For some children they never meet anybody that is a different color than them while they are growing up because of where they live. Even in the Midwest there a children that have never met anyone that looked different than themselves like in Washington and Spring Bay area. My life long friend from that area had never met anyone different than her until she was in middle school because of the little diversity there was. I liked the sweet little girl who believes that color of skin does not matter; only the way they act matters. Children are sponges and suck up all the information we give them, so people need to be rational and kind when they are around children. -Kitsune004
I think that is one of the major down falls of adults is most of the time we don’t think rational and react to a situation rather than being aware of who is around us and what little ears are listening. Kids learn so much in their younger years and mainly remember the negative or emotional times of their parents’ lives. If race is a negative or controversial thing in the home that is what the children learn. ~BabyB004
I totally agree with you. I grew up in Farmington and we had not one black student in my whole graduating class. At the same time my mother still taught us right. When I moved to Peoria there were black people everywhere but I didn't think any different of them than I did the white people back home. I'm totally all for what that little girl said. It's not what you look like but what's on the inside. Farmington had a huge crime and drug rate and it was all white people. It really isn't what you look like but how you act and how you treat others and we need to teach our children that same message. -mybabygirl004
I also think that little girl had a very good point. Yes, our race may affect our physical appearance, but it is ethnicity that guides more how we act. I liked that the little girl pointed out that what you look like is not important. Surface reactions to people have some merit but you can’t really judge someone until you have interacted with them on a deeper level. It was nice to see a child that young recognize such an essential thing about people. -DTH004
I like how they showed the parents their children’s answers. I think it was very educational for their parents to see how much they and society influences their children’s choices. It makes me worry about my own children and want to make sure they grow up learning every shade of color is beautiful and good. It’s the person and their actions that make a person not their skin color. That is hard if so many people and media influence our kids today. Especially influential is their environment they grow up in. Kids most likely will repeat and or feel the same way as their parents do when it comes to judgements and comments about other human beings. It is more important than ever to teach our children about not being racist and to stop seeing color. In the video the second child of the father was proud of his daughter who did not cave into societies black and white experiment. He obviously taught her the importance of being a human rather than race. What the father said is right though. Race is a factor in life that is there and we cannot just ignore it. I loved what he said about you can teach your kids, but they grow up as individuals and they make their own choices. ~BabyB004
I feel for the mother in the beginning it was nice seeing her get emotional. It is hard to hear your child talk so negatively about a different color of person when you think you are doing everything right as a parent. KtKay004
I agree with the the way the little girl answered the question that "it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside it matters what you look like on the inside". That's what should be taught to children and not negative comments of other races. myboys004
Even though I am not a mother I do agree with you because we can influence the way children think by the way they are raised. When they get older they start to form their own thoughts and opinions. You can always talk and see how they feel about things but in the end they form thoughts by experience. -Kitsune004
This video just goes to show that we as parents need to watch what we say and set a good example for our children. We need to do our best to instill good values in our children and just do the best we can and hope that our children learn from them. The second parents shown on their, the black couple, they seem to understand race is still a huge problem in our world and it seem like they did a good job of teaching their child what was truly right. Kids shouldn't be worried about things like race. They shouldn't even be thinking about that kind of stuff and we need to do something to fix that. I know race is always going to be a problem but it's not a problem that a child should have anything to do with. -mybabygirl004
Yes, we are teaching our children with everything we say and do. Whether we mean to or not. I am very curious to see how my child feels. I would hope that he believes everyone to be good and he understands that every tone can also be bad. -mysonmyworld004
I completely agree. I do think that race will always be a problem. Something that I disagree with is that a child should have something to do with it. Children are our future and they should absolutely and completely be apart of the topic of race. Children need to be educated and learn about the different races, its stereotypes, and how to respond and deal with it. -Happy004
