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>> there has been, it seems, progress. >> there are other studies on biracial and mixed racial kids as well. it shows that sometimes they are doing just fine. and they can pick the best of both worlds. but many of them feel caught in a double bind. as long as theyre in an integrated environment, they are fine. but if theyre in a mostly white or mostly black environment, they feel pressured to be not white enough or black enough. this isnt a problem, it doesnt affect those kids as well. >> there ...

Cultural factors that kids grew up with. again, i go back to my years of the paperback test. anderson, i knew as a kid that i was black. often my grandmother would tell me, dont go outside, because youll get black on -- well, im black. they were afraid i would become too black. >> the paper bag test -- >> some blacks could not get into nightclubs because they were too dark. the light erskine, yellow, cream, they had -- we knew they had better advantages than darker skinned black people. we knew ...

That plaque kids still have something of a white bias. >> again, it wasnt surprising, but a little shocking. given, again, the innate cultural factors that kids grew up with. again, i go back to my years of the paper bag test. anderson, i knew as a kid that i was black. often my grandmother would tell me, dont go outside, because youll get black on -- well, im black. whats wrong? they were afraid i would become too black. >> the paper bag test -- >> people would actually hold up a brown paper ba...