Kid's view on Race
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A Georgia mother was brought to tears when she watched her 5-year-old answer questions on racial attitudes and biases. But as tonight's AC360° (10 p.m. ET) reveals, the answers are not uncommon among kids.
- Miguex0
what were his answers?
- ismith0
Yeah I was watching that earlier... it seemed like a rather stupid experiment though.
- utopian0
Here is a 180° on a kids view on race...
- isn't this the same video from above?Miguex
- http://cnn.com/video…utopian
- 762mm0
Wait one minute. Back the truck up. You mean to tell me that someone living in Georgia is surprised on their child's racial attitude and bias. Well La Dee Fucking Da!!! No shit!
Welcome to the South, YEEEEEEEE HAW! Umerikuh, fuck yeah!
- Kindly shut the fuck up.ismith
- smith you're awfully defensivedoesnotexist
- It was an asinine comment, but if you must read the first two lines of this post then my note.ismith
- i.e. "Wait one minute. Back the truck up." ... "Kindly, shut the fuck up."ismith
- It's the truth kid. Stick to taking pix of yourself and showing your abs.762mm
- ismith0
Basically what I'm saying (in the notes over there) is that the "experiment" shows either too little or too much to make any rational conclusion. First of all, the "good child" she picked just because she thought it was the most like her... because of the format she's limited to, what else would she do besides pick the most different thing for the bad/mean child? Not to mention when you're talking about such general features and asking a child to give you an answer (presumably so you can draw all kinds of spectacular conclusions), they're probably going to answer what they think is 'right'.
I see people with gross tans and I make judgements about them. I see people with mullets and make judgements about them. The real issue is what these judgements ARE, because the stickiness is in believing that some people are 'worth' less than others.
- Miguex0
oh well, now I get it..
here is a photo of that same kid, being dressed by her mother to leave CNN's offices
- is that a dukes of hazzard patch on his arm?********
- yes! she looks so cuteMiguex
- yes that is the Dukes of Hazard patch. He thinks he's dressing up like Uncle Jesse.********
- shoot, i thought that was a lil boy also...********
- is that a dukes of hazzard patch on his arm?
- dopepope0
They really should have had a black kid do it next and compare / contrast. Maybe the kid isn't thinking in terms of race, but just seeing the polar opposites in the questioning. And after she's likened one cartoon to represent her, she's just choosing the ones that are obviously the most different to represent the bad ones. The cartoons don't leave much else to choose from aside from color.
- ********0
I totally agree though. The experimental analysis wasn't at all conclusive but maybe to purposely create that speculation, especially amongst parents with kids.
- tcmmct0
They are trying to get ratings.
- lowimpakt0
put it this way, you wouldn't submit those results to an academic journal
- moldero0
they dont give the kid much options, hell all the characters look the same besides skin color, and im assuming they were told "they had to pick one" if they changed the clothing, face style etc, i think this would be a more accurate test.
shame though.
- doesnotexist0
it's journalism, not like it can be completely unbiased like science- what do you really expect? just talking points for ya'all to get angry over.
- ********0
- ok, which one of these guys is stupid?********
- which one is more prettier?********
- which one is the mean one?********
- where is the good one?********
- where is the bad one?********
- who is the ugly one?********
- Who is more cultural?ismith
- the one with the water mark...who uses water marks anymore?********
- ok, which one of these guys is stupid?
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^ The CNN Test
- utopian0
^
- ismith0
Who is the cool one?
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Which is the bad one?
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- It works both ways, ya know? :)ismith
- No fucking contest motherfucker.MrT
- becks!zenmasterfoo
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Talking about racist views amongst kids... Family guy is peppered with many racist innuendos. Either direct on indirect
- what are cartoons telling kids these days?********
- This is making fun of what cartoons/kids characters were telling kids BACK in the day.ismith
- Like early Disney, Looney Tunes n shit... :Pismith
- I never knew that.********
- But did you know that Walt Disney hated orphans and Jews?!?!?!?! *ismith
- * apologies, my humor receptors were distracted by the tv. and I'm still cracking up from the clip. the sarcasm evaded meismith
- orphans no. did hear about their dealings with the nazis, which perpetuated into jews********
- family guy is not for kids anywaylocustsloth
- this isnt racist actually. its just hostilecannonball1978
- what are cartoons telling kids these days?
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I think this should answer some questions:
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