Subconscious racial bias in children

Anderson Cooper details a 7th grader whose answers to similar scenarios differ depending on the race of the characters.

[@itsmeagainmargaret.1899]

How did that first girl NOT realize what she was being tested on?? I think it was set up.

[@zeon1048]

Lec24 i agree

[@nyoom2062]

It's not really that hard to pick up on, they weren't rigged of anything those were her answers. Don't try to make up an excuse for her bias, it's just something her parents have to deal with.

[@mnazari942]

She thinks it is fine to be a racist.

[@Fuar11]

HAWTHORNE EFFECT

[@xiarose9312]

Why just ‘that first girl’ all of them did it

[@poison7743]

That first one isn't subconscious rasicm...That's just straight up racism. She's old enough to know what she is saying and to realize that she said the exact opposite when the picture was reversed

[@jamesmitchell8398]

Peyton affirmative action, minority scholarships, pandering to minorities is straight up racism.

[@thegeekygamer-gamingandlet2245]

She must have been paid

[@mnifai6370]

Peyton it’s fake (scripted)

[@moreJesusplz]

Peyton I agree

[@pedrotalavera3541]

who would want accept money for being racist? that could get her in trouble with other people in school, even her friends exc....and why would her parents allow that?

[@joe8377]

This makes no sense. How could these kids, especially the older ones, not get what those questions were alluding to? The moment the lady pulled out the second picture and asked the exact same question, I would have been like oh, I know exactly what you're trying to do here, and that would have affected my answer.

[@Christian92177]

That would have affected your answer. You would have then tried to hide the fact that you're a racist.

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@Christian92177 agreed

[@Sesca026]

She wasn’t shown those pictures back to back. It was actually a lengthy process.

[@VindulaP]

I think the girl was kind of low IQ, any average person would have figured out what's going on.

[@rosathorne3195]

What? How is that even fucking possible?! How did she not notice they were exactly the same picture?!

[@chocopie8938]

Ikr

[@EliteAaron]

Scripted

[@smurfvolvo]

It's called acting...

[@moiselles3339]

Scripted or she is a hard core racist or dumb asf

[@moiselles3339]

Its possible the girl is used to her family and community saying negative comments about black people and saying positive comments about white people even when its false and its now second nature for her to twist stories in order to paint a good picture about white people. She might have been in a similar position or seen similar situations as the the scenarios she was given and white people were always put across as the good guys and black people as bad.

[@leaddust5539]

That first girl had to be paid or something. No one that age can answer questions like that without stoping to think. Anyone her age would no know what they were referring to when they were comparing the two photos.

[@bryanconor8916]

+Lead Dust Did you see the part where they said no matter the demographic that they identify with their race more positively?

[@brookebee3614]

Lead Dust exactly lol she has to be faking.

[@pyroblast3000]

Ah good ole stupid denial...

[@halasimov1362]

right she didn't suspect anything with the news crew either? This is propaganda to divide us and try to create a racism narrative.

[@jamiejewell6890]

No she just knows how blacks are period . Least she won't be dating a black guy like who ever is behind pushing all this bullshit that is still going on. Geez change the record

[@MB-mh6kc]

That was weird. Felt fake

[@mariangg2298]

Yes

[@Teddymwenda]

but real

[@Gringle_]

Not to mention Anderson Cooper interned two summers at the CIA and has no formal journalistic training

[@Be1smaht]

Suuuuuure. Don’t address the issues just deny deny right?

[@hydrawolf601]

@@Be1smaht yeah ok suure that's that's happening here /s

[@zenoplanets7868]

racism is not the problem. the problem is the american education system because that girl is WAY behind

[@hannahquinn2060]

+Zeno Planets lol

[@dhananjayrele6330]

Zeno Planets American youth plane just lost cabin pressure because of education system... gott mit uns...

[@potcha]

I wouldn't mind being behind that girl

[@jennyoyster5054]

Zeno Planets I’m dyinggggg.....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@briannamiagymnasts6408]

Zeno Planets lol

[@bailmasterflex]

It's so blatant what they're trying to do that you'd think the kids would have caught on. They get dumber every year.

