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They watched their kids on videotape and it was upsetting for many parents, whose young son showed a high bias. she needed to do more to talk to him about race and color. we caught up with laura recently to find out, what if anything, has changed for them. here s a closer look. nice to meet you. this is how we first met 5-year-old andrew. show me the dumb child. why is he the dumb child? because he s really black. show me the nice child. why is he the nice child? because he s the lightest. show me the bad child. why is he the bad child? because he s really dark. okay. show me the ugly child. why is he the ugly child? because he s dark. show me the good looking ....
Andrew today. she said seeing her son s answers was a wake-up call and realizes that her ideas on race are already being formed. they create them so young and to me it was eye opening. it was wow, if he s not talking about it, it s already going on in his head. like an estimated 75% of white families, laura never got specific about race. the doll test changed that. i never said, black people are bad but i ve never said black skin is okay, black skin is great. i ve always said it s okay to be different but i just need to be more open and upfront about it and attack it head on. attacking it head on for laura means in instead of glossing over differences, she finds ways to celebrate them with both andrew and eleanor. what color is her skin eleanor? black. is it okay to be black? yes. it s beautiful. ....
because she s darker. the idea behind the pilot study was to see how far we ve come since the tests conducted in 1940s studied by two psychologists. their pioneering research revealed the effects of school segregation. african-american children clearly choose white over black. what is amazing is what has happened since the researchers completed the testing. we sat down with the parents as they watched their kids on videotape and it was upsetting for many parents, whose young son showed a high bias. she needed to do more to talk to him about race and color. we caught up with laura recently to find out, what if anything, ....
i saw you shaking your head. it s disappointing. i should be disappointed. i mean, it makes me think i need to be doing a better job at home. i need to teach him, you know it s really upsetting. i ve spent 15 years as a teacher trying to teach first graders about all different societies and cultures and races and then here s my own child. his finger went so quick to the white side. it s fascinating. so i just we have to i want to do more, talk about it more openly, definitely. you want me to spin you around? we met up with laura and andrew today. she said seeing her son s answers was a wake-up call and realizes that her ideas on race are already being formed. they create them so young and to me it was eye opening. it was wow, if he s not talking about it, it s already going on in his head. like an estimated 75% of ....
it s still too close to call but how much of a difference do you think sarah palin made in this race? i think she made an enormous difference. i d like to tease her. she should be congratulated. i don t think she d be in a neck-and-neck race if it hadn t been for governor palin. mitt romney also weighed in on the hand dels side so he had his stars. what is odd about that race to me is the energy from the tea party movement. it s much more secular and focused on spending. it focused pretty bitterly on issues. abortion and gay rights. i don t think that s helpful to the republicans. if the energy is coming from the secular right, georgia we re back to the fellow ralph read. the smartest thing that i ....