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pinayprincess

pinayprincess

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Definately...that's extremely powerful. Makes you really take a look in the mirror and think about what you believe.

Great Thread.

Chayil
 
Thanks for posting the vid. Seeing it made me realize how happy I am to be going natural, and embracing who I truly am.
 
Well I just did the doll test with both my daughter's (they're both biracial). Angel, my 8 year old said, "they're both pretty in their own way just like real people. God makes everybody pretty in their own way." Go team Bragg!!!!:clap:

Kayla on the other hand was not as PC as Angel. She said the black baby was the pretty one and the good one and that the white baby was ugly and bad.:ohwell: She never plays with the white dolls, only the black and hispanic dolls.:ohwell: Not my doing. Not telling Joshua that one:look: I see we have more work to do on Miss Kayla:look: but Miss Angel got it going on! You go girl! I'm so proud of her!:grin:

Edited to add: You know, looking back on the video, I wonder if it has something to do with contrast. You know how human beings are naturally attracted to their opposite. Kayla is VERY light skinned andshe always has liked the darker dolls. Angel just likes everything (and cuts ALL their hair off:perplexed) and she's a medium brown.It seems the darker kids on the video chose the white dolls, and I'm willing to bet the ones who chose the black dolls were lighter skinned. I teach both my kids that God loves you no matter your skin color, hair texture, weight or height. He designed each of us the way we are so everyone is to be loved and respected.:cool:


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Another observation. All children are born with a blank slate and the brain is basically potting soil. So basically anything in them as far as ideals is planted in them. If the children are getting a warped view via theTV, radio, society as a whole, isn't it our responsibility as parents to step up to the plate and take a more active roll in what's being planted into their minds and be more conscious of what we're planting??? Or do we sit back like unfortunately our race has been programmed to do and just complain about society and blame "the white man" and the "government" without taking a proactive role ourselves? Thoughts? I know, I'm getting deep here:grin:



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Wow, that was deep! The baby doll study was a real eye-opener & heartbreaking. Thanks for posting this Pinayprincess!
 
Thank you very much for posting the video. Just like others the current doll study really pulled at my heart strings. Especially when the little girl choose the "bad" doll that looked like her....talk about institutionalized internal racism that starts from day one in our lives here in America. I actually have a friend who teaches kindergarden and she said, based on her experience, it is obvious the little white boys "understand" they have some sort of advantage/priviledge over little black boys. And somehow the black boys oblige.:(
 
Well-done video, thanks for sharing, pinayprincess. We really need to do better with our kids. I know that my cousins who have had a good balance of American/"Afrocentric" history in their learning would probably choose the white doll as "bad" and when asked why, reply "because white people stole everything they have." It may seem cynical but it's not very far off the mark.
 
I was floored! The children experiment hurt so much because i would've picked the white doll too at that age. I wasn't born or raised in this country but lighter skin and curly/wavy hair is thought of as "good" hair too in the carribean. The mom bleaches her 11 and 6 year old daughter's skin? WTF? Where i'm from it's looked down on if you use bleaching cream but some people still use it. I'm thankful cause my parents never stopped telling me, even now, that my dark skin is beautiful and not to even think about changing it.

one thing that really struck me is that i don't know my "true" culture either. sure i'm Haitian but i wanna know what country my ancestors originally came from. I do feel like something's missing cause of it. I wonder if i have an identical distant cousin walking around somewhere in Africa.
 
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my cousin sent me this video a few months ago
and i finally got around to watching it b/c u posted it
while it makes me sad i wish more people who need to see this
could have the opportunity
2 many times the ones who have access 2 videos like this
aren't the ones who need to watch it :ohwell:
thanks for posting this pinayprincess
 
keluric said:
Well-done video, thanks for sharing, pinayprincess. We really need to do better with our kids. I know that my cousins who have had a good balance of American/"Afrocentric" history in their learning would probably choose the white doll as "bad" and when asked why, reply "because white people stole everything they have." It may seem cynical but it's not very far off the mark.
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:confused: Well teaching hate of another race to children is not what I'd call balance at all:perplexed If we would all like Dr Martin Luther King said, judge each IDIVIDUAL person, not by the color of their skin, but the content of their character, and love rather than hate, more children would choose like my daughter chose instead of creating another generation that blames "the white man" but DOES NOTHING about it.:ohwell: God loves white people just as much as black people, and if God is not a respector of persons who are we to exhalt ourselves above Him?

Oh, as far as white people stealing everything they have, I don't know about that because I married "The Man" and he had less money and more debt than me!:lachen:

On a serious note parents, teach your children to have the mind of Christ. Jesus saves and loves all and loves all regardless of their skin color, regardless of their sin, regardless of what their parents before them did. We are supposed to think and seek to be more like him. If we don't, if we think of ANY race as "better" than the other we have committed the sin of idolatry by exalting our ideals above God's truth. Think on that one.;)


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this is so sad and exactly why i don't buy my daughter white dolls. my hubby thinks i'm silly but i think color is rooted in our children's minds at an early age, as proven through video.

i totally agree with the young lady that stated we do not have since of "heritage, culture and belonging" because we don't know where we come from.
 
