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4 unusual facts about Jane Elliott


Krishnan Guru-Murthy

And also fronted "The Event - How Racist are You?" in which the controversial former American schoolteacher Jane Elliott performed her "brown eyes, blue eyes" experiment on a group of British adults.

Pygmalion effect

According to once often-cited but controversial non-scientific study of Jane Elliott, the Pygmalion effect can play a role in racial expectations and behavior.

Jane Elliott incorporated this into her study of the classroom when racially profiling her children when creating her responses to her "inferior" or "superior" children.

Race: Science's Last Taboo

An experiment centred around eye colour, devised by Jane Elliott in the 1960s, is recreated using members of the British public to draw attention to racism.



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