Comments on: Black History is Now

By: DC

DC — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:50:22 +0000

I love it, America cannot hide from the truth, the bed we have made shall give restless sleep to the people of this country unless, we take away a lesson from this and act upon it.

I would like to see the test done in reverse, with young white children(should prove very interesting).

By: Fluxion

Fluxion — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:16:06 +0000

The Doll Test:
I don’t think it’s a stereo type that has so much to do with, “Race” as with Color. Think about how we describe anything Evil, or Bad, in terms of Dark, and anything Saintly or Good, in terms of Light…

Dark mood vs a light, sunny mood…

Looking on the Bright side vs always seeing the “Dark Cloud”

We might say of a friend who’s always in trouble, that he has a “dark side”.

In spirituality we move toward “enlightenment”, and away from the “darkness” of sin…

Is it any wonder that a pre-school child would choose “dark” when asked to choose the “bad” doll? I think that whole “experiment” was horrible. Those children were basically forced, to call the dark doll that looked like them, “bad”, When the only other choice was “light”

By: Guilt and Racial Predjucie « The Situationist

Guilt and Racial Predjucie « The Situationist — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:05:36 +0000

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By: The Physical Pains of Discrimination « The Situationist

The Physical Pains of Discrimination « The Situationist — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:35:12 +0000

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By: Jena 6 - Part II « The Situationist

Jena 6 - Part II « The Situationist — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:26:04 +0000

[...] This post briefly highlights some evidence to suggest that, indeed, there are immense disparities beneath the surface, of which the “Jena 6″ may constitute only a tiny, visible tip. Below, we excerpt portions of a recent Newsweek interview by Eve Conant of David Jacobs about his recent research finding significant racial disparities in U.S. execution rates. We begin, however, with a reprise of an excerpt from a previous post by Situationist contributors Jon Hanson & Michael McCann entitled “Black History is Now.“ [...]

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The Situation of Death Row « The Situationist — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:43:07 +0000

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By: Stuart Buck

Stuart Buck — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:06:46 +0000

The Clarks concluded that “prejudice, discrimination, and segregation” caused black children to develop a sense of inferiority and self-hatred. Actually, Clark's conclusion was unjustified, given that Clark's own research showed that Northern non-segregated black children were more likely to choose white dolls and to color a picture of themselves as white. As Roy Brooks notes in his book Integration or Separation?, Clark's research really showed that there was a "lesser percentage of out-group preference among southern children who attended segregated schools than among northern children who attended racially mixed schools. Thirty-seven percent of segregated children, compared to 28 % of integrated childre, preferred to play with the brown doll; 46% of the segregated children, compared to 30% of the integrated children, believed that the brown doll was nice; 49% of the segregated children, compared to 71% of the integrated children, said that the brown doll looked bad; and 40% of the segregated children, compared to 37% of the integrated children, felt that the brown doll had a nice color." It's odd that anyone takes this research seriously any more. Segregation is bad, but not because of Clark's doll tests.

By: Shades of Fairness and the Marketing of Prejudice « The Situationist

Shades of Fairness and the Marketing of Prejudice « The Situationist — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:35:22 +0000

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By: Hoyas, Hos, & Gangstas « The Situationist

Hoyas, Hos, & Gangstas « The Situationist — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:30:39 +0000

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