Fight or flight, ftl. /:

That last girl in the video was taught correctly...

When you ask little kids these questions they'll obviously answer truthfully, and the truth is darker skinned children do tend to perform more poorly in school....not saying they couldn't do good, but they just flat out, more often than not, don't care about doing good in school...White kids know their white parents have white friends, and the neighbor kids their mommies made them play with were white, so we're supposed to be shocked and disappointed? The rest of the questions were probably influenced by the kids personal experiences. This study is bull-honky, and please don't assume the south is backwards, I don't even know why they said "half the schools were in the north and half the schools were in the south" because our racial tendencies are, on average, the same as the north

[P.L.U.R.] Peace. Love. Unity. Respect.

i agree with sunny75

i dont understand why some people would be racist to the ones they just met

It also raises your blood pressure.

wow that was uhhh... (speachless)

I also agree with sunny75

I agree with Michael A. I just don't understand how people can be racist.

idk...see ima bit rascist towards chinks and im not at all harsh or unrastionall

It's sad that, that many kids veiw each other that way. The last girl was right

Why did they concentrate on how "racist" the white children were? To my understanding at the beginning of the video, the black children were "racist", too.
Interesting study, but I feel like we're getting a one-sided story. Maybe in one kid's class, the black child was the dumb child; and in another, maybe the white child was the ugly child. That would definately affect the way those kids answered.

this is ridiculous...but i do like what the last girl said on the video. i honestly HATE how people judge people by the color of their skin. and 60 years later there are still issues. maybe it's just that generation and there parents. or maybe it's just the parents that raise the child because i remember when i was in pre-school all of my friends liked to play with the white/caucasion baby dolls but not the african american baby doll but i didnt mind playing with the african american baby doll because i thought she was different and beautiful the way she was. im glad my mom raised me the way she did to treat everyone with the same respect that i wanted back.

Just do not judge...

Racism is a learned behavior achieved through observations and exposure to negative influences. The best methods used to combat racism are education and through the interaction of people of different ethnicities and races.

love is blind and i support inter raccial couples wen ppl dnt!

it's kinda messed up, how children are coached by their parents into Racism

Seriously, how could ANYONE be racist? I really just don't understand it at all...

racism is just fucked up

racism is ignorance. put ignorance aside and help this world intellectually advance.

I hate racism...

This really is an interesting study, and I enjoyed reading about it.

This was actually pretty suprising to me, but they're right; we're all teaching kids how to hate when we should be teaching them how to love and solve problems, not creating them.

Those kids don't know any better. They only know what their parents and other adults around them talk about.

As long as people talk about racism and keep the entire idea of it alive, it's not going to go away. People are people, we all have the same issues and feelings!

idk why everyone cant just get along, it seems silly to hate someone for the color of their skin.

Just Wrong however you look at it

i hate to admit it bt i am a lil racist
bt mostly to a certain attitude
in a way we r all if we admit it or nt
ur stronger if u admit more then if u deny it

hdfghrtdh

that is so crazy.

i hate stereotyping people

Racism, sexism, and homophobia all need to be things of the past! We all bleed red!

Whoa, that blows.

It all goes back to how one was raised

The last girl gave the smart answer.

Last comment made me smile

People should be judged on their merit and behavior not on race or anything else.

oh wow

it should do harm a holes.

wow....

I have internet friends from various races and cultures and judge people individually but I do admit to feeling uneasy about the amount of Asians living in my country. We in Scotland have a long and proud heritage and have resisted attacks on our culture for hundreds of years. No wonder then that we are wary of those who would come here and try to bring their cultures with them. Let them build mosques by all means but let them be in the style of our native buildings. Let them educate their children as they see fit but keep their beliefs from our classrooms. I could go on and on but I think my point is clear. This is not about race but culture and I am fiercely nationalistic.

wow

i agree with sunny75

Ha wow i didn't know that...

Prejudice sucks ass, that's all I gotta say.

Everyone prejudges others by race all the time, but for most of us, it's not our fault.

Society has fuucked us all over, placing labels on everyone and everything, and embedding this shit into our brains. It's not us, that really does it, it's our screwed up brains.

wow people will just meet a person and hate them and pick on them

Yay for the last girl in the video )

wow.

Well I think this shows some great points. I'm not going to deny that I don't ever have a raciest thought but it's not quite like what it is in this. skin color really shouldn't matter.

whoa! the last girl was right,

parents tedh racism as far as i'm concerned.When a child is born they dont think about what race someone is.

