Brown Eyes Blue Eyes Video Analysis

By the year 2044, white Americans are expected to become a minority. Nevertheless, many Americans treat the current minorities in the U.S. like they are such a little part of our population. Even though civil rights are a large part of America, racism is still a major issue in the U.S.A., though chances are, you don’t see it in children. Children are not born disliking specific people or skin colors or thinking they are smarter than someone with a different hair color, but rather, are taught that certain people are less intelligent or friendly than others. After watching “Brown Eyes Blue Eyes” this idea is supported even more. This video taught that children can change their opinions in minutes if you tell them something. For example, when the teacher, Elliott, told the class that the blue-eyed children were better the blue-eyes started to belittle the brown-eyed children almost immediately. The same happened the next day when they were told the brown-eyes were better. The same would, and does, happen if children were told that people with dark skin were worth less than the light skinned. They learn and tend to stick to whatever there “higher in command” said to them as a child. Consequently, because of the fact that

When the blue-eyes were told to be smarter they went through the pack of cards faster than ever. The opposite happened that day to the brown-eyed children, who were told they were less intelligent. To support the traits of what Elliott told her class, she picked out the best items of the group she claimed was predominate, and the unfavorable ones of the group she said were less superior. An example for such is when she pointed out the blue-eyed boy had forgotten his glasses, but the brown-eyed girl hadn’t. This lead the children to believe what she said, even though it was selective