Race issues/questions in children

[AlwaysSAI]

I scrolled through some of the responses and haven't seen this one yet, but if it has already been said, I apologize.

This is not a new problem and your daughter is not the first mixed or african american child to feel this way.

During the whole de-segregation fight the people fighting the BOE found a professor and used his research to back up the premise that segregation damaged the psyche of young african american girls and boys.

The professor had african american boys and girls come into a playroom that was equipped with a camera. The play room was set up with various toys and dolls; imparticular a caucasian doll and an african american doll. The professor asked each child which doll they would rather play with and almost every child wanted to play with the caucasian doll. When the professor asked the children why they wanted to play with that doll they responded that she was prettier. He even (if I remember correctly) offered the african american doll to some children and they refused.

We learned about it in my HDF class. I can't remember what the guy's name was, though.

Anyone else know what I'm talking about?? I bet you could find a video of the sessions online.

[AKA_Monet]

Kozal was his name who first started it. He's written several books now.

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

I scrolled through some of the responses and haven't seen this one yet, but if it has already been said, I apologize.

This is not a new problem and your daughter is not the first mixed or african american child to feel this way.

During the whole de-segregation fight the people fighting the BOE found a professor and used his research to back up the premise that segregation damaged the psyche of young african american girls and boys.

The professor had african american boys and girls come into a playroom that was equipped with a camera. The play room was set up with various toys and dolls; imparticular a caucasian doll and an african american doll. The professor asked each child which doll they would rather play with and almost every child wanted to play with the caucasian doll. When the professor asked the children why they wanted to play with that doll they responded that she was prettier. He even (if I remember correctly) offered the african american doll to some children and they refused.

We learned about it in my HDF class. I can't remember what the guy's name was, though.

Anyone else know what I'm talking about?? I bet you could find a video of the sessions online.