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[riotclitshave]

I'm not sure exactly what's going on here, but it looks like he's trying to please the researcher and it breaks my heart.

[wileypeter]

If memory serves, there were a series of studies asking little kids, black and white, to pick the good babies and the smart kids. They almost without exception picked the white dolls. I believe the result was largely due to the societal portrayal of black kids vs. white kids, and a good reminder we need to look at media critically, because kids don't.

[xtingu]

Heartbreaking is right. Wow.

[dragonblink]

The Clark doll experiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_and_Mamie_Clark#Doll_experiments

Researchers still do experiments based on the original, with similar results. It's a real eye-opener to a lot of us.

[soixantequatre]

In the original experiment, the researchers were black, the results were the same.