I have noticed that some of our discussions have mentioned discrimination. Steven mentioned the use of words like "handicapped". In our local Deaf Community there is much talk about the use of words and discrimination. This reminded me of a film done for PBS by Frontline. A teacher (Jane Elliot) in the 70's decided to conduct an experiement with her young students. She seperated them by the color of their eyes, blue vs everyone else. The blued eyed children were then told that they were better than the other children, they were given extra attention, extra time at recess, extra drinks of water, and so on. The way the children acted by the end of the day interesting. The next day the teacher reversed the roles. If you have time check out the video. In the last segment they interview the original children now young adults.
www.pbs.org/frontline/shows/divided/
