I found it! YouTube is the best thing ever! This is exactly what motivated me to start this blog and this topic. I know this is a little old, but it’s worth another viewing, or for those of you who haven’t seen it, definitely check it out. There are 2 clips below from high schooler Kiri Davis who did a remake of the 1940s and 50s study called “The Doll Test.” The test was originally conducted by Dr. Kenneth Clark and his wife Dr. Mamie Clark to demonstrate the affects of segregation in the time of Brown vs. the Board of Education. You may read more details on this site: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-brown.html

Additional reads may be checked out below:

Daily Kos article: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/8/125223/2445

Angry Brown Butch’s website: http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/category/film/

Psychology Matters: http://www.psychologymatters.org/clark.html

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Below are Kiri Davis’s films…
Kiri Davis’s film “A Girl Like Me”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjy9q8VekmE]

Kiri Davis’s Follow Up to filme

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAOZhuRb_Q8]

When I was little, my mom never let me play with white dolls or Barbies of any race. My sole interaction with those dolls were at my friends’ houses. I didn’t get it when I was young, but it makes sense to me now, and if I had children, I would do the same thing with them.

It’s all about developing a positive self image. The no-Barbie rule was because my mom felt she was too “developed” for a child to be playing with. As I’m writing this post, I’m thinking I should call my mom (or talk to her when I see her this weekend) and ask her firsthand, as an adult, if what I believe she was thinking was actually true. I’ll update this post after interviewing her.

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