This article is taken from the Guardian and is written by Andrew Anthony . Andrew Anthony is a journalist who has written for the Guardian since 1990s. He is also author of On Penalties (2000) and the Fall-Out(2007). In this article he has described Jane Elliot's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment. It talks about how within a short span of time Jane was able to turn innocent, loving kids into haters. He says it's hard to answer whether these anti-racist policies should be deployed or not. Moreover he Anthony talks about how the associated characteristics with the eye color effected the student's attitudes and their intellectual abilities. This experiment is done by Jane Elliot who is a well-know teacher ,lecturer and diversity trainer. She wanted to teach her classroom kids a lesson for their lifetime. Her experiment explains that racism plays a vital role in our academic performance. My research is about the role of racism in college, it also focuses on how racism impairs students intellectual abilities. Andrew quotes Jane Elliot,"Perception is everything", relates to the idea of stereotypes and how we attach meaning to skin colors. Jane Eliot states,"Racism is racism wherever you find it. White ignorance is the problem,
and we white folks have now managed to export that problem all over the
world." This supports the fact that the topic of racism is ignored and not given much attention. Even if it is given attention,nothing is done to eradicate it . Andrews question in this article is that is it possible to eradicate racism by analyzing Jane's experiment. This quote by Jane Elliot could explain one of the causes of racism in college , ""the main thing, white people are rapidly losing their numerical
majority in the United States of America. And so people of colour are
going to be the people in positions in power in the future. White people
are finally beginning to realize that. Some of them are scared to
death." So, the fear to be left behind is a reason for racism? i am also analyzing other scholarly articles on this topic. So far this is one explaining the detail of the study carried out by Jane .
Anthony, Andrew. "Jane Elliott, the American Schoolmarm Who Would Rid Us of Our Racism." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 17 Oct. 2009. Web. 02 Mar. 2013.
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ReplyDeleteBasically, I wrote: this is not exactly the type of scholarly article I'd like you to focus on in the literature reviews, unless its critical content is important to your paper. As it is, though, you have ignored the most important critical content of Anthony's article, which is really directed at challenging Jane Elliot's research methods and the practical value of her study for making policy. That is the thrust of his article -- which begins by referencing The Myth of Racist Kids, which rejects the Elliot-inspired policies that, the authors argue, do more harm than good.
This source could actually be important to your paper, perhaps as a counter-argument source (though The Myth of Racist Kids might be better). However, if you ignore the critical content of the piece you lose a lot of its value.