Essay On Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiment
Experiments and war are not often thought of being similar. Experiments are thought to be sterile, civilianized, and controlled; with men in pristine white coats rushing about carrying test tubes and clipboards. On the other hand, war is chaotic and anarchic; filled with disease, death, and suffering. War is bloodshed and loss; while experiments are organized and precise. Psychological experiments can be used to simulate warlike tendencies and behaviors. The Milgram Obedience Experiment, tests how people respond to others physical pain when being commanded by a higher ranking authority figure. The Stanford Prison Experiment, illustrated how people reacted when put in a position of utmost power. The Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiment, showed how
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In 1968, in a third grade classroom in Riceville, Iowa Jane Elliott told her classroom that people with brown eyes were better. Elliott then went on to say that people with brown eyes were smarter because they had more melanin; the pigmentation in skin, hair, and eyes that is responsible for the color. The children in her class were split up. They were given paper bracelets to identify their eye color. The brown eye students then started to gang up on the blue eyed students. Students with blue had now began to have troubles with topics that they once found easy. The next week the role was reversed, the blue eyed children were now smarter and better than the brown eyed children. By the end of the experiment, the children learned how it felt to be ostracized by people based on how much melanin they possessed. In Unbroken, the Japanese soldiers were filled with prejudice towards the …show more content…
The racism fueled the Japanese to lash out towards the prisoners in their camps. Their deep rooted hatred for any race but their own made it practically effortless for them to relentlessly beat the prisoners. The children in the Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiment and the Japanese both had racism instilled into them. The Japanese’s prejudices came from political leaders, war propaganda, and high ranked military leaders. While, the student’s racism came from their teacher, who instilled the thought into their minds. Both parties were trained to think and act out with racisms by authority
In 1968, in a third grade classroom in Riceville, Iowa Jane Elliott told her classroom that people with brown eyes were better. Elliott then went on to say that people with brown eyes were smarter because they had more melanin; the pigmentation in skin, hair, and eyes that is responsible for the color. The children in her class were split up. They were given paper bracelets to identify their eye color. The brown eye students then started to gang up on the blue eyed students. Students with blue had now began to have troubles with topics that they once found easy. The next week the role was reversed, the blue eyed children were now smarter and better than the brown eyed children. By the end of the experiment, the children learned how it felt to be ostracized by people based on how much melanin they possessed. In Unbroken, the Japanese soldiers were filled with prejudice towards the …show more content…
The racism fueled the Japanese to lash out towards the prisoners in their camps. Their deep rooted hatred for any race but their own made it practically effortless for them to relentlessly beat the prisoners. The children in the Blue Eye Brown Eye Experiment and the Japanese both had racism instilled into them. The Japanese’s prejudices came from political leaders, war propaganda, and high ranked military leaders. While, the student’s racism came from their teacher, who instilled the thought into their minds. Both parties were trained to think and act out with racisms by authority