impossible to not see people of a different race than you as a different race. To say otherwise is a lie. But it's how you treat those people of other races than you, that is what matters. In a really simple/strange way, I think the Turk and JD relationship from Scrubs is the perfect relationship you can have in this regard.

[ShadowtheRipper]

i can't think of anything else to say other than "WOW". i'd love to take part in one of these exercises.

[Harryrawr]

This exercise is very interesting! I support this extreme because of how effective it seems. Just by watching it, I feel moved.

[dmhorus]

YES! PREACH! Make those white people hate themselves for being born the way they are! That will team them not to think in terms of race and color - oh wait.

I love the obvious racists posting in here. All youre doing is advocating another form of what you claim to hate. Fuck you hypocrites.

[cryjesuscry]

@dmhorus You obviously either didn't watch this all the way through or missed the entire point of it. You're actually helping to PROVE a huge point that she was trying to make to this class through your careless logic and lack of understanding of what the problem is itself, as well as your actual relationship to the problem.

You = the girl with the dumb bandana that storms out

[iisakura]

@dmhorus god, you didn't understand anything.

you are that girl who walked out - you refuse to listen, and instead of learning anything you just get mad.

she's not trying to make them hate themselves, she's trying to hammer home that THIS IS HOW COLORED PEOPLE ARE TREATED, make them understand how frustrating and utterly unfair the situations they are put in are by putting whites in the same situations.she's not advocating racism against whites, she is trying to educate them to stop racism.

[holyhailgun]

God, that blonde girl at the end, talking about how much she learned about HERSELF.

[IsItTheBagel]

@holyhailgun So? She learned something from a learning exercise, isn't that the point? Also, the black girl after her also talked about what she learned about herself, and you're not complaining about that.

[briyahginelle]

she seriously couldn't handle one day? seriously?

[TinaYouFatLardx7]

She says great things, but her method is not helping her. When people are attacked like that, they often become defensive and less likely to listen to the message. While yes they should be able to "deal with it", the issue is that you want the message to spread. To feel the pain without understanding the message is useless. While yes it is good to feel empathy, very good, the way she does it seems too aggressive, which can result in people ignoring the lesson by brushing her off as mean.

[LuneyTune72]

The reason we see people by color is the because humans on their own have the urge to learn. When you first meet someone, what is the first thing you judge them on? How the look, because that's all you know of them so far. As you begin to talk to them, you learn more about who they are and soon forget about an pre-judgments (their first impression.) I actually do see people as equal, color fades to the background. I focus on their intelligence and kindness.

[Tebibeawulf]

I'm a young white woman, and I am FURIOUS, fucking LIVID at the girl around 2:12. Shut. the fuck. up. This is a learning experience. this is what happens, what YOU DO, to people every goddamn day. Check your privilege.

[lx45803]

@Tebibeawulf I advise against becoming angry about the way you think someone else in the world MIGHT behave. You have no substantial evidence to suggest that she has a significantly negative racial attitude. Also, if you are truly 'fucking LIVID' about this possible injustice, I advise that you 'take a chill pill' whatever that means to you.

You can't lose your shit every time you see something you don't like.

[Kalydosos]

Jane Elliot exposes the psychological weakness of white people this is only a fictitious one or two hour experiment and they can’t cope for even such a short time pathetic.

[UltimateVenom]

she cannot change her orientation.

[gabeyld]

@UltimateVenom

I agree with you, but I believe what she actually said is "ornamentation" i.e. her clothing and jewelry.

[DarkSacoura23]

This lady is fucking amazing.

[SandalsInSnow]

Jane Elliot does not give a FUCK about White People's Tears, and it's the most refreshing thing I've seen all day! She's pretty darn amazing.

[dinolandra]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[BloodandthunderVII]

Kari annoyed me. "I'm being invalidated!" Uh, put on a blond wig and a dress. Suddenly, you've taken your experiences off when you go outside. Bam, it's done, it's over. Can't take off the black, Kari.

