Riceville NewsLocal news for Riceville, IA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Eye exercise stings, but lesson sticks- March 27, 2008 "They become angry. They become defeated. They become childlike" It started 40 years ago, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. A Riceville teacher told an all-white class of third-grade students it might be interesting to be judged by the color of their eyes. via Des Moines Registerhttp://www.topix.net/city/riceville-ia/2008/03/eye-exercise-stings-but-lesson-sticks?fromr... Blue EyesBrown Eyes creator presents The Anatomy of Prejudice workshop March 27- March 7, 2008 In response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, teacher Jane Elliott devised the controversial and startling Blue EyesBrown Eyes exercise for her Riceville, Iowa, classroom. via Iowa State Universityhttp://www.topix.net/city/riceville-ia/2008/03/blue-eyes-brown-eyes-creator-presents-the-a... |