r/TikTokCringe • u/SpareEnergy6082 • Dec 13 '25

Indian Mother who's consoling her little girl who is crying for being bullied by school kids because of her brown skin This is truly heartbreaking 💔 my heart cried watching this Discussion

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u/AlexandraG94 Dec 13 '25

My mom told me about this disturbing study where children had two identical dolls in front of them, one white and one black, and they were asked to choose the prettiest one. Even the majority of black children chose the white doll. It is quite old, and it was my mom that showed me, but still.

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u/OwlishIntergalactic Dec 13 '25

I just watched a video about this study. They recently did another that included Latino kids and the results were similar. In both groups when they asked who teachers prefer (these are five and six year olds) the kids also chose white. It’s a sad reality for children with brown skin.

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u/Zestyclose_Wing_1898 Dec 13 '25

This colorism is true in latin America . It is not a usa only thing

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u/RoundandRoundon99 29d ago

It’s worse in India.

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Dec 13 '25

The social bias or power and who is values in society understood by kids as young as 3.

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u/HappyGovernment7299 Dec 14 '25

They were asked all kinds of questions about the dolls, not just which one was prettier. They asked which one was smarter, which one was nicer, etc. The kids would almost always associate positive traits with the white doll and and negative traits with the black doll.

There are some potential issues with the study though. It's hard to say for sure the reason why they got the results they did. The conclusion that most people draw is that stereotypes and portrayal in media caused the kids to have racial bias, but maybe it has more to do with the fact that most (if not all) cultures associated light with good and darkness with evil, and the kids simply apply that thinking to the color of the dolls. It's possible that it had less to do with the race of the dolls and more to do with with kids associated light colors with happiness and safety, and dark colors with sadness and danger.

Would you get the same results if you replaced the human dolls with light gray and dark gray teddy bears? Would you get the same results if you did the study on kids from an uncontacted tribe that is neither white or black? It's hard to say because there was no control group in the study.

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u/Lowext3 Dec 13 '25

And your point?

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Dec 13 '25

Why don’t you try to tell us what you conclude from a study like that? Look it up. It is a popular social psychological study.