Take a look at a powerful segment produced by a 17 year old filmmaker in Washington DC. Kiri Davis is a young filmmaker whose high school documentary has left audiences at film festivals across the country stunned -- and has re-ignited a powerful debate over race.
Take a moment to view the short segment and let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
Here's the link: http://www.komoradio.com/home/video/5001856.html?video=pop&t=a
17 comments:
I felt stunned by the findings in her documentary even when i knew what was going to happen. It's just amazing how these kids who are so innocent choose the black doll to be the "bad" doll. And for these kids to know this at such a young age is really amazing. It seems that there is little racism in today's world but this video shows that it is being imprinted in generations at a younger and younger ae.
Definetly a powerful piece on a powerful topic. It seems to have been done well, and a follow-up should be made, 50 years from now. Right now however, there is still a problem that needs to be adressed, and a sequel documentary, about the origin and nature of the problem. Considering the resources of the girl, she could interview different people across her diverse hometown (New York) and try to discover some way to help end it.
It's sad to know that all this is still going on today. it the same as it was when the Doctor person had done the same thing. i hope that video is seen by many people and i hope that one day that there will be no more segergation.
On one hand, i feel a little shocked at the responses that the kids made, especially that bit where the girl picked the white doll as the good one and then seemed liked she wanted to pick that doll when asked which one looked like her. But on another hand, its only been 40 years since the Civil Rights movement, preceded by a few hundred years of slavery and racism - we can't just expect it to disappear completely, we have to work for it. In terms of the quality of her piece though, it seemed well thought out and but i would have liked to have seen the reactions of other kids from other cultures and ethnicities as well.
it was a very strong topic. the results are incredibly intresting becuase one does not expeect the same results form 50 years ago today. I would expect kids parents to teach them that we are equal, but according tot his documentary, this is not the case. Liek jason said, i think another piece si milar to this should be done in 50 years from now to compare the rsults from all 3 tests.
It is shocking to see that even after 50 years the results are still the same. It is also interesting that the kids chose t black doll as the "bad" doll. Though racism is not shown publically as it was 50 years ago, the mentality of the newer generations is still the same.
I was surprized when the girl set the black doll and the white doll to the little african american girls and asked them to choose which one was "better".They all choose the white doll.Also in many childeren commercials they also show the white dolls and rarely the black ones.Which makes little girls think they are the "better ones". In my opinion this shows that the race issue is far from over.
I remember reading about the experiment that this documentary was based on when I was like 10 years old, and I just didn't get it; I couldn't understand how a person could believe something so unfounded about themselves. Then Disney made a live-action remake of Cinderella, starring Brandi as Cinderella, Whoopi Goldberg as her mom, a white guy as her dad, and an Asian guy as Prince Charming. I loved that movie because I thought it represented how much things had changed, and I thought it would end inferiority complexes in minority children. (It's really not that idealistic that a Disney movie could have that effect.)
Seeing this documentary was just as shocking as reading about the original experiment. I still just don't get it.
(McMahon, btw; I don't know how to change my display name. I'll work on that.)
I just felt so..well...I thought it was really powerful, i think it also showed that sometimes children can tell/show us something that adults can't. I also think that someone should do this again in fifty years and see if things have changed.
It is suprising that in spite of how much society has advanced in the past 50 years, some things just haven't changed. If 50 years of Brown and it's progeny haven't changed the results of the expirement, then that could show that there is a deeper problem than what Brown attempted to address. But that doesn't mean Brown was wrong. Brown made a decsion on a socialogical expirement. But since we are still getting the same results, Brown just said "We don't care, segregating faculitys is wrong! Don't do it" Because of the result of the sequel expirement, now there may be some question to whether we have receded back to that level, if we ever left that level, or if there is some unseen problem effecting the situation.
I can't believe that in a seemingly desegregated world, the plagues of the past are imbedded in the minds of generations to come. Who's to blame for this idea? Could it be that in society, people are subliminally "put in their place" by the media?
wow. This shocked me because it's one thing for adults to show signs of racism, but when you see that it has filtered down to the youth, it's disturbing. You begin to ask yourself, why does there have to be a "good doll" and a "bad doll" and you try to answer the question: what can I do to eliminate this belief of racial inequality? The documentary made me want to learn more about why these children felt that they had to choose the white doll, was it something they saw on TV? or was it influenced by what they see in their neighborhoods? or what they hear from friends or family? It was heartbreaking.
This also made me realize that Disney, one of children's favorite companies, doesn't have a black princess.... or really any black chracters...... or am I wrong?
This is a powerful topic and this shows that after 50years its still the same as it was.Also shows that we need to find a way to fix it.
This Documentary opened many eyes to an issue that has been around for over 100 years. It is also raises many questions on our mind. For why are those children still thinkking the way shown by the video. Is society so blind as to think things have changed. We have a long way to go until we have faced this issue and have come to terms with ourseleves and with others.
I was shocked that all the kids picked the white baby over the black baby. I think that because the kids were so quick in their decition, they didnt hesitate. It shows that they allready had the idea of who was the good and bad doll was. I tihnk that the media plays a part in this because they don't have many black heros in movies.
I was shocked every time the kids chose the white doll because they believed that the white doll was the good doll and that one girl thought that the black doll was the bad doll. This is very scary to think about because it shows how those children feel about themswelves and possibley their self-esteem because of the society where they live.
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