Kiri Davis teaches us what we’re teaching our children
Kiri Davis, a young filmmaker, has turned her lens on young children, recreating a social experiment performed over fifty years ago. In 1954, psychologist Kenneth Clark asked black children which of two dolls they preferred: the black doll, or the white.
In 2006, Ms. Davis recreated this experiment, asking black children which doll they liked more… which was the nice doll, which the bad. You can watch her full documentary on You Tube.
Can you guess what these children answered, even now, even with Black Pride and desegregation and enlightenment? Can you?
Watch this news clip, and then look at the dolls in your child’s toy box. Does your son or daughter have any dolls outside their own ethnic backgrounds? Think very carefully about what we are teaching our children. Love them. Teach them how to love themselves, no matter what.
I watched the clip and i was appalled at the lack of identity that we blacks are passing to our children unknowingly. I have decided that my children will have loads of black oriented toys and believe in themselves as beautiful and perfect.
I would like to tell all mothers to watch what they say and do in front of their children. Kids are sponges and they mimick everything you do, focusing more on looks does effect how kids view themselves . Let children find who they are on their own we as parents are here to guide not choose for them. I can go on and on about the experiment but in the end what you say does not translate as well as what you do. provide your kids with toys that focus more on education and maybe cut the tv time to none, let them explore the world around them, Play more outside allow the kids to grow up active. self confidence comes from parents or parent who provides loving enviroment.