We don't know anything about racism. We've never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

They were doing what white people do. In fact actors who had been seen previously on UK programming and commercials were allowed to participate without Elliott's knowledge thereby discrediting the entire presentation. ” She has also expressed frustration at the idea that Jane Elliott still needs to do this exercise “It shouldn’t be necessary in 2008” Jane Elliott says to “…say things that are difficult for people to hear.

Jane Elliott (born May 27 1933 Riceville Iowa)[citation needed] is an American former schoolteacher recognized most prominently as an anti-racism activist and educator though also a feminist and LGBT activist.