I hope as a parent myself that my son would answer the same way as the girl at the end of the video. I would like to point out that when the people asked the first girl why the light one was smart, pretty and good she replied that she looked like her. I am actually okay with this response. It is good she has that confidence in herself and it I like that her answer wasn't "because she's white". More than 50% of the white children were whit bias, which in a sociology point of view doesn't surprise me. Last years Oscars is a good example of child only know what they see. Most major movie actors and even cartoon charecters are white or light skin toned. it is drilled in us before we even speak full sentences that light is better than dark. I would like to see this experiment done with only biracial people. They in their own race have different levels of skin color. My son gets told all the time ;you have suck a pretty skin color; I always take it as a compliment but it does make me want to discuss with him that all skin color is pretty. One time my son told me if we lived when Martin Luther King Jr. did that we wouldn't be able to go to school with his daddy (who is black). It showed me even my son gravitates more towards his "white side" than his "dark side". Because there are so many different races in the world, I really don't know what or if the white bias will change. Social media, tv, movies, schools and everyday people would all have to change the way they speak and show the "good guy" vs the "bad guy" KtKay004
This is a real eye opener. Without having the ability to socialize with children or people of other races, it makes our children think hat no one else could possibly be like them.... I try to instill in my children that it's what's on the inside that matters, but can I effectively get my point across if my children don't have the chance to interact with children of other races. That would leave their impression up to encounters that could be taken negatively. Young boys fighting over the same time at chuck e cheese.... Young girls fighting over baby dolls at build a Bear.... I can honestly say that I do not live I. A very blended community. I live in a semi rural area, but all of our neighbors are white. We may not think of the direct impact that that has on our children. scary. -thatgirl618-004
I think this video showed a very important difference in how different races raise their children. For someone who is white like the first woman that was interviewed, race is not a big issue. White people for the most part don’t get discriminated against based on their skin color. So based on that the mother never talked to her daughter about race. She didn’t think it would negatively impact her. Yet when the African American man was being interviewed he said that the reason his daughter was not being racist was because he has taught her about race. For s group that has continuously singled out and discriminated against in America race does impact African Americans way more. It goes to show that society can even impact your parenting styles. Based on your race and how that race is perceived in society can have a huge impact on the base values you want your child to possess. -DTH004
I definitely agree with you that society can have a huge impact on the way you raise your children. Depending on how you're treated, and your perception of the world, you will teach your children accordingly. It's honestly surprising that the first mother never discussed race with her child especially before attending school, but it does show how it negatively impacts her child because she was prejudice without being taught that that was not okay behavior. -chillato004
I was hoping to get much more from this video. I wanted to see the mothers and fathers of the darker kids who did not like their own skin tone and what response they had. As for the mother of the white girl who responded I feel like she chose them answers because she believes them to be about her self. The good she believes to be her color and bad as far away form her color. It is interesting to me the ones who go against their own skin color. I don’t believe the mother of the white little girl is teaching her daughter to hate darker skinned individuals I believe she is just relating with her self. I think age plays a big part in this also. As young children we are not as exposed to things outside of our parents control. As you become a little older like the girl who chose all the pictures, you know that it doesn’t matter your skin tone and usually have friends of all skin tones. I want to see more of this experiment. Also I do believe that time has helped this experiment. I would not feel heartbroken or concerned if EVERY child chose their own skin tone as the good and the opposite for the bad. I would much rather they pick all skin tones as good but if they are forced to choose I want them to LOVE who they are. LOVE who they are but not HATE others for being different. I hope this is what I have taught my child. Good and bad people come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. -mysonmyworld004
I think the key is teaching. Most people see the controversy surrounding race and steer clear from it. But the reality is that racial issues exist on every level. Kids talk about race too. They may not understand but they talk about it. Its important to have good clean dialogue with children to prepare them for what influences they may face. -004kylegoldheart
The video did show which parents and also how each parent raises their children. The way a child is raised will certainly affect a child’s view on race, and race is an absolute factor in society, without a doubt. I think that most of the children are answering the way they are is because the fact that they are or aren’t exposed to race and not only exposed but educated on the topic of race. The child that was educated and exposed to the topic on race was black. I think that maybe the reason why the child was educated on race was because the child is black and the parents knew that since she is, she might as well learn that it is not skin color and tones that determine a person; it is the true colors inside the person. I believe that that statement is completely true. Skin color and tone should never determine a person’s true identity and who they are as an individual. -Happy004
I think this is a good eye opener for parents to be able to teach their children to have respect for all people, not just ones that look like them. Every person is an individual with individual struggles and life stories. Hopefully the parents can teach their children to not only love themselves but also love others even if it's not their first instinct. -chillato004
