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The conversation was sparked by a study that introduced a number of dolls of different skin colors to school-aged children and both the white and black children had favorable opinions of only the lighter or white dolls. The darker dolls were viewed as dumb or ugly.
Is black pride an illusion — unless you’re light? What would lead a child, who hasn’t had much exposure to the real world, to devalue “darkness?” Leave your feedback. –gerald radford
