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I was finally able to get the video to play and I got bad chills watching those children with the dolls. When I was a kid, you would more likely see me playing with a transformer or a basketball. However, I imagine if given that test, I would choose the Black doll--the few dolls that I had were black.
I don't remember my family begin vehemently pro-black but we were raised to have pride in who we were. Still, I had some of the same questions that these girls had, once upon a time. Questions about African American culture and what our relationship is to Africans. I actually still have some of those questions. Also, I know that many of us have struggled with issues about our hair--if not our complexions-- at one time or another, whether we wear it natural, pressed, or permed. Often times those issues are imposed from the outside, but we have to contend with them nonetheless.
However, considering the age of the women, I think that their questioning is appropriate and will be fruitful. They are figuring out who they will be and it is encouraging that they can identify the pressures and the prejudices of the world around them rather being swept up in them.
It looks like an interesting documentary.
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