I thought the video, A Class Divided, did an excellent job of illustrating the damage that discrimination can do. From the start of the exercise I, who was just watching an old video, became very uncomfortable and sickened by the feeling I had. As I watched the uncomfortable feeling blanket those children, I became angry. I don’t think I could do what the teacher did. I wanted to hug the kids. Of course, that’s the whole idea and subsequently, exactly why this exercise is so powerful. As stated in the video, it took less than 15 minutes for the kids to start calling names (brown eyes). …show more content…
The children’s description of how they felt was interesting as well. I recall one child saying he felt evil, but empowered, like a king and that he was better than the