Dymondz7 said:
Thank you very much for posting the video. Just like others the current doll study really pulled at my heart strings. Especially when the little girl choose the "bad" doll that looked like her....talk about institutionalized internal racism that starts from day one in our lives here in America. I actually have a friend who teaches kindergarden and she said, based on her experience, it is obvious the little white boys "understand" they have some sort of advantage/priviledge over little black boys. And somehow the black boys oblige.:(
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yes they do!!! my daughter was at a playgroud with a little white boy i would say about 6 or 7. she was about 3 years old at the time. she was crawling through the playground tunnel and was toward the end with a couple of feet to go. the little white boy came to the end where she was exiting and tried to force her to turn around. of course i was standing there watching everything and i told him to let her go through since she's toward the end. and he was like "but i'm a johnson" or whatever his last name was (i can't remember).............anyway, his grandma had to yell across the playground for him to get his little rump up and out of her way. i was in shock he had his little attitude of "superiority" already :cool: i think the grandma new by the way i was standing that he wasn't going to bully my baby back through the tunnel :lol:
 
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this is so sad and exactly why i don't buy my daughter white dolls. my hubby thinks i'm silly but i think color is rooted in our children's minds at an early age, as proven through video.

i totally agree with the young lady that stated we do not have since of "heritage, culture and belonging" because we don't know where we come from.
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I agree with you on this one. I dont have a daughter but if I buy a doll for any of the lil ones in my family, it's a black doll. It think it's important. When I grew up I had black dolls. Yes, it starts at home. I would have picked the black doll. I was raised being told I am beautiful and NO ONE is better than I am. So, I was never ashamed of my brown skin.
Thanks for sharing!
 
SweetCaramel1 said:
yes they do!!! my daughter was at a playgroud with a little white boy i would say about 6 or 7. she was about 3 years old at the time. she was crawling through the playground tunnel and was toward the end with a couple of feet to go. the little white boy came to the end where she was exiting and tried to force her to turn around. of course i was standing there watching everything and i told him to let her go through since she's toward the end. and he was like "but i'm a johnson" or whatever his last name was (i can't remember).............anyway, his grandma had to yell across the playground for him to get his little rump up and out of her way. i was in shock he had his little attitude of "superiority" already :cool: i think the grandma new by the way i was standing that he wasn't going to bully my baby back through the tunnel :lol:
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Too darn funny! (I can just picture your stance and face!):lachen: :lachen:
 
kbragg said:
Another observation. All children are born with a blank slate and the brain is basically potting soil. So basically anything in them as far as ideals is planted in them. If the children are getting a warped view via theTV, radio, society as a whole, isn't it our responsibility as parents to step up to the plate and take a more active roll in what's being planted into their minds and be more conscious of what we're planting??? Or do we sit back like unfortunately our race has been programmed to do and just complain about society and blame "the white man" and the "government" without taking a proactive role ourselves? Thoughts? I know, I'm getting deep here:grin:



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Great point, Braggy ;)

We are all molded by nature and nurture.
 
that was riveting! thank you, so much, for posting the link to that video. we all can learn a lot from that video (for instance, its been stated by some on this forum that its not natural for a dark skin girl to have long, curly hair.) a lot could be said about the video, but some thoughts i had right away are:

1. this type of thinking (dark skin = unattractive/bad, white &/or "light" skin = beauty & good) doesn't automatically stop when we reach age 18 or 21 or 31. i know that even now, in my mid-20s i've struggled with the idea that light can be prettier than dark. which is why, even though they aren't as common as white or light models, i'm glad to see women like iman, liya kebede, gabrielle union, etc. featured in national ads. it shows me how beautiful, sexy and exotic dark skin and dark hair are.

2. also, i don't think everyone needs to throw away that tub of relaxer! this goes right along with it. there is nothing wrong with relaxing your hair. it doens't mean you want to be white. its a choice, just like what to wear. i've had white people imply that blacks relax their hair to look white. not true & quite frustrating. perhaps its just fits better into your lifestyle & schedule to have relaxed hair than natural hair. or maybe, God forbid, you like how your hair looks relaxed. its not a bad thing.

3. i agree with those who said that our culture needs a reset of its thinking. we need to learn that we are all beautiful! i think black people are the most diverse ethnic group in the world. we can come in so many different "combinations," from the lightest skin to the darkest skin, with eyes any color from blue, to gray, to hazel to dark brown and we all know our hair can be any beautiful formulation God wanted it to be. we need to celebrate all of our beauty and our diversity. we need to end the stupid, good hair bad hair thing and recognize that we're all unique & stunning. we also have to end the "if you're dark, there's no way you're a natural 3b!" (and yes, i AM bitter about that, because i've gotten that from a small number of people, here on lhcf.) i hope that type of thinking ends today!!

4. the most important thing is that we as black women, mothers, daughters, grandmothers, aunts, friends, etc stop the cycle of light = bright, pretty, smart and talented. (side note: that was so sad when the little girl pointed to the black doll as bad, then said that was the doll that most resembled her.) that's exactly what WE must stop. kids are going to pick this stuff up in school, so at home, everyday we have to break that cycle with our children! both boys and girls!! they need to know that black is never bad, its always beautiful, its intelligent, loving and kind and it comes in every color & hair type you can find under the rainbow.
those are just a few of my rambling thoughts. but thank you so much for posting that. i hadn't seen it before & now i'm emailing it out to my relatives who have children so we can stop this poisoning of our childrens' minds.
 
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