Claim: Prejudice and discrimination is unfair; treating others different is unethical. No group is superior than others, as the PBS film Class Divided experiment conducted by Mrs. Elliot had proven how children are taught to discriminate from such an young age. Agreeing with the textbook, Social Problems, in regards to the harm it can cause, “...larger society is damaged because it misses out on what the victims could contribute; moreover, society is harmed further because racial tensions create conflict that makes the society less productive and harmonious” (Best 5).
Grounds: Mrs. Elliot announce to her students both Tuesday and Thursday, reversing the blue-eyes and brown-eyes superiority than the other. For example, the first day of experiment, “the blue-eyed people are the better people in this room. Blue-eyed people are smarter than brown-eyed people” (PBS). During recess, Russell and John got into an argument, which started off with name calling, “brown-eyes” (Class Divided). The experiment had influenced them so greatly that the brown-eyes began to believe they are ignorant, as John replies, it means that we’re stupider...”(Peter). Warrants: Discrimination creates tensions among society and conflict arises, like the example given in the film about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Furthermore in U.S. history, we have the Los Angeles riot in 1991; which is controversial, whether the incident was sparked by the Rodney King police brutality or the shooting of the fifteen year old, Latasha Harlins by the store owner in south central Los Angeles (Daily News). Followed by the shooting of Trayvon Martin, that ended with an violent protest and the countless others that still continuous on today. Igniting nationwide protest of Black Lives Matter movement, protesting against police brutality toward African-Americans (SPUTNIK). Do not want to mention names, but our new politician had sparked yet another rise of racism to this beloved place we call our nation, “Make American great again,” is his famous slogan (Jouet). Conclusions: According to the book, Social Problems, conclusions consists of both short and long-range goals (39). With the social problem in discrimination and prejudice, the short-range goal should be having every teacher-perhaps select an certain grade-level, to conduct a similar lesson in his or her class. Beginning from the young, changing their minds on the beliefs they had learned from their parents, relatives, community and perhaps in the media about certain race and authenticity. We have long fought through the invasion of …show more content…
The lecture slides, “Public Reaction,” the United States has a population that consists of more than 300 million people and it is greatly impossible to survey each and one of them (Professor Quach). So, I would like to begin with the Qualitative Research involving participants from all race, gender, and social class. Moreover, to break down to lessen the number of participants for this survey, the main focus will be the audience in school from grade three (idea from the film) to higher education, like University students. Perhaps the most tricky one in this segment would be, religion, because it is simply complex knowing there are many religions people believe in. Possibly, within the survey we can state something like this: Ruling out your religious belief, if possible, what do you think about prejudice? Should anything be done? Is it wrong or right to
Grounds: Mrs. Elliot announce to her students both Tuesday and Thursday, reversing the blue-eyes and brown-eyes superiority than the other. For example, the first day of experiment, “the blue-eyed people are the better people in this room. Blue-eyed people are smarter than brown-eyed people” (PBS). During recess, Russell and John got into an argument, which started off with name calling, “brown-eyes” (Class Divided). The experiment had influenced them so greatly that the brown-eyes began to believe they are ignorant, as John replies, it means that we’re stupider...”(Peter). Warrants: Discrimination creates tensions among society and conflict arises, like the example given in the film about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Furthermore in U.S. history, we have the Los Angeles riot in 1991; which is controversial, whether the incident was sparked by the Rodney King police brutality or the shooting of the fifteen year old, Latasha Harlins by the store owner in south central Los Angeles (Daily News). Followed by the shooting of Trayvon Martin, that ended with an violent protest and the countless others that still continuous on today. Igniting nationwide protest of Black Lives Matter movement, protesting against police brutality toward African-Americans (SPUTNIK). Do not want to mention names, but our new politician had sparked yet another rise of racism to this beloved place we call our nation, “Make American great again,” is his famous slogan (Jouet). Conclusions: According to the book, Social Problems, conclusions consists of both short and long-range goals (39). With the social problem in discrimination and prejudice, the short-range goal should be having every teacher-perhaps select an certain grade-level, to conduct a similar lesson in his or her class. Beginning from the young, changing their minds on the beliefs they had learned from their parents, relatives, community and perhaps in the media about certain race and authenticity. We have long fought through the invasion of …show more content…
The lecture slides, “Public Reaction,” the United States has a population that consists of more than 300 million people and it is greatly impossible to survey each and one of them (Professor Quach). So, I would like to begin with the Qualitative Research involving participants from all race, gender, and social class. Moreover, to break down to lessen the number of participants for this survey, the main focus will be the audience in school from grade three (idea from the film) to higher education, like University students. Perhaps the most tricky one in this segment would be, religion, because it is simply complex knowing there are many religions people believe in. Possibly, within the survey we can state something like this: Ruling out your religious belief, if possible, what do you think about prejudice? Should anything be done? Is it wrong or right to