I have to say I wish I and seen this documentary earlier. I really like what Jane Elliot decided to do with her class to show that prejudice and discrimination is only a thought process and that there is no actually reason for it to occur. I honestly think that something like this would be good to do in other classes around America. There is still a need for this. Even though racism has decreased over the years it is constantly being replaced. Currently there is wide spread prejudice against the LGBT community, as much as I hate to label as the LGBT community it is necessary to categorize the area that the prejudice still occurs. When it comes down to it all I think that any form of prejudice or bigotry is just a form of labeling that makes the labeler feel they are better or have more power over the labelee.
This form of inductive teaching is extremely effective. She allowed to students to not only learn about discrimination through the activity. She allowed them to feel the discrimination and to hate the act of discrimination. This emotional connection deeply roots the idea that discrimination is bad within their very being. Teaching through emotions is very strong and effective teaching and when you can incorporate an emotional level into a teaching process or activity you are almost always guaranteed success.
I really think that to use this on a more wide spread basis in many communities could really increase the awareness of discrimination in our society today, and could very well decrease discrimination in our society in the future.