I've watched both of the videos. The results were not suprising to me. At first I was upset, then I had to understand the other governing factors behind the answere. As we constantly discuss in class, our environment plays a huge part in our perception of whether another race is bad or good. Secondly, our households give us a direction about what we view as a good or bad race. So the younger kids wasn't too bad. But as the kids became older, the answers held more meaning. By that I mean that some parents still hold the same views about race as they have before. But some parents explain to their children that beauty and intelligence holds no color. We live in a society where no one wants to be bias when it comes to race. But we don't understand that we have to start at home. Teaching children at a young age about acceptance can shape them to be better adults. It won't stop the problem, but it can improve them. The world has came a long way, but we still have a long way to go. DAM004
The lady in the very began of this video was right children in general do not get as much exposure as they used to. Children are getting phones and gaming systems at younger and younger ages. They start hiding behind screen not knowing the other persons age, race or ethnicity. I had to wait till I was in sports to get a phone so much of my youth was spent with a lot of face to face communication. I do not who these kids talk to and who they’re friends are, but I remember as a small child my best friend for years was a kid from another ethnicity. So I feel like I probably would have picked the doll that most looks like me. -CFC004
It was sad to see the reaction of the mother who's child has such a big ego about herself. If a child is not exposed to other races they don't know any better. I can remember a long time ago when my mom and I were coming out of a K-mart store and a little white girl was walking in with her mom and she pointed at us and said mommy why is she black? The mother and my mother laughed and they together explained to the little girl that there are different races. The little girls mother explained that they live in the country and she doesn't get out much. It's sad but true that that's what happens when you are not around people who are different from you. But the little black girl who doesn't see color was heart warming. "It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside it matters what you look like on the inside" myboys004
I do believe that passive behavior or lack of communication about racial differences results in children associating black with negative attributes. If we don't address the topic of race with our children we surrender them to the hands of chance. We risk them being influenced negatively by society, the media, their uneducated and possibly biased peers, etc. I have chosen to talk to my son, Kyle, about race. He is a 7 year old black boy and I want to get in front of any negative influences he has coming his way. We must teach our children how to interpret differences. Being passive by not talking to them about race and wondering why they think the way they do is like never teaching them to tie their shoes and wondering why they are doing it wrong. We leave other people/inlfuences to teach them who may not have their best interests at heart. -004kylegoldheart
You're very right. We need to make sure our kids know where WE stand rather than hearing it from society or on the streets. Being passive also teaches them that one race is better than the other. I refuse to let other people teach them things of importance when it comes to race. Kudos to you for teaching your son before the world gets a chance to corrupt his thinking. ~peoriahighlionsfootball004
I absolutely love everything you just said! I can't really pin point just one thing out of what you wrote, I agree with all of it 100%. It is very important how and what we teach our children. - JustMe1989004
This video really hit home to me. I am the mother of two biracial children. Because of this I try to teach them about both of their cultures. I do believe that exposure plays a part in the choices of the children. However, I do not believe that lack of exposure would make the children believe that a certain skin tone was good or bad. I think that has more to do with what a child is taught at home. As parents we must monitor what we say around our children. We might not be telling them directly black is bad and white is good but, if when we watch the news we make derogatory comments about one race our kids pick up on that and learn that behavior. ~peoriahighlionsfootball004
I don't feel that the parents should blame themselves for how their children view people of difference. There is so much more to influence a child in how they think of other genders, races, and ethnicities. Social media, television, magazine, news, the school system, society, and where a child lives all play a part in how a child portrays their feelings and beliefs. bdole004
I would’ve liked to see more of the parents reactions I thought you can learn a little from that too. I wonder if they talk to the kids after and try to explain that none of that is right and that it doesn’t matter. You can’t judge just because of a skin tone. This was kind of the same video as the first but just explaining it. I didn’t know the doll test was done before in the 60s. I feel like we have come too far to still let the color of your skin to define you. To have little kids thinking that is awful but I think as they grow up it changes a little. The amount of white kids these days that wish they were black and white girls are always saying they wish they were a darker skin tone but honestly I wanted to slap those little kids. All in all your skin tone doesn’t matter so don’t judge someone off that. -dislikeblogs004
