Jane Elliott's Brown Eye/Blue Eye Test

UNI alum Jane Elliot describes the first time she administered her legendary test.

[freedomm]

Jane Elliot's work should be recognised all over the world.

[cheryltrella]

I love her teachings we need more teachers like her. God Bless her

[ellyleegwater]

4:40F inally i found her after years of searching. I saw her with grown-ups crossing a line and was intriged. Thank you so much for teaching us.

[VuNguyen-fvjl]

Mentally so sharp at this age too. What an iconic lady

[MsQD]

I LOVE THIS WOMAN.
I want that sweatshirt.

"prejudice is an emotional
commitment to ignorance."

[niapaulino]

I love this teacher! Jane Elliot for the Nobel Peace prize.

[jacquelineburson]

This amazing life lesson should be taught in schools, on jobs, jails etc.

[darryl]

Thank you, Miss Elliot. Thank you for your honesty, your bravery, and educating us especially them.

[ronaldsneek]

I'm from Holland, when I was about 10 we had a black boy and girl in our class it was interesting because that skincolor was new for us, it was 1978. We played together and had fun together. Racism was not in our vocabulary, there was no black and white there was friendly and unfriendly. I have brown eyes by the way.

[UnlimitedFlyers]

Watching "Blue-Eyed" in 2001 woke me up that I could never truly "know" what people suffering discrimination go through, period. But rewatching her documentary in 2021 made me question where we went wrong.

Thank you, Jane Elliott. It truly is the greatest honor to have been wisened by your exercise, just by watching it.

[skuttlebucket]

This is a Wonderful Teacher, A Wonderful Human Being, A Wonderful Person...xx xx

[manoa]

I admire Elliott-sensei's bravery and love to have conducted such an experimental class.

[deansiephillips]

Love this perfectly explained we studied her experiment as part of our NNEB nursery nurse course. Attitudes can be changed and challenged love this x

[rebeccahickman]

I went to UNI. It turns out some of the best teachers in the country.. it doesn’t surprise me someone so forward thinking came from Iowa

[geniushisfriends]

There should be more like you teaching our children. Education system needs change. Attitudes of mind.

[ChristopherKummetz]

Third graders are still impressionable. This type of “experiment” wouldn’t work with adults. Hatred and racism are LEARNED.

[onelove]

She is genius and so brave. God bless this lady

[lightningshy]

I want so badly to meet this lady before she passes. It is insane how sharp she is at the age of 90.

[halfmanhalfamazing]

She keep tell you guys its not a test, it is an exercise. And if you keep saying test you are part of the problem which means you're not listening.

[markaja]

She illustrated a problem with the way people think that connects with people on a logical and emotional level. She was angry at the weakness of people to fall victim to prejudice. This is how she made her niche and spoke the truth. Her anger at injustice overwhelmed any fear of retribution from revealing the truth.

So many people today say that considering the truth doesn't matter because because we experience truth differently. This kind of thinking is not good for individuals, societies, or international relations.

"Let's ignore whether Schroedinger's cat is alive or dead and make up our own story." Schroedinger's cat analogy was made up to show how ridiculous a new idea in physics was. That new idea was found to be true in quantum mechanics. The truth in the eyes of quantum mechanics is what is mostly likely to be true, not that the truth can't be known.

I think finding solutions should look for win-win situations and be willing to have some things to compromise, and other things to not compromise.