exceptional sociology class today

Ever heard of the blue eyed/brown eyed experiment?
Please please please go rent and watch the video Blue Eyed if you haven't seen it.
Very good depiction and very moving.

But not in that temporarily moving way.

If you actually engage in watching this movie, my guess is that it will affect your daily actions and be relatively difficult to forget quickly.

Other points I remember from class today
-"When a person see's a large-framed black man walking at night, on the sidewalk in the oncoming direction, what does he or she tend to do? Walk to the other side of the street. When a large black man walking on the sidewalk at night happens to being walking behind a person, what does he or she tend to do? Constantly look over his/her shoulder and eventually walk to the other side of the street/go anywhere away from him." How the hell is a person supposed to feel like they're equal to everyone else and able to attain success like everyone else when they're constantly being demeaned? They're constantly FIGHTING. Would you want to fight against the institutions of this world, while concurrently working in other areas of your life like work, school, and relationships. They are doing double the work if not more. How can a person focus on being successful when they're constantly being looked at like they are lower, treated like they are lower, spoken to like they are lower. Eventually, it's going to sink in enough, and many will begin to believe these lies. These are the lies that Satan so powerfully feeds into us...and many times he uses people as vessels to do his malevolent work.

-"Would you ever want to switch lives with a black male and be treated the way society typically treats black males for the rest of your life?" My professor told us that he has asked this question to many of his classes over the years and not a single person over the years has stepped up and said, "Yes, I want to be treated like a black male." My professor pointed out, as is pointed out in the video as well, simply admitting that you would not want to be treated like a black man for the rest of your life, acknowledges that discrimination still exists. No matter how many times I hear people say that it doesn't anymore!

Thats just two I've been thinking about. And yes, I recognize that both of the examples I quoted happen to have been ones made concerning black men. This is not only a black/white issue. But, these were the two examples I wanted to get down on "paper" before I forgot. The movie though...that's what was incredibly compelling to me today. Go.Rent.It.