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Jane Elliott
American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, Jane Elliott became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5…
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American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, Jane Elliott became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The classroom exercise was filmed in 1970, becoming the documentary The Eye of the Storm. PBS series Frontline featured a reunion of the 1970 class, as well as Elliott's work with adults, in its 1985 episode "A Class Divided".
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2026
Jane Elliott Against the World
Movie Self
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2014
Der Rassist in uns
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
The Event: How Racist Are You?
Movie Self
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2004
Indecently Exposed!
Movie Herself
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2004
Eye Opener
Movie Herself
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2002
The Stolen Eye
Movie Self
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2001
The Angry Eye
Movie Self
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1996
Blue Eyed
Movie Self
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1985
A Class Divided
Movie Herself
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1970
The Eye of the Storm
Movie Self
