I was fortunate to be able to participate in a fascinating two day workshop focusing on Racism this week. I learned some fascinating things, and also some very sad things. One of the suggested resources was this video.
How sad is that? Little Kindergartners think their skin color means they are bad, and would rather play with the white doll. Teenage girls hate their own skin color and think it makes them ugly. I mean, I know white girls that think they are too pale and will therefore tan, but this goes so much deeper.
This was just one of the things we discussed. I'm going to blog more about it later, because I think it's a fascinating topic and one that we should be thinking about more, since obviously the issue of racism has not gone away.
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Remember - the film sampled 21 kids from very likely the same inner city school. 1- not a large enough sample to conclude anything. 2- responses could have been a result of other external factors outside of or in conjunction with race.
Interesting film though....
So you are going to blog some more about racism? Discrimination? Reverse Discrimination? Stereotyping as opposed to racism?
Whoa! Be careful w/those cans o' worms!
Yes, probably not a very scientific study, but I've heard from several different groups of african americans lately that it's very common for the lighter ones to be considered more good looking than darker ones, etc. They talked about that a little bit in the training. I'm not saying that every little african american feels that way, but it's something that I'd never thought of before, and a perspective that some people in the african american community say is common.
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