[@jg4369]

@Qais Hijazi I cant tell if you're joking or not, CNN has no credibility

[@wmn4556]

Bailmaster Flex welllll, many years ago there was slavery, so really I think they are getting smarter

[@multi-mason]

@Qais Hijazi seriously? They have no credibility, and they don't mind going deeper into negative credibility with virtually all of their videos. It's not one video, they do not provide legitimate news ever. Mainstream news is nothing but theater staged to push social agendas. Yes they sometimes chery pick certain events that might have actually occurred, provided they can shape their theatrical narratives around the event, but you can not even trust that, because they absolutely will fabricate events from whole cloth if it suits them, because the worst case for them is that they'll have to produce a retraction, which won't get shared as widely and few will ever even notice.

[@raphaeloyebanji6173]

Facts

[@just4funlive4eva]

no fucking way... she got the same exact thing back to fucking back and the story changed?!!?!!?!?!?! I refuse to believe this is real. to help me sleep at night I have to refuse that this is real

[@andrewoid4711]

Sefa Kolubah are you not listening to the video

[@koolkids6709]

It is real

[@rolloq3741]

The black child did the same thing... we are all racist

[@heartofvirginia4877]

No white people are racist. White people make the majority of the media that we watch, teach in our schools, etc. so they hold the power to show the bad and good of different groups of people (mostly bad for black people!!)

[@scj3188]

She's just racist like 99% of white people.

[@turtlees1223]

How was the 1st girl so unaware ?😂?😂?

[@yesimtakeoffcantstopmenow2663]

She was raised like that

[@user-sc8zj9sr5w]

@@someguy4046 You are basically racist for assuming that.

[@suddenlywat]

Because it's fake.

[@ignoraomeucomentario7043]

@@user-sc8zj9sr5w wtf

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@user-sc8zj9sr5w dumbass

[@jnyerere]

The first girl didn't even twitch in changing the meaning of the second picture. Straight up CONSCIOUS racism. As for the others, there's hope for them in their implicit biases.

[@Fuar11]

Aversive racism.

[@smurfvolvo]

It's called acting...

[@angelrobison2434]

smurfvolvo nope, her parents wouldn’t of let that aired. She would have told her parents if they made her say something. Don’t make an excuse for racism..

[@bricology]

"Straight-up FAKE", you mean.

[@EthanMurer915]

The fact that she riding even consider it make it obvious it was scripted. Most people when dealing with a question like that would stutter or think about their answer.

[@WiseAilbhean]

I can’t believe the family actually agreed to show their faces. That was very shocking to watch that teenage not realize AS SHE WAS DOING IT that she was looking at the same picture scenario and she came with 2-different scenarios. I looks at those picture and I think: The ppl dropped their own money or found it and nothing more can be said. shame on that family.

[@KobeBean0824-f2o]

Who ever listened to their parents

[@antonioanchondo8488]

From the look of your picture you didnt😂

[@MinecraftTimeStudios]

next thing you know the parents of the first girl where like wholy shit they are asking us lets just say we aren't racist

[@fghhgztcjvjvtxxx6946]

Stop trying to sin Jesus is king

[@angieknoch2129]

I wonder what could happen if they tested a bi racial child

[@joshwim8]

LOL. I think in the tensed atmosphere of this comments section, you're post has definitely lightened the mood.

[@angieknoch2129]

I agree on that

[@jasmineartis5754]

The child will be on the side of the race they look more like.

[@chris-dd6uq]

Have you ever been on Xbox Live? These white kids are out of control

[@AikoMonsimutaGamauri]

So true they are so mean

[@MarinoSesh420]

Back in my day we would handle this on MW2 in rust. 1 v 1 Quickscopes >:)

[@lovasz1084]

No because pc master race.

[@evonithepotato2007]

***** okay what ever floats your boat believe what you want.

[@evonithepotato2007]

***** whatever dude

[@DrH4x0rZ]

I honestly think that broadening the schools and people they interview for this kind of study is important. I've gone to a very racially diverse school since I was young. I am Hispanic and some of the classmates I talk to regularly are of all different races and come from all over. To give and example in one class there's Vietnamese, Serbian, Indian, Jordanian, Mexican, Jewish, White and Black students all coexisting and completely in are sense color blind. This racism does exist but I think there needs to be a study in a school that is a good example of color-blindness and racial acceptance. Also racism is not white and black there's so much more to it that is never discussed.

