Section 1

African American psychologist Dr. Kenneth B. Clark’s famous "doll test" was designed to gather social-science evidence of the effects of racial discrimination. That evidence would eventually be presented in the court case Brown v. Board of Education to argue that racial discrimination in public schools was a violation of the Constitution and psychologically harmful to African American children. Please review this 5-minute video segment re-enacting the doll test: Simple Justice 2: Social Science EvidenceLinks to an external site..

Q1. What did you learn from the Clark Doll experiment about the impact of racism on children’s development? Please use the text or a resource to support your thinking. (200 words min.)

Section 2

Did you know that the Clark Doll experiment has been conducted in modern times? These new studies have been conducted formally and informally. Please read the following short article describing one woman’s experience: What I learned when I recreated the famous ‘doll test’ that looked at how Black kids see raceLinks to an external site..

Q2. How can you, as an educational professional, encourage children you work with to embrace anti-bias attitudes? What other experiences and teaching practices for young children do you think would be helpful to ensure that children from minoritized backgrounds will thrive and that all children will be successful? Give at least one example. Please use the text or a resource to support your thinking. Be sure to respond in the first person.Links to an external site. (200 words min.)