[Essay Help]: A Class Divided is a classic film

A Class Divided is a classic film about stereotyping and its effects, which is based on an experiential exercise in discrimination using eye color. After watching the film, answer each of the following five short-answer questions. Write your responses in complete sentences. Your answers to each question should be one to two paragraphs.

Be sure to carefully read each question to ensure that all components are answered with the appropriate depth and detail. Your answers should be free of spelling and grammar errors. When using reference material, you must properly cite your sources using in-text citations. You must also include a reference list. All documentation must be rendered in APA citation style.

VIDEO: A Class Divided (40876, 55 min)

1. Participants in the exercise reacted in different ways to the unfairness of the authority figure.  Identify two kinds of attempts that were made to cope with this situation and analyze the effectiveness of each in defeating the oppressor or lessening the pressure. Can you suggest something that might have worked better?

2. If you had been in the microcultural group created by the exercise, what would you have done?   What would the logical consequences of such an action have been?  Would they be the same for microcultural group members who react that way in today’s society?

3. What were the major factors perpetuating the status quo in the society created by the leader in the eye-color exercise?  Can you cite parallels from today’s society to the attitudes and behaviors of the participants during the exercise?

4. Microcultural group members tend to see many people from the mainstream culture in positions of power in much the same way that members of the inferior group perceived Mrs. Elliott during the exercise.  What effect might such a perception have on the productivity of a business, the respect or acceptance afforded law enforcement personnel, or the perpetuation of your democratic way of life?

5. From what you’ve seen in this film, who do you feel is responsible for the existence and elimination of racism in society? For example, do you believe schools, religious leaders, the government, heads of major corporations, or the legal system are responsible?  Explain your answe