The Racism Doll Test

Good Morning America is doing a 3 part series analyzing race relations today called "Black and White Now."

The first part is extremely compelling.

In the 1940's a common sociological test used to analyze race relations was the doll test. This experiment presented young African American girls with two toy dolls, one white and one black.

63% of the girls chose the white doll, saying that it was prettier.

ABC decided to try the test out today. This time of 16 African American girls, some 80% favored playing with the black doll. MSNBC did a similar test as well, their video is posted below.

It's incredible to see such young and naive kids responding in such racially bias ways. Unfortunately, it's clear that race socialization begins at an early age, and it's not all positive.