David,
When I first read "50 years and nothing has changed" the topic seemed to be wrong. The interviews with the teens was interesting but still did not change my view as I just counted it off as their perception.
But the re-inacted study of choosing a doll was an eye opener. My heart broke when I heard the questioon "Which doll is good, which doll is bad". When the child was asked why the doll was bad and he responded with "Because it is black", I saw the meaning of 50 years and nothing has changed.
If you know the statistics of peneal institutions you know the majority of the incarcerated are black. If they perceived themselves as bad that is what they became.
"We are what we think we are, not what others think we are nor what we think, others think we think we are".
don't know who said that but it rings true. Either Homer or Iliad, said "Know thyself"---Georgios will know who said that.
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