Watching this video showed it is a lot on how we parent and how we teach them. We have to know to teach them to view everyone as one we, ourselves have to see it that way also. The first two little girls were a good example of that. The white little girl kept picking her color for the good traits, while the black little girl mentioned it's not what is on the outside but what is on the inside that makes us good or bad. The white girls parents probably were unaware to the message their little girl was getting it out of society, but if we don't take that extra mile to teach our children the good in people we can't really be surprised what comes out of their mouth. -JustMe1989004
You are right this video does show how we as parent teach our children. We do have to know and practice this behavior for our children to mimic it. Each child had their opinion but still this behavior is taught and not learned on its own. I do not believe the white children learned this behavior from our society, in my opinion it is most definitely taught. We do need to go the extra mile to teach our children right from wrong.~Mznurse004
Watching this video does concern me, the white mother is shocked as if she did not know what was going on. Children learn this behavior and it is instilled in them, the black parent stated that he taught his daughter the differences in race. She picked her own race and only had positive things to say. I'm not quite sure why the white parent was so shocked, its clear that this behavior is learned and instilled based on teaching and the environment they live it.~Mznurse004
This video was as bad as the other one. The mother said that she was shocked by her daughter responses but at the same time she tried to justify why her daughter said those things. I think that a lot of that came from the child's home environment. White kids in this video picked that the black doll was dumb by 76 percent, 66 percent black doll is mean and 59 percent the black doll is bad. the black kids in this video overwhelming picked the white dolls over the black. It is sad that in 2016 this racial problems still exist. wonder woman004
My mother told me when a person is caught in something that they don’t want aired or told they start crying or getting mad. I believe that the mother felt some responsibility for the child action to the black and white dolls. Keep in mind that CNN had this study that was first performed in 1940 repeated 2010 I believe and anchored by Anderson Copper. 76% of the children thought that the darker skin black doll was dumb. And 66% thought that the black dolls was ugly and adults preferred the white dolls over the darker skin black doll. I noticed that one of the black child stated the lighter shade of black was a mixed child and wasn’t pretty. Again another form of racism from within the black race. We have a lot of ground to cover in America to remove the prejudice and racism shown in these videos. buckrogers004
For some children they never meet anybody that is a different color than them while they are growing up because of where they live. Even in the Midwest there a children that have never met anyone that looked different than themselves like in Washington and Spring Bay area. My life long friend from that area had never met anyone different than her until she was in middle school because of the little diversity there was. I liked the sweet little girl who believes that color of skin does not matter; only the way they act matters. Children are sponges and suck up all the information we give them, so people need to be rational and kind when they are around children.
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I think that is one of the major down falls of adults is most of the time we don’t think rational and react to a situation rather than being aware of who is around us and what little ears are listening. Kids learn so much in their younger years and mainly remember the negative or emotional times of their parents’ lives. If race is a negative or controversial thing in the home that is what the children learn.
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I totally agree with you. I grew up in Farmington and we had not one black student in my whole graduating class. At the same time my mother still taught us right. When I moved to Peoria there were black people everywhere but I didn't think any different of them than I did the white people back home. I'm totally all for what that little girl said. It's not what you look like but what's on the inside. Farmington had a huge crime and drug rate and it was all white people. It really isn't what you look like but how you act and how you treat others and we need to teach our children that same message.
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I also think that little girl had a very good point. Yes, our race may affect our physical appearance, but it is ethnicity that guides more how we act. I liked that the little girl pointed out that what you look like is not important. Surface reactions to people have some merit but you can’t really judge someone until you have interacted with them on a deeper level. It was nice to see a child that young recognize such an essential thing about people.
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I like how they showed the parents their children’s answers. I think it was very educational for their parents to see how much they and society influences their children’s choices. It makes me worry about my own children and want to make sure they grow up learning every shade of color is beautiful and good. It’s the person and their actions that make a person not their skin color. That is hard if so many people and media influence our kids today. Especially influential is their environment they grow up in. Kids most likely will repeat and or feel the same way as their parents do when it comes to judgements and comments about other human beings. It is more important than ever to teach our children about not being racist and to stop seeing color. In the video the second child of the father was proud of his daughter who did not cave into societies black and white experiment. He obviously taught her the importance of being a human rather than race. What the father said is right though. Race is a factor in life that is there and we cannot just ignore it. I loved what he said about you can teach your kids, but they grow up as individuals and they make their own choices.
