Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Doll Test

Remember the "doll test” initially conducted by Dr. Kenneth Clark- it was used in Brown v. Board of Education for desegregation of schools. There is more information about this test at the following link: The original doll test

Kiri Davis reconducts the test in this film (2005). For more information about the film, check out:
Kiri Davis Film


Watch the film

2 comments:

Chuck said...

The new video with the interviews is great. Amazing and depressing that the doll choices were about the same percentage as before.

MC Psychologist said...

Yes, that was very surprising and depressing. It's interesting that some of this is being reflected in the current presidential election with many of the bloggers I am reading talking about. The general impression I have from these bloggers of color is:
a) how great it is to have a positive Black/biracial role model in Obama
b) how great it is to have a positive role model in Michelle Obama
c) how great it is to have a positive image of a loving Black family.