Each semester in my Introduction to Addictive Behaviors class I show a video titled A Class Divided with Jane Elliot. My class is generally very ethnically diverse and filled with students who want to be substance abuse counselors. Some have their own histories of substance abuse and incarceration, others don't. In addition to using this video to demonstrate the impact of racial discrimination, I also like to make the point that addicts and persons with mental illness are also discriminated against in our society. Many times persons with addiction and mental health issues come from a background of abuse, neglect and powerlessness. I think this video demonstrates the impact of abuse of power and how it affects anyone and everyone fairly quickly and sometimes permanently. I'm hoping that by showing the video, I am building awareness and compassion in those who will be serving the public. I'm posting it here so my students can review it and share it with others. You can also watch the entire documentary at PBS.org Part One - a reunion of students from Jane Elliot's 3rd grade class from 1970 Part Two - After spending a day being "on the bottom" brown eyed students get to trade places with the blue eyed students and be "on top". Depending on whether the students were on "top" or "bottom" determined how well they did in class. Part 3 - After the original group watched the video they discuss the impact and their observations. 5 of 6 - Jane Elliot later expanded her work to doing in-service trainings at various facilities. This video shows how Jane Elliot used her "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" experiment to educate prison workers about the impact of discrimination. 6 of 6 - Experiment for prison workers. After lunch debriefing. End of the movie.