In his sermon Sunday, Pastor Allen referred to a famous experiment by Dr. Kenneth Clark in which black children consistently chose a white doll over a black doll as the one that was "pretty," "good," or "intelligent." Later his findings were cited in the Brown v. Board of Education hearings, which brought about school integration in the U.S.
Interestingly, the experiment was recapitulated in 2006 by a young African American teenager in New York City, Kiri Davis. Her results showed that attitudes among children of color are not much different now than they were then. You can see a synopsis of her experiment here.
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