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"Her bold experiment to teach Iowa third graders about racial prejudice divided
townspeople and thrust her onto the national stage. Decades later, Jane
Elliott's students say the ordeal changed them for good"
People get angry when their prejudices are confronted, particularly in insular
communities where diversity and difference (including difference of opinion) is
threatening. And there's still plenty of serious denialism - "teaching whites
self-guilt" (!)
Via Irreverent Monk.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