[demmyboo]

the fucking girl who started bursting into tears and having a tantrum and walking out because she wouldn't get what she wanted obviously didn't understand the experiment

[indianavexen]

I'm a college student, I'm a girl. I do not have brown eyes and I do not have brown skin. I know if I had been in that room with the girls crying I'd have stood up in the middle of the "not brown" group and told them exactly what they were: privileged white racists who can't handle having the tables turned, even temporarily, even to make a point--and that is sad.

[3iznek]

Oh my god why are they even crying. I go through shit worse than this and I'm not even black.

[Beautytee2]

WHAT THE FUCK ARE CRYING FOR IT'S AN EXPERIMENT!

[Huxang]

And everybody forgets about Asians. I remember being five years old and walking out of a Wal-Mart with my mother when a truck of young guys drove by and shouted 'Konnichiwa' at us. I wouldn't have minded if I wasn't Chinese. People need to figure out which ethnicity a target is before they shout out random slurs.

[ayanna00798]

The funny thing is, they all KNOW it's an exercise, and they still can't deal with it for more than five minutes. They're crying and storming around and throwing tantrums when they know what is going on. That's the power of this exercise.

[JWadGallery]

they cant handle when that shit is reversed. imagine how the people back then when the cops talked to blacks like they werent shit. and how they were told they were inferior and fought back and were arrested and killed. some of these people cant even handle social experiments and expect to understand real life

[awayonsoapyheels]

She still can't "leave" from discrimination since she's a woman though. And the other girl can't "change" her gender.

[lukeisastalker]

i thought this was annoying oops

[roose85723]

wow this lady is amazing. all the props to her for doing something like this

[IJustMovedHere]

This woman is a badass. This exercise should be compulsory in all public schools.

[evildevilgirl02]

I'm not going to say to a black person, "I don't see you black." I do see them black, but I don't see being black as a good/bad thing. It's just who they are. Nothing wrong with it.

[HaloofCurls]

@evildevilgirl02 That's the point. The fact that we are all different is something that should be celebrated, not erased. When people go around saying things like"I don't see color" and "people are just people" and "everyone is special!" without acknowledging individuality, it erases that individuality.

[P2K725]

YES.

[historiesinrust]

In tears. This is so powerful.

[shahoney]

white supremacy and whiteness does not only exist in america. it exists in every poc's mentality because that's the way we are brought up. we have colonized minds by the white race, and white people can't see that when people talk about "power structure according to race," it's mainly to the advantage of white people NOT ONLY IN AMERICA but everywhere else. see colonial histories of colored peoples in Asia, Africa, etc. the white race need to realize this. it's not an "individual" hurt.

[zio5q]

@shahoney lol. I love you American People of Colour thinking. What I love more is you ignorant American privilege, that other people think like you or rather HAVE to think like you outside America.

Stupid Black American.

[imiaddictive]

The fact that she cares so much about people of a different race to be brought to tears, when some people hate those people who are different, well, that's just how amazing this woman is.

[Wilixer]

This lady went IN. Max respect

[venalatomica]

I would love to see this done in British high schools.

[FDHL09]

I understand what is being said about visual racism. My thoughts about this are that 'racism' is a very big word and ranges from the smallest thought to the greatest gesture and from the colour of your skin to any other difference that can be found. I appreciate what miss Elliot is doing for people of different colour, but it seems that she misses out on other factors, such as being gay. That is a whole different world to tackle. What does she feel is the limit of who we are?

[kishmishyfruit]

@FDHL09 What I believe she is trying to accomplish is to start the beginning of this wide rang of 'racism' so people at least have a an idea or spark. If you see the other vidoes, you can see that some people are not understanding and trying to accommodate for example the size of his waist to being for instant black.

[meb025]

@FDHL09 She's not saying racism is the ONLY prejudice. But ... u cant HIDE your color. You can mask your gayness, choose to live in or out the closet (even if its mentally detrimental), u can put on a good show for many other factors.

