A Class Divided – LUC Youth Group

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Tanya Wiles-Bell

On Sunday February 5th, 2012, the Youth Group viewed the documentary “A Class Divided”

A Class Divided
 

The documentary featured an Iowa schoolteacher who, on the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, gave her third-grade students a first-hand experience in the meaning of discrimination by dividing her class into two groups, blue and brown eyes.

Although I had viewed this documentary three times before last night, I find myself still thinking about it today.
 
I am particularly struck with the image of the boy trying to destroy the “collar” marking him.
 
I’m wondering if there are any images still speaking to you today?
 
I invite you to post your reactions to this powerful piece here on this blog.
 
Peace,
 
Tanya
Director of Christian Education
 
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One Response to A Class Divided – LUC Youth Group

  1. Michele says:
    February 6, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    Tanya this has really peeked my interest and I am going to watch it at the PBS site. Here’s the link for anyone else interested.

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html