Wow, this study is an eye-opener...though I am curious as to how they conducted their study!!

Hmmm makes you think !

wow

not just body health but think what it does to a person mentally..i live in east la, the majority is mexican so ive never experience rasicm..but when i see it happen to other people i am both sympathetic and curious

bu some of these kids dont even know what their saying..they're just guessing because they're not lookin at the skin color they just see people..but ow thier just repeating what the media wants them to say..they barely understand the questions and there not looking at the skin..there still innocent and dont think like that s stop testin them and askin them questions they dont undertand

I only noticed a couple other people mentioning it, but it seemed to me like they ended off showing more of the white children's answers? No matter if positive or negative, I would be curious to see all results. I wonder if there's somewhere we can find that? Also, they said white and black, but did that include the many shades in between? Or did the middle shades just watch everyone else take the test?

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Found it! http://ireport.cnn.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=444088 should hopefully bring you to a page about the report. If you click on a link, I think you can see all the details on it.

i've taken those tests before, honestly i don't think they're correct.

i've taken those tests before, honestly i don't think they're correct.

i think the true racists are those doing studies such as this. i mean honestly those questions are so fixed..."dumb child"?!? if a white boy pointed to the white picture he'd be choosing himself...DUH

It is shocking to see childern in that video to say such a stupid things and have such a stupid parents.

And it is surprising to see my test result in Harvard test.

Thanks to SV, CNN and Harvard ).

i believe racism is awful and i think everyone is = no matter what race they are =)

why are people racest/predijest i dont get it were all people with feelings and we all think so rily people just have to not be mean

I'm Black and proud hate me or love me my life remains the same

we r all the same just diffrent skin colors

I think racism is ridiculous but people have reasons for it. Some may be stupid reasons but it's theor choice.

agree with PanaC.

This study is crap.

hmmmmmm

Very enlightening.

That is ridiculous. It's the parents of course. The poor kids don't know how to judge by personality...just skin tone.

It's horrifying that black children are still brain washed into thinking that the white children are superior. People need to learn it's not our race that our the dividing lines-it's our social class-rich or poor!

I like the last girls Responce.

i did the tests at the site
i got mostly the results i thought i would
as i knew, i'm not a racist

racism is seriously ruining the world, yet i still practice it?...

Interesting.

wow

I agree with the last older child

Just another reason for why people must accept each other whether they have dark or light skin.

Just another reason for why people must accept each other whether they have dark or light skin.

!

I love how the video overwhelmingly showed white children. There were some black children, but it's as if only white people can be racist, which is a stereotype I am SO sick of.

rasism is stupid. we are all people when it gets to the bottom of it.

i try not to act racist towards anyone bc your not guaranteed to live forever & hatin on somebody or some race is stupid

this article is dumb. but it was fun to do the harvard studies.

+P

i hope everyone can get along

well then..

unity:]

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http://www.hop-catcher.com

Interesting, but racism goes both ways.

i agree with the girl in the end of the video! it doesn't matter what skin color u are! we are all human!

When my children were younger they asked why people were different colors and I sat them down and said that they were from different cultures. I have taught them that even though they have a different skin color, they are the same inside like us. I do not believe in racism and our children have grown up that way too. They have friends of different race and cultures. My children have even asked me about what my opinion was about them dating another race, I do not have a problem with it. There are some parents that are against it, but I am not one of them. I believe all cultures have a right to be on this earth. It is a shame that we have people in this world who bash each race. We need to all learn to get along. We only live once, and we are our childrens teachers. We need to teach them to live, laugh & love, not hate.

this was a bit interesting but not all that enlightening..

i agree with brian j.p. P.L.U.R!!

I love the last girls respsonce. she is right it shouldnt matter the color of the skin because there are good and bad in all races.

everyone in the world thought like the last girl in the video did we wold have a better place . . .

I saw that vidio last night on the news. It's deppressing how some children can veiw themselves and other people.

i dont get why the whole video was aoll about what little white kids think.. what about the black kids. they make it seem like the white kids are more racist. the point is.. everyone as a whole is. and its crazy and needs to stop

yes kids are more honest than the adults care to admit themselves.