But a black person putting on a good "white" face STILL gets made fun of! Theres no winning. WHat about being black AND gay or black and non-gender conforming... or whatever factor ur referring to. What about them? Does it change anything? Nope!

[Maverynthia]

@FDHL09 I think the point is still valid as you can apply the same framework to gay VS not-gay, male VS not-male. I've seen plenty of men go through those stages describe when confronted with their privilege about sexism.

[NietzschesDoll]

@FDHL09 You bring up a good point, but a person can't tackle every single prejudice issue our society has at once. And, honestly, as a queer person speaking from experience, I think I have it easier than a POC - I can lie about or hide my orientation. A POC can't escape the judgement and possible danger that comes with their skin color, but if I don't feel safe, I can hide my orientation.

[illapuella]

Ms. Elliot tearing up at the end when she says she'll quit when racists quit and adding, "Do I have a job for a lifetime? I'm afraid so."

This moved me to tears.

[kOliviaTV]

"Harsh". The world, with its many wonders, is "harsh". The world, with its many cultures, is "awesome". Harsh and awesome. Ms. Elliot is representing the world in this exercise. Harsh is the world we live in. Awesome is the world in which we live.

[reniguima]

the " she can change her orientation coment" was a huge WTF , but the message of this video is still strong even with that wrong piece in there

[xastridtasticx]

@reniguima She said 'ornamentation', not 'orientation', in what I think was a reference to her eyebrow piercing.

[dorkXinXjeans]

@reniguima i think what she meant was that she could decide to pretend to be someone else rather than someone who's difference is more obvious. she's not saying, "well being gay is a choice" she saying the way that girl decides to fully embrace and express herself is her choice, while the man she was compared to doesn't have the choice at all.

[velkropie]

I don't understand, We are all unable to change the race we were born into; a white person can't change being white just like a black person can't change being black...in a melting pot that is America, we need to learn to live and accept our different cultures...if you go central, south America...everybody is a Brasilian, Chilean, Honduran, Mexican...America is the only country that emphasizes RACE...

[InfectedxXxFlower]

2:04 LOL

[mlal1811]

"When these people of color get tired of racism, they can't just walk out because there's no place in this country where they aren't going to be exposed to racism." PREACH.

[mdalexander06]

@mlal1811 TRUTH, TRUTH, TRUTH!

[Kemosabe4]

i'm thankful for u jane and will support your cause!... first time i've seen her almost cry (at the end)

[MarieSueMax]

people really do need to be taught to empathize.its just like the mtv show about cliques IF you really knew me

[mszeee]

I would like a follow up interview with the people on the blue eyed side like a 10-15yr follow up and see if they have carried with them what they learned in the lesson.

[NikolaiEspana]

Racism began when the indo-europeans migrated to what is now modern day india and persecuted them because the natives of the land had a darker skin tone. This was before the common era. It's been going on for thousands of years. The human race is progressing, but clearly it is a slow process. Over time, however, racism will not exist, it is the natural way of human progression and development of how we as a society perceive things.

[mcawesomeguy101]

Jane Elliott is officially my new hero!!!

[businesseast]

Good Lord why did you make us different ????

[SmartK8]

Sorry people, but I'm a minority in more ways than you for sure. Still all this is is mental cruelness aimed with hate at people under the misconception that because of someone suffers physical violence it is OK to cause temporary mental violence. The voyeurs, and sadists in you are clapping, but still not OK. The only thing that will help is time and strength, and not cracking-up some kid. She assumes that this torture is OK, but for example for that ginger girl it could've been the last straw.

[waverunner6]

@SmartK8 Are you serious? "Mental cruelness aimed with hate"? The point is not to create hate it is to make people realize that PoC go through FAR WORSE THAN THIS EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES. Making a girl understand racism in a safe environment isn't sadism or mental violence. You call this tough love "torture"? Slavery was torture. Imperialism was torture. Segregation and discrimination was torture.

Please assess yourself.