[@blazesoul]

):C This makes me so angry, how can the first girl not see that the people were basically switched around in the picture. Oh wait never mind she could see it, nobody could be that STUPID. She looks older than me by a few years. She might even be older than me and yet I can easily figure out that the pictures are SWITCHED. UGH some people disgust me....

[@andrewoid4711]

Xcorgi How? In the video he was saying that black or white the kids were more likely to say that the girl or boy of their own race would do a good thing

[@sockpocketpre-alpha8258]

Blazesoul it’s scripted.

[@Fuar11]

except that's not what this is saying... it's saying there's a SUBCONSCIOUS bias. That doesn't mean that White people are VOLUNTARILY racist.

[@PrincessAshley12]

@@Xcorgi Can you give proof that this was scripted or staged by CNN?

[@multi-mason]

@@Fuar11 this is not even a remotely reasonable test for "subconscious" bias. Everything about this, along with every narrative shaped by mainstream media, is so shockingly dubious, that the only subconscious bias being revealed is the psychologicaly conditioned acceptance of pure nonsense by the indoctrinated mind control victims who believe this irrational theater of the absurd is in any way legitimate. Seriously, if you believe anything as presented by mainstream media, then you have a subconscious bias against critical thought.

[@comelearnsomali4511]

Don't ask: "Why her perception differed based on their color?" Ask: "What made her differ her response between the two?" This opens for more open... questioning, as opposed to assumption. Anybody get what I am trying to say.

[@katelynnfebruary2047]

True

[@celiasmith8662]

Stop trying to make excuses for her racial prejudice. Even if you are implying that she could have had a bad experience with a black person, that doesn't justify stereotyping all black ppl. And id it was the case of negative experince, why would she switch her response in the second scenario and say that she thinks it would be ok for the two to be friends. Well I guess her fear' or negative impact soon went away pretty quickly then!

[@7lawaneeena]

Yes i agree

[@MavestaVestaro]

Did the white girl say the black girl (on the picture) wud steal that money&the white one wud return it? Lol

[@-Blissed-]

Nudah Not Verified it texting stop bein a troll

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@-Blissed- dumbass

[@dianapuebla2125]

Regardless of THIS video being fake or staged it is still a teachable opportunity for our children. Most forms of racism are learned and instilled at a subconscious level. When my daughter started school she became instant friends with a very sweet girl from India. One day she came home devastated and crying because she had been told by other children in the class to not play with that little girl anymore because she was dirty. At first I thought they meant dirty as in unclean but then my daughter said they meant dirty as in her skin color was dark. This broke my heart and I took it as a teaching opportunity to explain to my daughter that there's beauty in every color.

[@medicusofthedamned]

That’s not subconscious. They are consciously making an effort to be racist. They might not know that it’s racist but if children are stupid enough not to know the difference between being dirty and having dark skin then the education system needs to be improved.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

It's propaganda. Social science is pseudoscience. It's leading nonsense and there are also a thousand other reasons for the disparity which aren't muh racism. For example, the kids could be imagining themselves in the picture if the individual looks like them and projecting their own narcissistic belief that they're good onto the image. You'd probably find the same disparity if you changed their hair colours. And you'd definitely find the same disparity if you changed their sexes-- males are deemed much more "bad" in most scenarios. But that doesn't fit the agenda.

[@SHAMSHAM1090]

What? Staged by who?

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

"YOU DAD!, I learned it from watching you!!"

[@haileyparsons3844]

Yeah I was watching that and the mother’s reaction caught me off guard, because it sounded so geunine and angry. Then I saw the father and I went Oh that’s where she gets it from

[@Opinionatedguy1989]

What I saw were two pictures of two women returning money to the ones that dropped the money. Both sets of women looked like clean cut individuals. Now if one looked like a drug addict, I'd be more concerned.

[@judy9720]

😂😂😂

[@Opinionatedguy1989]

@@judy9720 it is kinda funny. Nice profile pic.

[@AshleyCarey]

Race is a real thing, and racial and cultural differences need to be embraced and celebrated-- not ignored.

[@NinurtaIshtar1994]

Race is an ideological construct. It is not a real thing.

