A majority of Black children aged 3-7 preferred the white doll and assigned positive characteristics to it, leading the Clarks to conclude segregation created a feeling of inferiority.
Evidence
https://www.naacpldf.org/brown-vs-board/significance-doll-test
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A normal colonial child becomes abnormal on contact with the white world; In the Clark doll studies, a majority of Black children ages 3-7 preferred the White doll and rejected the Black doll, evidencing internalized inferiority from institutionalized racism. — 70 Years After Brown v. Board, Dolls Research Still Sheds Light on Black Children’s Well-being; The Clarks found most Black children preferred white dolls and assigned negative traits to Black ones, and black children in integrated 21st-century schools still view their Blackness negatively. — https://theconversation.com/what-i-learned-when-i-recreated-the-famous-doll-test-that-looked-at-how-black-kids-see-race-153780
Related
- In the Clark doll studies, a majority of Black children ages 3-7 preferred the White doll and rejected the Black doll, evidencing internalized inferiority from institutionalized racism. (similarity 0.98)
- The Clarks found most Black children preferred white dolls and assigned negative traits to Black ones, and black children in integrated 21st-century schools still view their Blackness negatively. (similarity 0.97)
- The Brown decision’s damaged-self-esteem claim rested on the Clark doll studies (similarity 0.82)
- Doll-choice tests prove to be an imprecise measure of racial identity. (similarity 0.82)
- Doll-test results depend on experimenter race and learning environment, not just damaged identity (similarity 0.80)
- The doll studies’ method of measuring racial identity was imprecise (similarity 0.80)