If you haven't heard of it, the doll test was a test given to young children, I believe all black children, during the segregation era. The children were given one black doll and one white, and asked which one they prefer, etc. White was overwhelmingly preferred.
It seems things haven't changed much today. Children, again, tended toward the darker skin being bad and associated with bad qualities and the white being good. A few children were exceptions, but the majority showed the same answers as before- but this was with both 'white' and 'black' children, though with all the different identifiers out there these days, I wonder how they chose the children.
The reaction from parents seemed, from my understanding, to be fairly universal, at least among the white parents: We've never really talked about race, I don't know what would give my child this impression.
People, talk about race.
Stop treating it as if it's politics or money. Hell, race is easier to talk about than religion by a long shot! Grow some cajones and open it up. I asked a girl of mixed race if she got a lot of crap growing up for being mixed. She was plenty willing to talk, as are many folks who have been discriminated against. It's easier to talk about it, than fight a shadow. Stop acting like it doesn't exist, because the more you put it out there, the easier it will be for future generations to learn that there's nothing wrong with the differences.
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