Don't it make my brown eyes blue?

I finally had my Equality and Diversity course. Now the office will no longer be subjected to my boorish racist rants. It used to be a one-day course, but now it lasts half a day and is described as 'fast-paced'.

We were read a story about a builder admiring a nurse's legs and were invited to answer questions on it. Since the story failed to specify the sexes of any of the characters the correct answer turned out to be 'Don't Know' in each case. I got top marks. This wasn't because I'm careful not to make traditional sexist assumptions - I just wasn't listening.

Then we were shown a DVD about a teacher in Iowa in the 60's who separated her class into brown-eyed and blue-eyed children, and taught them that the blue-eyed ones were superior to the brown-eyed. This was a two-day social experiment, by the way, not just her belief. I've no idea what happened to the green-eyed kids, if any. Perhaps they were taken outside and shot before filming started.

Anyway the film certainly impressed upon us the ease with which prejudices may be fostered. On the feedback form where we had to write what we'd learned I put: 'Brown-eyed people are stupid.' And I'm brown-eyed! I certainly had gained some insights.