[@harmonyofnature4747]

I feel like responses would change based on the race of the interviewer asking the questions

[@celiasmith8662]

The reason why a white interviewr was asked is because it would ilicit a more honest answer, as if the interviewer was black the true color of the white girl (pun not intended) wouldn't have been revealed.

[@Thebeautiful11]

Mikalaya's dad looks like, "Damn, I told that child not to say stuff like that in public!"

[@Mariamakeup101]

I'm south Asian and I'm pretty sure my response would have been the same for both situations

[@Madness13371]

It is funny how there isn't someone commenting on this calling you an Arabic terrorist or something, this comment section is full of nazis

[@amaka637]

mad ness True! :/

[@Madness13371]

Ciara Majesty Nice pic btw

[@amaka637]

mad ness Ah thank you kind one! :D

[@Madness13371]

Ciara Majesty you welcome, didnt know that i can be kind just for giving my simple opinion.

[@tellyjr100]

A black couple returned my wallet to me at my home. I had no idea I lost it.

[@tellyjr100]

@@UncleTom854-bm5lvI hope you at least got a nut out of it

[@kryptoidkatt]

Honestly thought both races where doing bad things and that both races hated each other... I guess I just view the whole human race as evil... Figures.

[@Xcorgi]

This was FAKE. The whole thing was staged by liberal CNN to portray ALL WHITES as psychotic hateful racists. There's no way in hell this would happen in REAL LIFE. It was totally scripted.

[@bify1913]

@@Xcorgi they never said it was all whites and they never said psychotic or hateful it was probably scripted but CNN has better things to do if you dont believe its real go outside and survey people and post on youtube :)

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@bify1913 dumbass

[@soupbowl1]

It's really sad that the teenager saw each situation differently. I really couldn't see their faces well, but personally I would check how they looked, and then said either 1) They're stealing the money or 2) giving it back to the girl who dropped it, regardless of the skin color.

[@doogoo3844]

Here's an example that illustrates why psychology should not be considered a science: At 1:45 for picture #1 the question was asked "what do you think HAPPENED..." Then at 1:52 for picture #2 the question was asked "what do you think is GONNA HAPPEN NEXT". Upshot: If test givers use leading questions like these the test results will be skewed.

[@RobinFlysHigh]

Doo Goo Good point.

[@paule.4563]

You know your Statistics👍🏿👍🏿

[@ScrubLordKyle]

Psychology should be a science in every right but I do think that the different wording would have effected things

[@StevenSenjaya]

I think that was the trick to make the participants doesn't realize that it's the same picture

[@-hitkidznotjuulz-6054]

But what if they showed the second one first....

[@iMsOiNsO]

That girl know she aibt that warped.....! This gotta b staged lol. She's like 16

[@user-fz8fz1cg1r]

They just said that she goes to 7th grade

[@fistybaby9489]

She’s 12 lol

[@hexrohexro]

I'm proud to be black! - said an african I'm proud to be brown! - said a mexican I'm proud to be white! - said a racist

[@lilpumpforliiife8598]

Je Suis Infidel Racist

[@21area21]

Said like a true infidel! I could not be prouder.

[@onyiiilo378]

I am proud to be racist, says the OP!

[@Craigthellama]

I don't know if they separated these tests over time or what but this seems PRETTY FUCKING OBVIOUS.

[@Hypocricy_rules_supreme]

I would love for her to watch this video in a couple of years and just marvel at her brilliant performance

[@ryanharvin3493]

Why do you go to the parents asking them about their child and the results of discovered racism?? If the parents haven't taught them by that age about racism and how all people are different and shouldn't be judge based on the color of their skin, then it's most likely that she learns it from her parents.

[@bria3280]

2019??? ANY1???

[@blackpinkblinkfam7197]

How are y’all calling it fake but the black kids also did the same thing? Everyone reacted to their race being more positive

[@FARAventz]

How did she pass grade 3-?

[@RDaniels28]

This was a great video. This happened to me and I still deal with it at times. Brainwashing of our subconscious minds...starting at a very young age.

[@BaileyGianniniTalks]

How is racism taught because I was taught to except people for who they are on the inside not the outside.

