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Oprah's controversial 1992 secret racism experiment on her audience is still matters today

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Summary
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50% Informative

Oprah Winfrey put her audience through a social experiment that puts racism in a new light.

Jane Elliott is an internationally known teacher, lecturer, and diversity trainer.

She helped set up the experiment and played along, explaining that brown-eyed people were smarter.

Those with brown eyes were given preferential treatment by getting to cut the line and offered refreshments.

VR Score

42

Informative language

35

Neutral language

56

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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