Can White Kids Grow Up To Be Black ?

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Can White Kids Grow Up To Be Black ?

 

Some Preschoolers Think So

 

ANN ARBOR (WWJ) – Can a person’s race change over time? No — but preschoolers seem to think so.

 

According to a University of Michigan study, white preschoolers often believe a person’s race can change over time, and the youngsters even think they can can grow up to become black adults.

 

Steven Roberts, a U-M doctoral student and the study’s lead author, said that although children may be aware of races other than their own, they don’t have a strong understanding of what race is — at least not to the degree of adults.

 

Roberts and colleague Susan Gelman, U-M professor of psychology and linguistics, examined the extent that children believed race was stable; that is, whether a black child would grow up to be a black adult.

 

The experiment included 74 children and 28 adults. Children were recruited in the Midwest at museums, and adults were recruited online.The data were collected between 2014 and 2015.

 

Researchers showed participants pictures of children who were happy or angry and black or white, and asked them to indicate which of two adults each child would grow up to be. One adult matched the child in emotion (but not race) and the other matched the child in race (but not emotion).

 

Participants could have chosen a same-emotion but different race match, or a same-race but different emotion match.

 

White adults, white 9- to 10-year-olds and racial minority 5- to 6-year-olds selected the same-race matches, which meant they believed, for instance, that a white child would grow up to be a white adult.

 

But white 5- to 6-year-olds showed a different pattern. They selected the same-emotion and same-race matches at equal rates, which meant they were not committed to the belief that race was stable.

 

“These data suggest that beliefs about racial stability vary by age and race, and that at an early age, children do not have strong beliefs about race. They don’t even believe that race is stable,” Roberts said in a statement.

 

“Because of this, white 5- to 6-year-olds may be less likely to use race as a way to discriminate against other children when selecting who to play with, for example.”

 

One possible reason underlying these differences could be experience. Roberts says black children might learn about racial differences at younger ages because of their exposure to more racial diversity, whereas their white peers might not get those experiences until they attend grade school.

 

This research was funded by a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, and a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The findings appear in Developmental Psychology.

 

 

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/can-white-kids-grow-up-to-be-black-some-preschoolers-think-so/

 

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[jtmulc]

4 hours ago, CODYQX4 said:

SJW Bullshit at it's finest.

 

I see you didn't bother reading the article, just went for a knee-jerk reaction, otherwise you would have seen the first line which states:  (emphasis mine)

 

6 hours ago, humble3d said:

No — but preschoolers seem to think so.

 

It's a study on developmental psychology.  No need to get your panties in a bunch.

[BobDude]

11 hours ago, humble3d said:

Can a person’s race change over time? No — but preschoolers seem to think so.

What does that say about SJW's

[CODYQX4]

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[humble3d]

No worries... it is simply another manifestation of The Global Psychosis...    

[jtmulc]

On 6/1/2016 at 9:10 AM, CODYQX4 said:

We live in a society where SJWs encourage their 3-6 year old children to be whatever gender they blog about on Scumblr.

 

And.......?

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[jtmulc]

19 hours ago, CODYQX4 said:

PC culture means we must all accept insanity as normal or be shunned as bigoted treat people with respect.  It doesn't mean you have to agree with them, it doesn't mean you have to like them, but it does mean you have to play nice and be civil.

 

FTFY.  I work retail.  People of every age, shape, size, nationality, religion, skin color, income strata, sexual preference, and gender identity come to my store.  Frankly, there are some I don't like at all, but each one, regardless of how aggravating they may be, deserves (and gets) the same high level of customer service.  Yes, that's what is in the Corporate handbook, but it's just good business.  I'm there to sell stuff, why would I alienate customers?

 

Take this forum.  It's a pretty diverse bunch.  Assuming people are honest on their profiles, I see posters from all over the world.  Our forum works because we have a set of community guidelines which essentially boil down to "be respectful and civil to the mods and your fellow nsaners".  You don't see the Iranians here chanting "DEATH TO THE GREAT SATAN¹" likewise I don't call any French visitors "cheese eating surrender monkeys²" because that would be rude and disrespectful.

 

1.  It actually means "Death to the Great Deceiver".  No offense to any Iranians, I just like the phrase.

2.  Again, no disrespect for France or its people, I just find the phrase itself funny

 

20 hours ago, CODYQX4 said:

Just wait until you have to interact with a quadgendered transpecies wolfkin.

 

Well, my old college roommate just got back from getting sex reassignment surgery in Thailand and my city has hosted Anthrocon for the past 10 years, so it's getting pretty hard to shock me.

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