[@IsaacJob846]

When the topic of racism comes under discussion, it is really important to highlight the difference between explicit racism, and implicit racism. Most American whites are not explicitly racist, however most ARE implicitly racist. Having implicit biases does not necessarily make one a bad person, they are simply a product of wider societal biases. Much progress has been made in stomping out the explicit manifestations of racism, however the implicit manifestations are far more complex and will take several generations to overcome. When viewed from a purely historical perspective, it was only just yesterday that segregation came to an end; you cannot undo three hundred plus years of discrimination within a few decades.

[@raytas9140]

What are these tests called?

[@AwSnapTV]

Man this hits hard, especially with everything going on right now.

[@violetttrose]

What type of people are these children around? I've never been racially biased...this is unacceptable. Wow.

[@blackmist12345678]

When I was in 7nth grade I was more mature in my thought process than this. Kinda find it hard to believe. Seems scripted.

[@ainegun2193]

doesnt it depend on which they show first at least a little bit?

[@scanticmediatv]

I'm great 11 years later and nothing has got any better

[@BobTheTrueCactus]

So... 25% saw their own race more positive than the other race. How about the other 75%? There are only 3 choices after all (same, positive or negative). And how did they make sure that the result is not just a coincidence? How many tests were there and were the answers consistently in favor of one race? And look at this boy at 2:02 he almost sound like he's just guessing and not really having an opinion about it. So after his first answer is "not ok" and he basically gets the same question again, just with a different picture, he might simply think that another answer is "the right one" now. What I mean is: When asking more than one question, the asked questions can influence the answers to other questions. Did they really make sure that this didn't happen? I'm not saying that their results are not "correct"... but there are many factors that can massively influence (and distort) the outcome.

[@Ahmuh312]

Race definitely played a part

[@BobTheTrueCactus]

BeenBallin MG How do you know?

[@MarinoSesh420]

He's black. He gets easily offended. As for me, i get what you're saying. Also why do most people in general not just from a white's perspective see blacks as they would do something bad? I say they did this to them selfs if it's gotten to this point that people think that way. Just saying....

[@yaadapaah7851]

This really scares me

[@EntertheBlackDragon]

This is what people think about themselves vs. other people. This test and exam needs to be standardized in every level of education from k - 12 and beyond. Only then when you identify the problem can you begin to deal with the issue of bias.

[@eviirose6433]

how did the first girl not realise what was happening in the pictures and how they rare elated

[@sugarkiss1000]

There's so many things that are wrong with this test! 1) of course the younger kids are going to chose the picture that looks like them. 2) dark colors are usually Serbs as bad for example most younger kids are afraid to sleep in the dark 3) they should focus on the physical features more, most pple are attracted to a variety of things like full lips, big eyes, long nose, button nose, long hair/short hair, cheek bones etc 4) the first girl was just plain stupid, I know most younger kids answered based on what their parents say but at such an old age you should be able to think for yourself plus her parents seemed completely fake

[@harleyquinn2175]

Sugar Kiss 1) even if that is true, why would a white person say black is bad, ugly, dumb etc. for no reason? 2) Yo must be a fucking moron if you ascociate sun and shade with racial preference

[@reedabrat1165]

@sugar kiss you sound dumb

[@Keke-yx9lp]

Bull shit

[@moblacker]

Wow, that will be a fun talk when she gets home.

[@patrick9440]

IF THIS IS HOW THEY FEEL, WHO ARE WE TO SAY THEY ARE WRONG. PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT WITHOUT BEING TOLD THEY ARE WRONG.

[@Masterpsflood]

I truly cannot believe that these kids answered like they did organically, there is no way they are so foolish not to see what was going on.

[@chikenzie3656]

We aren't born knowing how to discriminate against others... We have to be carefully taught and that's one thing that all races have succeeded in doing.

[@Rachel_M_]

This is more "conscious" than "subconscious" racial bias. Michaela is old enough to k ow what shes saying.

[@alphonse8144]

aye whats her @?

[@1krazmf851]

2:30 dad looks guilty like shit we busted.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Beautiful girl, with the most filthy soul. It's such a travesty.

[@emeraldowl3704]

so theyre only shaming the white kid xD

[@saintejeannedarc9460]

Of course, and the white parents. This is the usual.

[@shilahpuppers7097]

The report said all racial groups contained bias. I think this issue is based on lack of empathy.

