Thursday, February 01, 2007

Brenda Had a Baby 2007

Kiri Davis film 'A Girl Like Me'









Kiri Davis film 'A Girl Like Me' explores a subject explored by Brown vs Board Education, Eyes on the Prize, and Tupac in a film that needs all recognition it is getting. Kiri Davis , 17, from Urban Academy put out this film after learning about the original experiment with Black Children and Dolls conducted in the 1960s. Her film examines the 1954 test Kenneth Clark used in the Brown vs Board Education Case. Showing Black Dolls and White Dolls to Black Children and just asking questions. These studies have been explored as the ongoing psychological affects of Slavery, and ongoing negative images portrayed in culture and institutions against people of color. The darker you are the badder you are.... if you black get back, if you white you alright... Please view the two features as we celebrate African Awareness Month. Peace, and 2 fingas fo now.

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