The year was 1992. The show was The Oprah Show. The episode was dedicated to the Anti-Racism Experiment that ended up transforming Oprah's entire audience.
How would you feel if you were treated differently simply based on the color of your skin? Jane Elliott gave 'The Oprah Show' audience members a chance to experience racism firsthand when she divided them into two groups: those who have blue eyes and those with brown eyes. The blue-eyes group was discriminated against while the people with brown eyes were catered to.
Blue-eyed guests grew increasingly frustrated by being treated as the outcasts. They stood and watched as the brown-eyed group enjoyed coffee and doughnuts. They had to stand in line while the other group was quickly seated. During the taping of the show, it all came to a head when Oprah invited members of both groups to speak their minds, and they eventually learned what this experiment was really about.
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