Are Children Racially Biased?
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April 9, 2012
The discussion of race is never a black and white issue, and recent “AC360°” and CNN.com reports about young children’s attitudes on race became one of the most discussed stories on the site, eliciting more than 4,500 comments.
In the study, white children had an overwhelming bias toward white, and black children also had a bias toward white, but it was not nearly as strong as the bias shown by the white children.
Read more of the story, watch videos of parents’ reactions, and look into how the study was done here.
The same racial bias leads to workplace discrimination and racial profile.
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