by Noel S. Anderson
As a trained social scientist, I have no problem with thoughtful and well-executed studies being conducted to increase our public understanding of how race and racism “operate” in our everyday lives. These studies could yield fresh insight into how, in the absence of legal segregation, racism and social stratification limit life chances for people, and can hopefully inform more creative approaches in our policies, institutions and at the grassroots level to achieve social justice.
I do , however, have a problem when studies like the “Doll Test” is done shabbily by journalists like Anderson Cooper of CNN. Recently, war journalist turn pop-psychologist, Anderson Cooper recreated a doll test with several Black and white children. Using the aid of cartoons and blue cue cards, he proceeded to ask young kids questions about a previous study and to point to a cartoon character they believe is “prettiest” or “good”. Invariably, a number of young children, Black and white, showed preference for the white and lighter colored cartoons displayed on a poster.
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