This video features a talk explaining how our attitudes and values are shaped not only by personal experience but by the information we are taught—often inaccurately.

Using the example of world maps such as the Mercator projection, the American diversity educator, Jane Elliott, demonstrates how educational materials can distort our understanding of the world by exaggerating the size and significance of predominantly white or European countries while minimising others.

Through comparisons with the Peters projection, the talk shows how these distortions reinforce cultural bias, colonial perspectives, and miseducation.

Viewers are encouraged to reflect on how these subtle messages influence beliefs, stereotypes, and worldviews, and to consider the importance of teaching accurate, equitable representations.