This is a video a youth producer did on race. This aired on the affiliate ABC station in Seattle. The filmmaker Kiri Davis (17 from Bkyln) will hopefully be at the Girl in the Director's Chair series and "A Girl Like Me" (her doc) is supposed to screen there in March as part of the series. Her documentary mentor is Shola Lynch ("Shirley Chisolm Unbought, Unbossed") and the documentary is based on a sociological study that was conducted by Dr. Kenneth Clark in the 60's in which he asked a series of Black children to choose between a Black and White doll and to select the one they most preferred, or thought to be the prettiest, smartest etc. The study yielded, shocking (to some) results that degrading media images actually have an effect on the way people perceive themselves and their community and now with the re-emergence of the topic this demonstrates that not so much has changed.
Here is a link to the Seattle video
http://www.komotv.com/home/video/5001856.html?video=YHI&t=a
