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Secrets of a Wild ChildIn 1970, social workers in Los Angeles discovered a modern-day "wild child," a 13 year old girl who had been locked in a room in social isolation for the most of her life. She had been forced to sit alone, day after day, strapped to a potty chair, with little more than bare walls to look at. She was severely under-developed, unable to talk and barely able to walk.
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A Class DividedOne day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is the story of that lesson, its lasting impact on the children, and its enduring power 30 years later.
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Understanding PrivilegePrivilege is not restricted to race, but may apply to class, age, sex, or any other defining characteristic of a person, or characteristics within a group or sub-group.
priv·i·lege
ˈpriv(ə)lij/ noun a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. "education is a right, not a privilege" synonyms:advantage, benefit; More |