[News Script: Study teaches students lesson in discrimination] Page: 1 of 4
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VIDEO TAPE
SOUND COMINGTAPE TIME 1:20
MAN ON CAMERA
TAPE IN HERE (SOUND UNDER)
MAN ON CAMERA
The blondes have less fun experiment is over in
Potomac, Maryland. And most of the students are
furious about it. The experiment was conducted at
a junior high school in an upper middle class
community near Washington. D.C. The idea was to
teach students how it feels to be discriminated
against. The schools blonde students agreed
to being treated like second class citizens for one
week, with the brunettes getting all the breaks. The
blondes were forced to use seperate restrooms, water.-
fountains and stairways. They could not eat with the
brunettes in the cafeteria. They were deliberated
snubbed or insulted by teachers and brunette students.
The experiment was part of Brotherhood week and
was supposed to have continued through Friday.
SOUND UP HERE TILL END 50 SECONDS CLOSE WHEN GIRL
SAYS "...IT'S ALREADY DIED."
Unfortunately, the experiment also died a premature
death. It began on Monday and ended yesterday.SCHOOL
Voj
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Study teaches students lesson in discrimination], script, February 20, 1969, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1150865/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.