I was going to say, I assume this was a class full of white kids. Some might
argue this 'experiment' is still being carried out.
Ian
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.... and in a recent episode of "Holby City", that well known psychological
study programme, the blue eye brown eye paradigm was used as part of a
racism awareness activity which was subverted by the use of coloured
contact lenses!
Jeff
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In your message regarding Blue Eyes dated Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:55:54 +0100,
Paul
Smyth said that ...
> Hi to all
>
> A teacher has just asked me whether I know about an experiment that was
> done
> years ago, where a class was divided into groups and the blue eyed
> children
> were treated more favourably than the others. They then looked at how this
> impacted on the class as a whole. We think it was in the 60's or 70's?
>
> I know this is vague, but has anyone heard of it?
>
> Regards, Paul (kind of blue eyes!) Smyth (Disability Officer)
>
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