[14624]

GOOD VIDEO

[mrA991s]

I don't care about colors all I care about is the characteristics that people have

[miyna]

@mrA991s Okay. You have just erased a very large part of who I am to fit your own agenda. Are you happy about that? because I'm not.

[mirandaadria]

@mrA991s That is exactly the point of this video. You SHOULD care about color. You should learn to respect people's color and race and origin and ethnicity. Don't be blind to their skin tone; embrace it and respect it.

[SkimMilkMustDie]

That lady is awesome. Harsh, but awesome.

[parisianna87]

should be all they do in class........they looked liberated at the end.

[o13sweetboy]

@H00dN3rdz HEY...I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE INTO JANE ELLIOT AS WELL...MAN.

[Elite244]

That teacher reminded me of how much I hated high school...

[Matroos0611]

Dude i dont understand how these people can cry WHILE THEY KNOW THIS IS JUST AN EXPERIMENT. I just can't get it.

[R2Mintus]

@Matroos0611

I think you meant "...how these [two girls] can cry..."

Looking at their manners, appearances, speech, etc., it's not very wrong to say that they're pretty sheltered.

[gothland31]

@Matroos0611 because maybe they feel it on their skin..... is actually an interesting breaktrough..

[shedinjask]

@Matroos0611 i was bullied as kid, sometimes by teachers. i watched teachers pull this shit on other people. i know it's fake. but it's still upsetting to see. the more i watch this the less sure i am i could do it, even knowing it's just an experiment.

[vf1764]

@shedinjask I get what you mean, I was crying when I watched this because I've been in that position where the teacher publicly humiliates you and makes it seem like you are an idiot. This video was hard to watch, she really made it feel like it was real.

[TheSquelzy]

holy shit, this lady is a friggin force of nature. She made 2 people cry in like 10 minutes.

[Ardenwolfe]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[cfortnerXYZ]

I wish, oh how I wish I had had this experience years ago. I learned it firsthand. I would not exchange that "firsthand" for anything. I learned being the only white cook in an all black restaurant the meaning of respect. I could write a book I still remember every moment. change is rare and the people who enable us to

change are gods in disguise.

[cfortnerXYZ]

I wish, oh how I wish I had had this experience years ago. I learned it firsthand. I would not exchange that "firsthand" for anything. I learned being the only white cook in an all black restaurant the meaning of respect. I could write a book I still remember every moment. change is rare and the people who enable us to change are gods in disguise.

[IraqiSniper107]

Excellent Video, This is a perfect example of a True Champion

God Bless

[MrBigBigbigBalls]

dam haha im sorry but the way that girl walked out shakin that ass after she cried was funny.

mrs elliot is like chuck norris mother

[rebekah613]

I think Mrs. Elliot is a compassionate and sympathetic person that is not afraid to deal with a real issue that many people are in denial of. She is trying to educate people about racism. peaceful solution dot org has the answer to racism. Peace thru education

[mummymanno]

What a woman!! this should be in every school in the world :)

[luvarn2]

POWERFUL!!!!!!

[H00dN3rdz]

Casey Anthony is a free woman, Troy Davis is a dead man. What came to your mind when i made that statement? I'll tell you what came to your mind...... color.

[OneWayRoad]

@BeatmakerzUp you dont get it. what she was showing white people what it was like to not be white at the time this was made. she doesnt call white people racist or say non whites cant be racist. its a harsh exercise to wake these people up to their privileges.

[Kevinmarcusjackson]

why does a video of this imporance and this caliber only have 7137 views? smh wake up AMERICA!!

[tonyblair999]

@icarus313 THAT'S CRAP!!! you caucasoids have to REALLY experience what other races esp. Negroids have BEEN through and still in a subtle way go through. your media still plays the race card DAILY!!! YOUR CAUCASOIDS BROTHERS AND SISTERS CANT EVEN DEAL WITH AN EXCERCISE FOR 2 FREAKIN HOURS!!!

[superman19742007]

@melmariemartin bingo!