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I feel for the mother in the beginning it was nice seeing her get emotional. It is hard to hear your child talk so negatively about a different color of person when you think you are doing everything right as a parent.
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I agree with the the way the little girl answered the question that "it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside it matters what you look like on the inside". That's what should be taught to children and not negative comments of other races. myboys004
DeleteEven though I am not a mother I do agree with you because we can influence the way children think by the way they are raised. When they get older they start to form their own thoughts and opinions. You can always talk and see how they feel about things but in the end they form thoughts by experience.
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This video just goes to show that we as parents need to watch what we say and set a good example for our children. We need to do our best to instill good values in our children and just do the best we can and hope that our children learn from them. The second parents shown on their, the black couple, they seem to understand race is still a huge problem in our world and it seem like they did a good job of teaching their child what was truly right. Kids shouldn't be worried about things like race. They shouldn't even be thinking about that kind of stuff and we need to do something to fix that. I know race is always going to be a problem but it's not a problem that a child should have anything to do with.
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Yes, we are teaching our children with everything we say and do. Whether we mean to or not. I am very curious to see how my child feels. I would hope that he believes everyone to be good and he understands that every tone can also be bad.
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I completely agree. I do think that race will always be a problem. Something that I disagree with is that a child should have something to do with it. Children are our future and they should absolutely and completely be apart of the topic of race. Children need to be educated and learn about the different races, its stereotypes, and how to respond and deal with it. -Happy004
DeleteI hope as a parent myself that my son would answer the same way as the girl at the end of the video. I would like to point out that when the people asked the first girl why the light one was smart, pretty and good she replied that she looked like her. I am actually okay with this response. It is good she has that confidence in herself and it I like that her answer wasn't "because she's white". More than 50% of the white children were whit bias, which in a sociology point of view doesn't surprise me. Last years Oscars is a good example of child only know what they see. Most major movie actors and even cartoon charecters are white or light skin toned. it is drilled in us before we even speak full sentences that light is better than dark. I would like to see this experiment done with only biracial people. They in their own race have different levels of skin color. My son gets told all the time ;you have suck a pretty skin color; I always take it as a compliment but it does make me want to discuss with him that all skin color is pretty. One time my son told me if we lived when Martin Luther King Jr. did that we wouldn't be able to go to school with his daddy (who is black). It showed me even my son gravitates more towards his "white side" than his "dark side". Because there are so many different races in the world, I really don't know what or if the white bias will change. Social media, tv, movies, schools and everyday people would all have to change the way they speak and show the "good guy" vs the "bad guy"
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This is a real eye opener. Without having the ability to socialize with children or people of other races, it makes our children think hat no one else could possibly be like them.... I try to instill in my children that it's what's on the inside that matters, but can I effectively get my point across if my children don't have the chance to interact with children of other races. That would leave their impression up to encounters that could be taken negatively. Young boys fighting over the same time at chuck e cheese.... Young girls fighting over baby dolls at build a Bear.... I can honestly say that I do not live I. A very blended community. I live in a semi rural area, but all of our neighbors are white. We may not think of the direct impact that that has on our children. scary.
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I think this video showed a very important difference in how different races raise their children. For someone who is white like the first woman that was interviewed, race is not a big issue. White people for the most part don’t get discriminated against based on their skin color. So based on that the mother never talked to her daughter about race. She didn’t think it would negatively impact her. Yet when the African American man was being interviewed he said that the reason his daughter was not being racist was because he has taught her about race. For s group that has continuously singled out and discriminated against in America race does impact African Americans way more. It goes to show that society can even impact your parenting styles. Based on your race and how that race is perceived in society can have a huge impact on the base values you want your child to possess.
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I definitely agree with you that society can have a huge impact on the way you raise your children. Depending on how you're treated, and your perception of the world, you will teach your children accordingly. It's honestly surprising that the first mother never discussed race with her child especially before attending school, but it does show how it negatively impacts her child because she was prejudice without being taught that that was not okay behavior.
