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madamesilverspurs
Sep 2025
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Thanks! I really like the quote on her top: "Prejudice is an emotional commitment to ignorance." . . . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2025
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Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)1. Who is Jane Elliot and what is the relevance?
CatWoman
(80,334 posts)2. she's an American educator
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Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)4. Thanks! I really like the quote on her top: "Prejudice is an emotional commitment to ignorance." . . . .nt
malaise
(297,980 posts)3. Here
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)5. Thanks, malaise. . . . nt
CatWoman
(80,334 posts)6. when you have time, check this out
very enlightening
malaise
(297,980 posts)8. Thank you
malaise
(297,980 posts)9. That was well worth it
Sent it to some famiky and friends
Wiz Imp
(10,423 posts)7. She's Brilliant and amazing.
I vividly remember the 2 documentaries of her exercises she did starting with a 3rd grade class in Iowa in 1970 and a follow-up to that one in 1985. They are very powerful and eye opening.
The Eye of the Storm (1970)
A Class Divided (1985)
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