[@cocospaniel1040]

idk if im overreacting, but some legit assumed i was LATINA and spoke a bit of spanish to me and i was VERY confused. i was kind of offended too..

[@limalima6037]

The heart of the person overrides any subconscious bulljive.

[@Ifclocksdidntexist1]

They learn from their own life experience!

[@Njderig]

Am I the only one that finds this absolutely hilarious?

[@Thatb-yk8cw]

The first girl got me so triggered saying that the black girl was stealing the money

[@donjindra]

So why didn't CNN interview the parents of the black girl who was also biased?

[@yurireyes182]

Honestly... it does not matter what race you are. If you see twenty dollars on the floor, you are going to take them.

[@CheesecakeCaptain]

That's meant to be a legit study? Bullshit. You can work out the true intentions of the study straight away, with a little common sense, so i would say these answers are "put on" for an ulterior motive. Or it could be Demand Characteristics.

[@cullenincorporated2672]

well I think that in this video they only showed the influenced kids I'm pretty sure that there were kids who treated the pictures the same but they only showed the bad ones

[@Fuar11]

Tried to tell this to my sociology teacher and she shut me down and said that I was racist.... bruh

[@2065Dragonslayer]

I love the parents act, it was kind of believable

[@saberskid34]

Funniest thing i've seen in a while, Thanks CNN....never disappoints.

[@emmanuelr710]

The 25% get it from their parents. Kids are unfiltered thoughts of their parents.

[@savageblack735]

Ive seen many studies like this and people do see the same situation differently based on race. Even with adults

[@dkelly9053]

Wow good job to CNN for the positive work done on this. It is an eye opener never to judge others by the skin color but by the character. I believe that if this approach was being done by many countries the world will be a better place and so much good can be done when one learn to eliminate segregation in races and focus on eliminating descriminating behaviors. Racism is a learnt behaviors it was never in ate. The underlined truth we are all connected by blood whether we accept it or deny.

[@TheSpitfire2207]

things they learn from school, or home, OR FUCKING CNN

[@macaryl95]

This is interesting but stupid. Even when I was their age, I could see the photos are inconclusive. It is pretty obvious. Either scenario could go either way. Either the other person helps or they are causing distress. Though regardless of race, because of my experience, I would say most people lean toward helping themselves and/or being jerks.

[@jaydizzyfrfr5670]

I am black but I am really happy too see that those parents were ready to have those talks with her child

[@MinnesotaBenBurns]

What the hell this is fake

[@indiajade7184]

Wow🤦🏽‍♀️

[@SeizeTheMoment1000]

rather than making kids aware of racism, it's about teaching them to operate from the standpoint of race unity. It's teaching them to see the glass half full too.

[@ThinkLascivious]

Watching this in 2018... nothing has change. 💯

[@xkennyx4335]

Wow this makes me mad

[@LordSantiagor]

Black kids were also biased in favor of their race? Hummm, contradiction in the mainstream.

[@doyouknowwhatithink6561]

Nope.

[@charnacharna3981]

Pay close attention!

[@BrianSapp945]

2:13. What’s even more surprising to me is why the parents are acting so surprised? Teens, let alone children, just don’t develop these implicit biases. They develop around dinner tables, while families are watching television, etc.

[@ThatNavyGuy]

Exactly

[@KobeBean0824-f2o]

Not in all cases kids almost never listen to their parents so it’s unrealistic to think that in all cases it’s learned behavior there are survivors of bad parenting that learn to make better choices or bad choices not all racists come from racist families that is simply just not true peers and social media have more influence than parents these days

[@thatonehispanic7982]

We need more parents like Mikaylas unlike other parents who will just ignore it and not see it as a big issue

[@pkizdabest]

She's a 7th grader? I swear you Americans look so much older than you actually are; the girl looks like she's at least a 10th grader.

[@diegowaahere]

One 7th grader in a video made you come to such a broad conclusion 😧

[@pkizdabest]

diegowaahere Even in many TV shows i seen, it's not an insult; just an observation.

[@caramelizedboi8832]

Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaged

[@mihills4168]

this should be used to "guage" someone's iq.or should it just show street smarts.

