For Young White Children, Language Trumps Race in Defining an Adult’s Identity : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

For Young White Children, Language Trumps Race in Defining an Adult’s Identity : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: "In an interesting experiment conducted at the University of Chicago, children ages 5 and 6, were shown video images and vocal recordings of a child and two adults. The children were asked, “Which adult will the child grow up to be?” In the images shown to the children, one adult matched the racial appearance of the child. The other adult matched the language spoken by the child. In no instance did the adults match both the child’s language and racial appearance."

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