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Jane Elliot's Analysis

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Getting ready for my initial post, I found that Jane Elliot (the teacher who led the experiment: A class divided) is still conducting this experiment nowadays with adults all around the world (over 40 years). Her alleged argument to continue doing such is to raise awareness that racial prejudice still exists. She argues that Whites can never feel what a Black person feels, and only the exposure to extreme ridicule and humiliation can raise this awareness. Elliot has been highly criticized by psychologists and educators; many find her methods extremely harsh and controversial, (Ses, 2013). I know prejudice still exists, and even I have been subject of it. However, I believe that humiliating another human being (especially those who are not racist)
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