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.
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
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