Posts: General / Racism in kids

It's our own fault. Sometimes I see a group of black kids and I think to myself "you guys are not helping"

you mean by self segregating? It's really hard to overcome. I do it too. I only have white friends. It's fucked up but it's just how it is.

That too. I was talking about when i them doing things that validate the stereotype. We are holding ourselves back.

I love when I hear blacks talk shit on other blacks because it's not racist... it's true. About 70% of the stereotyping I've seen to be true. I'm not racist but a realist.

VeryScary:
That too. I was talking about when i them doing things that validate the stereotype. We are holding ourselves back.

by standing in groups?

I just read the preliminary write-up of this study.     Unless I misunderstood the methods, the questions they asked the kids were in the format:



Show me the child you would "like to play with"



Show me the child you would like as a "classmate"



Show me the "ugly" child



etc..



In this case, the child is forced to make a single choice.  That means even if the child truly believes in skin-colour equality, they are forced to choose one skin colour over the others in every trial.   



With that in mind, it isn't at all surprising that a child would choose their own skin colour over others.  If you were raised by a purple family, the chances are pretty good that you will see purple people in a more positive light than say, green people.    



All that being said, the video you posted doens't work (not sure if it is region-locked) so I might be missing some important piece of info. 

Dylan, it was a half-assed study in order to become news. The news team hired the researchers. So yes, you're right.