*shakes head* racism is so stupid

hmm...

wow I saw that on CNN and it was surprizing

This is rubbish - it implies that you have to be violent and aggressive to have racist views. Not enough people realize that one can be racist for the right reasons...I wouldn't go around beating up ethnic minorities, but plenty (more certain groups) irritate me by complaining all the time about how they are being 'discriminated against' and going on about how we insult their religion...I know you can't base everything on generalizations, but I would not dream of going to another country with a different culture and way of doing things and insisting that they revolve around my needs and customs...if they don't like it, they should stay with their own people, then there would be no 'racist problem' or racial tension...on the other hand, the political-correctness obsessed ultra- 'liberal' people running my country are largely to blame as well

i saw that on cnnn i was shocked

O.o

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There shouldnt be a problem like this to begin with..

negativity is bad for your health so i am not surprised that this is being looked into, glad to see people trying to change the world for good

Racism is learned from the home in many cases - If you don't teach your kids right, your bad attitudes and opinions rubs off on your offspring. It's as simple as that! If parents don't nurture and teach, then the next generation will become as ignorant as many of the last one.

sunny75 u are totally right the last girl had the best answer and was taught correctly. im blck and I dnt care about skin color either my best friend that I feel like i have the most trust in is white and im blck and if you asked her if i was her best friend she would say yes so skin color really doesn't matter (: if only ever1 could see that.

the last child made me smile..the other kids need to be taught right and i hope their parents are ashamed.

I agree with sunny75! Thats one of the girls/guys that have there head on straight

I find it hard to believe that 61% of people that've read this're totally unbiased

How about we all just not be racists (:

You can't judge someone on looks, especially not skin color, I don't understand it.

I think that is so true!!! When your heart starts racing or you think your in danager you get this flight or fight response...

W0W..

why???

I cant berlieve how many white kids accused dark skinned people of being the "mean child"...Its so superficial!

I was always taught that if you cut one of every nationality we all bleed the same color and that we all have feelings so all should be treated the same way I would want to be treated!!!

xD

wow

Maybe someday in the future, our kids wouldn't even know what Racism was. That would be the kind of world i wish i was in now.

peace is hard to make, unity is easy to find

wow

wow...

wow

Racism is everywhere....but so is classicim, ageism, sexism, etc.

Wow, never knew if someone was racist could cause health affects.

Booo, racist suck.

i hate all racist beliefs

The last girl was honestly brought up very well. it shouldn't matter. but the truth is today blacks still pick on whites and whites still pick on black children. and in most cases parents are to blame, then again the school district is too. I know in my school we were never allowed to talk to about the white inventors like the wright brothers but we teach slavery in elementary schools when they dont even know what to think about it. And that mentality when they ask their parents about it carries on with them through their life. In order to stop racism we need start with the parents who teach it to their children.

Peace. Love. Unity. Respect. all the way.

Racism causes tension among people. It causes people to act out on the assumptions made on that race. Its unnecessary and just proves how judgmental and rude some people really are.

:/

this is sad! we are all the same!!....we should treat each other with respect!! sure dark skin ppl/kids etc do bad in skool etc. theres white ppl that do the same do bad in skool so we shoudnt be racist about it!! we all have our bad faces and influences not just dark skin ppl

I agree with sunny75.

that was ... i cant even think of the words for that video . its horrible that we still have racism nowadays .. the last girl in the video was taught verrry correctly .

This makes total sense if you understand how the chemicals in the brain and body work.

racism is ridiculous

i think that there should be NO racism (:

blah

thats crazy!

I hate racism..

daaang,, thats not good. /:

I agree with Sunny!

this is an interesting thing to know...my fiance is black and i am white and i dont feel any hatred towards him but some others i do. wow

wow. That's a pretty surprising response...
Surprising to me, anyhow. I forgot how biased we are as a society, and how still ultimately seperated.

when you judge someone you judge yourself

i think racism is stupid weither it is by a white or black girl period

wow

Fight or flight is true, when your hands get cold/ your legs are less, like, tence and such. I've felt that before (not around people of a different race, but in general when I was scared) I could see it effecting peoples health deff if they were feeling it often enough when encountering a person who was a different race then them (I'm so sorry if my comment really wasn't PC :/ )

Interesting, very interesting. Who would have thought that racism is bad for your health. I learned about the "Doll Test" in school and saw the program, very shocking. Poor things, we need to educate them and end racism. Every shade of skin color is beautiful and don't you forget that!

