Anderson Cooper of CNN recently spoke to students in Georgia ranging in ages as young as 5 with the objective of identifying whether kids still have a racial bias at a young age in 2010 and why.
Cooper has always solicited thought-provoking and controversial commentary on the social, politically and economical events plaguing America. While some, like this subject may be disturbing, Anderson has done his job as a journalist by forcing us to think.
Parents also talk about the different ways they address race with their young children as part of this "AC360" special coverage "Black or White: Kids on race". CNN.com writes:
"A 5-year-old girl in Georgia is being asked a series of questions in her school library. The girl, who is white, is looking at pictures of five cartoons of girls, all identical except for skin color ranging from light to dark.
When asked who the smart child is, she points to a light-skinned doll. When asked who the mean child is she points to a dark-skinned doll. She says a white child is good because "I think she looks like me", and says the black child is ugly because "she's a lot darker."
As she answers her mother watches, and gently weeps."
The study also portrays other children of different backgrounds and races answering the same questions. As painfully obvious as it is, as witnessed in the videos, even in kids as young as 5, have a racial bias of thinking white is smarter, prettier, and better. Watch the videos and give us your take and speak on it.
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