SB2 - Research Doll Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkpUyB2xgTM

Here are videos of children undertaking the Doll and Skin Colour test, this test was held to highlight discrimination and marginalisation of skin colour. 

This video looks at the effects of discrimination and marginalisation between skin colours. I feel this video is extremely impactful because we are getting the raw and truthful thought children have been taught to learn. This video also highlights the attitudes of skin colour, and the reasons to which people possibly have this attitude to why they feel they aren't beautiful with their skin.

This video looks at the attitudes children have towards skin colour in general, this video shows children talking about the attitude of skin colour. In the video, a darker skin child points at a skin colour that he would desire to be (a very light skin colour), another child agrees with the fact she wants to have fairer skin, as she doesn't like the why darker skin looks as she thinks it looks messy and at sometimes nasty. They also say how adults don't like dark skin colour as it is dark. A child points at why the child is ugly with a darker skin tone, as everyone picks on him, due to his skin colour - this is a moment where a child relates to the racism in the US in the past. He does then go on to say how he doesn't see the different of skin colour, however explains how some may seem as darker people are mean and lighter more handsome. One girl explains how skin is magical and unique, and it matters whats on the inside. 
"your colour is what makes you you"

- why is the darker child dumb? - because she has black skin 
- why is the darker child bad? - because he's really dark
- why is the darker child dumb? - because she looks black black
- why is the lighter girl good? - because she's looks whiter
- why do you want the lighter child as a classmate - because he's white

This video was very sad to watch, as it shows the views of skin colour within the younger generation - this highlights the effect of colourism in adverts, movies and the effect it has on the younger generation. 

> This research into the attitudes of skin really highlights the attitude on a larger scale than just the adults. This also highlights the fact that the attitudes of skin colour is shaping the younger generations opinions on skin colour, which leads the the effect of colourism. I feel that having the children relay the facts adds a stern truthfulness to the subject. For my project I feel that I should look at ways in which I can deliver ther attitudes of colourism in a gripping way such as this.