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A second look at the blue-eyes, brown-eyes experiment that taught third-graders about racism

  • Written by Stephen G. Bloom, Professor of Journalism, University of Iowa
imageIn this 1998 photograph, former Iowa teacher Jane Elliott, center, speaks with two Augsburg University students about the problems of racism. Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images

The killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, was a seismic event, a turning point that compelled many Americans to do something and do it with urgency. Many educators...

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