Isn't it funny that people don't seem to realise that GOD is not prejudiced. We are not Born Prejudiced. Racism is TAUGHT! What are you teaching your children?

wow......

that last child made me smile. i have a three year old, who is mixed race, and the kids at her daycare used to be brutal (it was predominately white/catholic, and she is Romani and Jamaican and raised pagan). it acctually go so bad she had to change daycares

Wowwww ):

yep

honestly, these are kids.
this video makes these kids look really racist.
But the surveyor asked
"which of these kids is the ugliest/dumbest/baddest"?

to these kids, they were asked 1 question and are supposed to give 1 answer.

they were probably told, were gonna ask you a question, you point to a picture to answer.

they WEREN'T asked: "are any of these kids dumber/badder than the other? if so point to one.
No, they were asked:
which kid is dumber/badder/uglier.

given a NON-OPEN ENDED question like this, kids are taught to think and answer questions like this.
they aren't at the point to think: "well maybe i can give my own answer."
they're thinking is, these adults give me the question, and the possible answers.
i was told to choose one.
except for the last child, who is a little older and has more critical thinking skill developed.

Also, when the white children point to the black child negatively; and the black point to the white child negatively: they're asked "which child is the ugliest/dumbest etc?
their thinking is most like: ok if i'm white, if i point to the white, i'm calling myself ugly or dumb.
so i'll point to the other that doesn't look like me.

in my opinion, this "study" was done VERY poorly.
disappointed.
cuz i know kids can be mean SOMEtimes, but young kids can also be very unjudgemental. when all together they get along great. and i don't feel that they rly think any less of the other. just see kids these ages in a group together, and most likely, you will notice that there is no prejudice. i don't feel like they think that way. they may notice there is a difference, but everything they're seeing is new, so they accept all the difference. different hair types than their own, skin, height, everything.

need a new study. using open ended questions.
they asked questions to children, but didn't think much about the "psychology" of children. making the answers "invalid" in my opinion.
:/

Well of course it is, it mentally stresses you out AND it causes wrinkles on your face .. Not to mention it's not healthy to feel so agitated all the time.. I can't believe we still have racism!!

I didn't know all that...

Wow, I had no idea.

Finally! Some people who realize racism is wrong!

wow, that's interesting. had no idea.

This was amazing to read about.

This was amazing to read.

This is believable, yet insane!!

Its sad but should open the eyes of our generation!

I think it's pretty messed up that the adults can't act grown and they have to teach their children this stupidity!!!

shoutouts to ending racism

Racism is bad no matter what. When you make fun of one person for their ethnicity, your making fun of the entire race and frankly its disrespectful and ignorant!

kudos to the last girl. :p

Love should be universal and color-blind!

i dont like racism. it doesnt feel good when you are hated for your race.

WoahD:

i agree with sunny75

honestly enough there is no reason for it. Close your eyes and tell me there's a difference

intersting study

what is this world coming to, smh -____-

Everyone here is making very valid points.

the last girl was right

word.

dang.

Fight or fight

wow

im a single mom of 4 children ages 16,18,20 and 22 years old. I raised my kids to repect all people and that there is no difference in who we are and we all have a very rich heritage that we should embrace and share. To end racism in society it is the parents responsibility to teach the kids we are all the same.

PanaC, I disagree that the students the same color as I don't care. It's that institutionalized racism has taught them not to care. It is embedded in them that they are failures. The media has great influence in most households, however it will have no place in mine after I have my own children. They will appreciate an education designed especially for them. I will also give them "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Lowen (a white man) who talks about the south's insensitivity and unconcern for the presence of racism.

agree

Interesting...

75 and 80 percent of people had “non-overt” prejudices... dang

it's sad that, that many kids veiw each other that way.

[P.L.U.R.] Peace. Love. Unity. Respect.

Agreed

the last girl is right.

people are people.(:

Racism Is All Whack.

Well, it definitley does make sense.

their parents could be teaching them to be racist.. while not even knowing it

Don't judge others by what color they are, accept them

I love the last girl in this video.. Way to be!!

This stuff is pretty intense.

Good to know at least some kids know what is right and what is wrong.