[@ashareeoo]

So crazy! I can't believe they assume she's stealing the money. I can see both ways they're going to hand them the money they had dropped, etc. How does skin colour make someone a thief or not? Insane!

[@IvanGoldBit]

I don't know why this test is so confusing to everybody let your emotion go forget about your emotions and analyze everything they do here. Analyze the children and try to analyze everything they say. Put yourself in their shoes, and get personal memories from your experience of living your life and what has happened with the different types of people you see around you how do they get treated. The answer is really simple, why the children say and do what they do, (It's a reflection of self ever since you were born and your parents looked at you they always told you you were the best you're the most prettiest you're perfect and you are special, but the people you believe in the people you trust and you know they would never do harm to you never say the same thing to another race and actually they say bad things about other races from a very young age? of course you're going to interpret other people other races to be bad, to steal, to be mean, to bully people. why it's simple because your parents never told you that other races, people are just like you, so if you don't know other races or people are just like you you're going to think they're different what does different usually mean well it can be interpreted in many ways specifically in bad ways if they aren't like you why? Because reflection of self. you were raised to be nice to the people around you, So what happened through the years that made you change ideas of people, it's simple your surroundings, meaning your family your mom and dad can change their ideas and beliefs as you get older and you get accustom to what they think and believe why because they're your parents and you look up to them for guidance, your friends, the entertainment you watch big effect on children kids don't go out to play as much anymore because of all the entertainment and and games that you have in your home in your house, TV, the ,Internet is another bad place if parents don't watch what their children are watching very big key why kids act the way they act, movies, even books, man even if you're able to read from a very young age 4 to 6 years and I don't know here's an EXAMPLE: You see a flyer or newspaper of a white man and a black man fighting from that very young age you can interpret that those two races don't like each other, subconsciously you're going to carry that with you the rest of your life without you really knowing why you think the way you think, when in all reality that newspaper or flyer you saw when you were four or six years old, and maybe you at that age maybe you couldn't read but you could see you had eyes to see images/picture of both men both different, You know what they say a picture can say a thousand words, When in all reality that newspaper or flyer you saw was a boxing match or a MMA fight for money not because they hated each other. They might even have been best friends those two men, they were just fighting to see who was the better fighter and of course for money. I hope you understand the point I tried to make there what I'm saying is children are very easy to influence, that's why from a very young age you have to be careful what you show them, what they can listen to and what you teach them, or else they're going to think different is bad, why because it's not like them, they can't see their own reflection they can't see themselves in the other person they don't look like them so that means they're not the same. And also they make so many of these episodes on television news because everything's a business and where a business is established it's going to try to make as much money as possible, sadly to say some companies don't care how they make their money as long as they make it, so that they can keep on making more episodes and more money,they are going to give you ideas why they think children discriminate each other and say the other is better than the other from a young age, hope it made sense I know it was a little bit long I didn't put all my thoughts and here either going to be way too long if i did.So I just made as short as possible.

[@afud1015]

She didn't even think twice when the pic was swapped, any person at her age would know how to maintain their images especially in front of the camera

[@mandieh4204]

I think Mckayla put a different spin on picture number two because she was not told she was right the first time. When the second picture happened with still the same scenario of dropped money, Mckayla probably thought oh crap maybe I rethink what is going on with the money finder. Maybe the money finder actually has good intentions.

[@JDD1217]

I find it very hard to believe she didn't notice the pictures we're the same just the races switched

[@pinklemonade6597]

How did she not notice they were exactly the same how old is she???

[@fabiotonto2310]

First girls perception is spot on. This is how it is in real life.

[@stellab3310]

This video made me sad. It was the same scenario but they had different skin colors and she described it so differently

[@springrollwang4441]

+Stella Barrett It's just subconscious reaction which gave different color people different intention in this case. Imagine if she grew up without noticing her strong bias, she might justify for whatever wrong thought she has as reality. But if she can pay attention to her brain, and see her conclusion doesn't support fact, then this bias will disappeared in no time.

[@yeshuamcj546]

This happens in every culture...assumptions about others seems to be the common platform which in terms can turn into tensions towards them.

[@ya.thegoat8795]

I once met a black man who when I asked, told me his biggest fear: *trees.*

[@achilles2743]

What does this even mean bro

[@nicolaikstaubo5387]

He must have fought in Vietnam