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I was hoping to get much more from this video. I wanted to see the mothers and fathers of the darker kids who did not like their own skin tone and what response they had. As for the mother of the white girl who responded I feel like she chose them answers because she believes them to be about her self. The good she believes to be her color and bad as far away form her color. It is interesting to me the ones who go against their own skin color. I don’t believe the mother of the white little girl is teaching her daughter to hate darker skinned individuals I believe she is just relating with her self. I think age plays a big part in this also. As young children we are not as exposed to things outside of our parents control. As you become a little older like the girl who chose all the pictures, you know that it doesn’t matter your skin tone and usually have friends of all skin tones. I want to see more of this experiment. Also I do believe that time has helped this experiment. I would not feel heartbroken or concerned if EVERY child chose their own skin tone as the good and the opposite for the bad. I would much rather they pick all skin tones as good but if they are forced to choose I want them to LOVE who they are. LOVE who they are but not HATE others for being different. I hope this is what I have taught my child. Good and bad people come in all different shapes, sizes and colors.
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I think the key is teaching. Most people see the controversy surrounding race and steer clear from it. But the reality is that racial issues exist on every level. Kids talk about race too. They may not understand but they talk about it. Its important to have good clean dialogue with children to prepare them for what influences they may face. -004kylegoldheart
DeleteThe video did show which parents and also how each parent raises their children. The way a child is raised will certainly affect a child’s view on race, and race is an absolute factor in society, without a doubt. I think that most of the children are answering the way they are is because the fact that they are or aren’t exposed to race and not only exposed but educated on the topic of race. The child that was educated and exposed to the topic on race was black. I think that maybe the reason why the child was educated on race was because the child is black and the parents knew that since she is, she might as well learn that it is not skin color and tones that determine a person; it is the true colors inside the person. I believe that that statement is completely true. Skin color and tone should never determine a person’s true identity and who they are as an individual. -Happy004
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good eye opener for parents to be able to teach their children to have respect for all people, not just ones that look like them. Every person is an individual with individual struggles and life stories. Hopefully the parents can teach their children to not only love themselves but also love others even if it's not their first instinct.
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I've watched both of the videos. The results were not suprising to me. At first I was upset, then I had to understand the other governing factors behind the answere. As we constantly discuss in class, our environment plays a huge part in our perception of whether another race is bad or good. Secondly, our households give us a direction about what we view as a good or bad race. So the younger kids wasn't too bad. But as the kids became older, the answers held more meaning. By that I mean that some parents still hold the same views about race as they have before. But some parents explain to their children that beauty and intelligence holds no color. We live in a society where no one wants to be bias when it comes to race. But we don't understand that we have to start at home. Teaching children at a young age about acceptance can shape them to be better adults. It won't stop the problem, but it can improve them. The world has came a long way, but we still have a long way to go. DAM004
ReplyDeleteThe lady in the very began of this video was right children in general do not get as much exposure as they used to. Children are getting phones and gaming systems at younger and younger ages. They start hiding behind screen not knowing the other persons age, race or ethnicity. I had to wait till I was in sports to get a phone so much of my youth was spent with a lot of face to face communication. I do not who these kids talk to and who they’re friends are, but I remember as a small child my best friend for years was a kid from another ethnicity. So I feel like I probably would have picked the doll that most looks like me.
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It was sad to see the reaction of the mother who's child has such a big ego about herself. If a child is not exposed to other races they don't know any better. I can remember a long time ago when my mom and I were coming out of a K-mart store and a little white girl was walking in with her mom and she pointed at us and said mommy why is she black? The mother and my mother laughed and they together explained to the little girl that there are different races. The little girls mother explained that they live in the country and she doesn't get out much. It's sad but true that that's what happens when you are not around people who are different from you. But the little black girl who doesn't see color was heart warming. "It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside it matters what you look like on the inside" myboys004
ReplyDeleteI do believe that passive behavior or lack of communication about racial differences results in children associating black with negative attributes. If we don't address the topic of race with our children we surrender them to the hands of chance. We risk them being influenced negatively by society, the media, their uneducated and possibly biased peers, etc. I have chosen to talk to my son, Kyle, about race. He is a 7 year old black boy and I want to get in front of any negative influences he has coming his way. We must teach our children how to interpret differences. Being passive by not talking to them about race and wondering why they think the way they do is like never teaching them to tie their shoes and wondering why they are doing it wrong. We leave other people/inlfuences to teach them who may not have their best interests at heart. -004kylegoldheart
ReplyDeleteYou're very right. We need to make sure our kids know where WE stand rather than hearing it from society or on the streets. Being passive also teaches them that one race is better than the other. I refuse to let other people teach them things of importance when it comes to race. Kudos to you for teaching your son before the world gets a chance to corrupt his thinking. ~peoriahighlionsfootball004
DeleteI absolutely love everything you just said! I can't really pin point just one thing out of what you wrote, I agree with all of it 100%. It is very important how and what we teach our children.
