One brown-eyed student stated that blue-eyed people were not better than brown-eyed and Elliott gave reasoning as to why blue-eyed people were, in fact, better than brown-eyed people. ... The blue-eyed students were allowed longer recess, being first in line for lunch and allowed seconds, and were given extra praise while the brown-eyed students had to wear collars, and were ridiculed by Elliott on their behavior and performance. ...

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The United States was founded upon diversity. Racism in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. These slaves were not brought by will, but by force, and they faced great oppression while giving the dominant white race the blue collar resource that they so essentially needed in order to stake their claim in the new and soon to flourish United States of America. Plagued by hundreds of years of slavery, discrimination, segregation, hatred, and victimization, ...

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• Grade Level: High School