[8bobthebuilder]

This lady's credentials is basically that she's a school teacher.

[icarus313]

The central thesis of Jane Elliot's teachings here is absolutely correct, but I find her methods abhorrent. If she resorts to bullying her audience in order to make her point then it looks more like imposing her will rather than teaching. That's unfortunate, since her message is so valuable. Imagine this: If I were teaching a class in a university and people walked out of my classroom crying on a regular basis, would that not make the rest of the faculty concerned? I certainly would be.

[OneWayRoad]

@icarus313 you missed the main message... shes not just teaching math or something and bullying students so your comparison is meaningless. she is showing people what it is like to be someone less privileged than they, she is giving them a glimpse of what others have to go through on a day to day basis. if they cant handle it then that has a message in itself. i commend her method because people get told about racism every day and it makes little difference, its more powerful if you receive it

[3churbro]

amazing.

[catsheri1]

I agree with Jane Elliott on a lot of things she says, but I don't believe Carrie is trying to pursue her own agenda. I've seen other documentaries on Jane Elliott , and even though Racism is her top priority, she's also concerned about other issues of discrimination. One time, she mentioned a kid who wasn't allowed to participate in an art contest or something like that because he had dylexia. She was talking about how sad it was because he was so talented. I kind of see Carrie's point of view.

[catsheri1]

I agree with Jane Elliott on a lot of things she says, but I don't believe Carrie is trying to pursue her own agenda. I've seen other documentaries on Jane Elliott , and even though Racism is her top priority, she's also concerned about other issues of discrimintion. One time, she mentioned a kid who wasn't allowed to participate in an art contest or something like that because he had dylexia. She was talking about how sad it was because he was so talented. I kind of see Carrie's point of view.

[melmariemartin]

Although not everyone is traumatized by a particular incident, slavery is not about one incident but a lifetime of incidents. The practice of lynching was done by families, women and children, who would smile and grin at blacks being hung, or tied to a truck with their bodies dragged through the streets until the limbs came apart. Centuries of slavery followed by systemic racism—such as sharecropping, black codes, Jim Crow—have acted as “virtual re-enslavement” policies that continue today.

[DollaBiIIz]

@melmariemartin Most people lynched were white so your comment is idiotic.

[tellasmella]

peoples sexual orientation can NOT be changed it is always there she cant say that 

[Emp989]

@tellasmella She never did. Watch it again.

[Molake]

As an Afrikan woman born in America, I have waited for a person(s), who identifies as White, to began to confront others, who Identify as white, what racial oppression is so that the healing between us can began. Kudos to you Ms Elliott, you are one of my s/heros.

[BigTimeShowdown]

This is again brilliant work of mrs.Elliot. The girl feels exactly like I did when I was racistly bullied at work,,literally everything I did was wrong (even working late was wrong)..the only way to avoid a worse burn out, was to quit,.which left me no income,..this girl has the choice to leave and keep hers., the presumably lesbian one doesnt get it..gays see racism as the same as their social problems.no one holds their bag if you are a white homosexual (for example)

[MattAlgren]

@BigTimeShowdown I don't think we see racism as the *same* as heterosexism. It's similar, but not the same, just as racism isn't the same as sexism isn't the same as ageism isn't the same as ableism isn't the same as... etc. As a gay man I can decide to be closeted, but that brings new internal problems that are dangerous in their own way.

[MattAlgren]

@BigTimeShowdown (Sorry to make this two comments, but it got too long.)

Assuming you're identifying the lesbian as the blond in the front row, the difference between her and the others is that she had to process it through the experience of a racial majority member AND a sexual orientation minority member. I think it took her longer to process the point, of the exercise, but she clearly "got it."

[BigTimeShowdown]

@MattAlgren You are right

But I still sense she didnt really got it yet..It could be me ..English not being my first language...

[catsheri1]

@BigTimeShowdown That sounds a lot like me when I was working at Ross Dress For Less.

[akthemoor]

thanks for the video. miss elliot is a rare gem