Question F

I liked learning about this experiment and think that it is a productive way to help children understand race, especially white kids. It can be seen as unethical but really only in ignorance. This was an opportunity to help these children understand white supremacy. She is teaching the children a reality that most of them have not had to deal with and that have had the privilege to ignore. She is interrupting at a time in the child's life where children are lead astray, towards racist ideals in the media, law and family.

It is clear to see she had the best interest of the children in mind, this was going to benefit them and their interactions with others. Children are more comfortable and open when they are engaged in learning, this was a very effective exercise; it was great to see what the reactions of the children were and not surprising the backlash she faced. I don't think it was cruel, it was real. The biggest mistake in our education system is that we deny reality and teach inequality, through hidden curriculum. This was an amazing step toward social change; it really does start with the youth. Children are free and have no intent to hate or discriminate; that is something our society instills, like Elliot says how teachers perpetuate racism. This exercise highlights the importance of honoring difference and also bystander importance; we don't teach others to treat people differently, we teach our youth that we are all different and no one should be treated different or inferior because of that.