That last girl was raised right<3 We need more people like her in this world, just grown people though...skin color is skin color, the "N" word isn't even a definition of black people. its arogant people, who cant hold down a job and just a bad person getting nowhere in life. i know of plenty of light skinned people who are like that. I know more black people getting farther in life than white people, black's have to work 2x as hard to do what a white guy can just do normally...everyone says "we have a black president theres no more racism" when there is. or "times have changed" when they have only begun to change. It really makes me happy we have a dark skinned president. shows not everyone is hateful in this world.<3

yeah flight or fight...i studied it on my medical surgical class. you know were all created by Gods image... and were all perfect in his eyes, so share love love love

yeah flight or fight...i studied it on my medical surgical class. you know were all created by Gods image... and were all perfect in his eyes, so share love love love

i agree with sunny75

Peace. Love. Unity. Respect

Peace. Love. Unity. Respect

Honesty about how we as a society perceive one another may be hard to face, but gives us opportunity for growth if we want to grow. Also- I'd be horrified if my child (especially at the older age) still had the belief that race was a valid indicator of intelligence or character. But, I'd have myself to be horrified with!

It would be great ! if there was no racism ! in this world of ours.

i really wish one day people wouldn't judge based on color of skin. unfortunately it doesn't seem like it'll happen soon.

yeah that is good article

Look at the inside, Not the outside people.

This is CRAZY!

Brian J.P. has got it right

Peace, luv and mother nature.... unit us

whoa

wow

wow

I agree with PanaC

3 cheers for the last girl's answer!!
Peace.

i think everyone needs to listen to the last child and be raised the way she was.

racism is just wrong >.>

What a shame.

i don't think anyone should be judged at all, but especially on the color of skin were all the same!

thats scary

fight for ur right

It's really sad that there were only a few kids who believed everyone could be beautiful and everyone could be bad.

I agree with sunny 75...:)

wow...

The video was eye-opening, but almost completely one-sided. It was almost completely about white-bias. I'm sure that a good number of the black children had their own biases also. But altogether, rasicm is wrong

Racism is pointless and stupid. You can't judge someone's character based on their skin color. Nobody is exactly the same, and the world isn't all based on stereotypes. Really, just get to know people. You may not hate them as much as you think.

things aren't going to change if the children are being raised in a household where the parents are slowly feeding this into the kids. if you're raised to not like a certain race, then that's just waht you know. >.>

sunny75 u r so right. all th kids shud have that girls attitude!

This is riveting...

Racism is bad.

It Is How It Is Sometimes

The doll study shows that not much has changed in society.

i also agree with Sonny

this is truly dissapointing to learn that young children are taught that the colour of your skin matters in any way.

either ur black or white. everyones precoius in jesuses site

kudos to sunny75

I don't like fire in my house!

kids are smarter than most people think

it dont matter if we're black or white:) MJ knew it

You're human no matter what color you are... I love seeing interracial relationships. I'm one of them. ^_^

That last girl was right on!!! God created us all to be equal, we should be treated as such!!!

i agree with sunny75.

My dad is racist and I remember when I was much younger I would hear him make racist remarks all the time. I'm so happy that it didn't rub off on me because today I am extremely unbiased and very accepting of others.

Judgment is wrong until you get to know someone by their personality, likes and dislikes and their attitude towards life.

I think racism is wrong.

danggg.

wow...

It's all what you choose.. That's what I think.

Wow! I wish this hatred towards one another didn't exist anymore. Please let us teach others to love one another no matter the color of your skin. We are all the same and should love each other.

little kids may pick the skin tones to certain children because thats what a cartain friend or bully is... like that one little girl who picked the tan tone because she was teased by a girl with that tone. It also may be a case where the little kids go with what is familiar to them, if theyre parents dont have black (or white) friends then they probably wont pick the opposite shade

word

wow :\

wow :\

Racism.... We were not able to choose what race we were going to be born in. People need to get over themselves and gain love for one another.

equality!

Racism,hate, equals ignorance.

I hope people don't think I'm biased twards any race, we all can be friends & have true virtues.

the verry last girl , she is how everyone should feel .

people these days what a shame

[P.L.U.R.] Peace. Love. Unity. Respect. <3 I Like that One

just because u don't like some 1 who's a diffrent way then u are dosent mean u have ot be like em deal with it

*~Pugers~* you just said chinks. how is that not being harsh or unrastional? incase you didn't know, that word is an insult.

You really shouldn't generalize. I'm white with white parents and my white parents never had white friends, i never had white friends until i moved over to the east coast, then i come back to san diego, california and i'm in the most diverse school in the state.

hmm that's interesting. not something i would be extremely worried about though.

Racism is stupid

if sunny75's comment was likable, i would like it.

i agree with sunny75

How sad //:

:/