American Doll Test

In 2006 still! I’m not surprised, just pissed. There is no way in hell I’ll ever give my children over to the American educational system. Being a survivor of American mentacide, I can’t in good conscience do it. They repeated the Clark Doll test.

A new short film by a New York City high school student asks how far our society has come in its attitude toward race since the 1940s. "It was just, boom, which is the good doll. They said because the white one is the good one, the black one is the bad one," she said. "They internalize these stereotypes that are out there." "It just shows … what they think society values," Davis said. Full

The Clark Doll test was designed to illustrated the damage caused by segregation on blacks in America. It illustrated the effect of systematic segregation and racism on the self perception of children as young as five.

In the "doll test," psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark used four plastic, diaper-clad dolls, identical except for color. They showed the dolls to black children between the ages of three and seven and asked them questions to determine racial perception and preference. Almost all of the children readily identified the race of the dolls. However, when asked which they preferred, the majority selected the white doll and attributed positive characteristics to it. The Clarks also gave the children outline drawings of a boy and girl and asked them to color the figures the same color as themselves. Many of the children with dark complexions colored the figures with a white or yellow crayon. The Clarks concluded that "prejudice, discrimination, and segregation" caused black children to develop a sense of inferiority and self-hatred. See Here for the Smithsonian site

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