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118: Eye of the Beholder pt.1: Black & White

Writer: Grant Thomas
Grant Thomas
Aug 13, 2025
1 min read

Updated: Aug 18, 2025


Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously spoke of his dream for a future America. A dream that was more progressive and radical than many people remember, but that included a future of racial equality. On the night of his assassination one teacher felt moved to continue to work towards his dream. Enter Jane Elliott. Educator, speaker, disrupter. A woman who will look you in your eye and deliver some hard truths. This week on Well, I Laughed we cover a woman who sees discrimination as black and white.


Chapters

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:29:26 Black & White

00:37:06 What MLK Stood For

00:46:17 Jane Ellliott

00:52:57 The Experience (2001)

01:15:20 People's Response

01:32:06 Founder of Workplace Diversity Training

01:34:38 Criticism

01:37:55 As an Educator


Jane Elliot portrait
Jane Elliot - courtesy of Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times, via Getty Images

Video Referenced


THE ANGRY EYE (2001) via Alter Globalization via YouTube

Grant plays a clip beginning at 30:47



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