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Back in the 1940s, Kenneth and Mamie Clark – a husband-and-wife team of psychology researchers – used dolls to investigate how young Black children viewed their racial identities. They found that ...

The reassuring female voice asks the child a question: “Can you show me the doll that looks bad?” The child, a preschool-aged black girl, quickly picks up and shows the black doll over a white one ...

It was the psychological study that shaped a generation: Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark's doll test. Candace McCowan has more. Brittney Johnson debuts as 'Wicked's' first Black 'Glinda' It showed what ...

NEW YORK – It was a simple test. You give a child two dolls, one white, one dark-colored, and ask the child which one he or she likes best. Which one does he or she want to play with? Which one is the ...