Dark Girls is a 2012 documentary film by American filmmakers Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry, it also reports on a new version of the 1940s black doll experiment by who, which were African-American psychologists who as a married team conducted important research among children and were active in the Civil Rights Movement?
Dark Girls Dark Girls is a 2012 documentary film by American filmmakers Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. It documents colorism based on skin tone among African Americans, a subject still considered taboo by many black Americans. The film contains interviews with notable African Americans including Viola Davis. It also reports on a new version of the 1940s black doll experiment by Kenneth and Mamie Clark, which proved that black children had internalized racism by having children select a white or a black doll (they typically chose white) based on questions asked. In the updated version, black children favored light-skinned dolls over dark-skinned dolls.
Bessie Blount Griffin Bessie Virginia Blount (November 24, 1914 – December 30, 2009) was a physical therapist, inventor, and forensic scientist also known by her married name, Bessie Blount Griffin.