Summary Of Kenneth And Mamie Clark's Response To Skin Stereotypes

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According to the article (2014), it explained on the psychology experiment that was conducted by Kenneth and Mamie Clark more than 60 years ago in which children of African descent or Black were shown a black doll and a white one, in order to analyze a black children response to skin tone. Children were asked to point either doll as they were asked questions such as which doll they would prefer to play with, which one was good or bad, or which one looked like them.

According to Jordan and Hernandez (2009), the study revealed that a 67 percent of Black children preferred to play with the white doll, 59% chose the white as the nice doll, 59% chose the black doll as the one that looks bad, and only a 58% chose the black doll as the one that

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