PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE: Young student's documentary leaving audiences stunned

[terip64]

Please send this to everyone you know. It is so important!!

http://www.komotv.com/home/video/5001856.html?video=YHI&t=a

Young student's documentary leaving audiences stunned

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.

http://www.komotv.com/home/video/5001856.html?video=YHI&t=a

[Wheezy]

1. K & R

I've seen this. I think the actual 7-minute film is on YouTube somewhere. Very powerful and horrible. Kudos to the 17-year-old girl who made this documentary.

[volstork]

2. Powerful!

I remember seeing the film from the 50s in my college psychology class. Shocking to see how little has changed in half a century....

[annabanana]

3. Damn.. . Just, damn.

That is so very very sad. There is so much that still needs to be done. NO child should ever identify a doll that looks like them as "the bad doll". It just makes me cry that this is apparently still the case.

k&r for visibility.

[annabanana]

4. You should cross-post this to GD. . It needs to be seen.. . .n/t

[Ezlivin]

5. K & R

Power to the people.

Anyone else think that these sort of documentaries really give power to the people?

Go Kiri!

[mntleo2]

6. I just watched it.

...and as a white person raising my 20 month old African American/White grand-niece, it struck me in the gut. I looked around my house for dollies ~ and I am sad to say, though I never bought any of them, all of them were given to her and my granddaughter (also mixed white/Mexican/Puerto Rican) they are all white dolls. I am going to go out this week and buy a black doll, and then I am going to hold and cuddle her as I used to do with my niece and granddaughter and show them that dolly is beautiful and a good doll too ~just like they are.

Cat In Seattle

[terip64]

8. She is so lucky to have you! n/t

[wryter2000]

7. How disturbing

I certainly would have thought this would have changed.

[index555]

9. disturbing indeed

While I MIGHT be able to understand it if the child was raised in an abusive environment, the only explanation I can think of for this would be excessive media exposure.
Has any research been done on the actual reasons for this?