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This video really hit home to me. I am the mother of two biracial children. Because of this I try to teach them about both of their cultures. I do believe that exposure plays a part in the choices of the children. However, I do not believe that lack of exposure would make the children believe that a certain skin tone was good or bad. I think that has more to do with what a child is taught at home. As parents we must monitor what we say around our children. We might not be telling them directly black is bad and white is good but, if when we watch the news we make derogatory comments about one race our kids pick up on that and learn that behavior. ~peoriahighlionsfootball004
ReplyDeleteI don't feel that the parents should blame themselves for how their children view people of difference. There is so much more to influence a child in how they think of other genders, races, and ethnicities. Social media, television, magazine, news, the school system, society, and where a child lives all play a part in how a child portrays their feelings and beliefs. bdole004
ReplyDeleteI would’ve liked to see more of the parents reactions I thought you can learn a little from that too. I wonder if they talk to the kids after and try to explain that none of that is right and that it doesn’t matter. You can’t judge just because of a skin tone. This was kind of the same video as the first but just explaining it. I didn’t know the doll test was done before in the 60s. I feel like we have come too far to still let the color of your skin to define you. To have little kids thinking that is awful but I think as they grow up it changes a little. The amount of white kids these days that wish they were black and white girls are always saying they wish they were a darker skin tone but honestly I wanted to slap those little kids. All in all your skin tone doesn’t matter so don’t judge someone off that.
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Watching this video showed it is a lot on how we parent and how we teach them. We have to know to teach them to view everyone as one we, ourselves have to see it that way also. The first two little girls were a good example of that. The white little girl kept picking her color for the good traits, while the black little girl mentioned it's not what is on the outside but what is on the inside that makes us good or bad. The white girls parents probably were unaware to the message their little girl was getting it out of society, but if we don't take that extra mile to teach our children the good in people we can't really be surprised what comes out of their mouth. -JustMe1989004
ReplyDeleteYou are right this video does show how we as parent teach our children. We do have to know and practice this behavior for our children to mimic it. Each child had their opinion but still this behavior is taught and not learned on its own. I do not believe the white children learned this behavior from our society, in my opinion it is most definitely taught. We do need to go the extra mile to teach our children right from wrong.~Mznurse004
DeleteWatching this video does concern me, the white mother is shocked as if she did not know what was going on. Children learn this behavior and it is instilled in them, the black parent stated that he taught his daughter the differences in race. She picked her own race and only had positive things to say. I'm not quite sure why the white parent was so shocked, its clear that this behavior is learned and instilled based on teaching and the environment they live it.~Mznurse004
ReplyDeleteThis video was as bad as the other one. The mother said that she was shocked by her daughter responses but at the same time she tried to justify why her daughter said those things. I think that a lot of that came from the child's home environment. White kids in this video picked that the black doll was dumb by 76 percent, 66 percent black doll is mean and 59 percent the black doll is bad. the black kids in this video overwhelming picked the white dolls over the black. It is sad that in 2016 this racial problems still exist. wonder woman004
ReplyDeleteMy mother told me when a person is caught in something that they don’t want aired or told they start crying or getting mad. I believe that the mother felt some responsibility for the child action to the black and white dolls. Keep in mind that CNN had this study that was first performed in 1940 repeated 2010 I believe and anchored by Anderson Copper. 76% of the children thought that the darker skin black doll was dumb. And 66% thought that the black dolls was ugly and adults preferred the white dolls over the darker skin black doll. I noticed that one of the black child stated the lighter shade of black was a mixed child and wasn’t pretty. Again another form of racism from within the black race.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of ground to cover in America to remove the prejudice and racism shown in these videos.
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