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A teacher's historic 1968 racism experiment on third graders is still incredible today

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Jane Elliott , a third -grade teacher in Riceville , Iowa , conducted the Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Experiment in 1968 .

The experiment was filmed in 1970 and shown on PBS as the documentary The Eye of the Storm .

The children deemed superior on the first day underperformed the next day in their lessons.

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