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Tonight on "360" gulf oil cleanup supervisor charged are raping one of his employees. he is a registered sex ochbdser. did anyone do any background checks on those people hired? people swept away in raging floodwaters, homes destroyed, sweptd away like that. 1/5 of the country under water. a report from the flood zone. also tonight, the backlash over dr. lauras "n" word rant. 11 times she used the word. tonight, we go up close on race with more eye opening results on our pilot study on how eve...

Messages and adults in kids lives have to fight to override the deluge. black parents may be more diligent about that, while white parents may not notice the need. >> the messages are the same for all children, and therefore the task is the same for all parents, parents have to reframe what children experience. >> reporter: we realize these findings may be disturbing and that some people will question this projects conclusions. what stereotypical messages are being sent in a country that elected...

Youre watching a special "360" follow-up report, black or white, kids on race. through a pilot study we asked researchers to conduct we learned that overall both white and african-american kids display white bias. associating light skin with positive qualities and dark skin with negative qualities. even kids raised in biracial families or with parents with different race maze display white bias. this leaves many parents asking how can you detect warning signs your kid absorbed a biased view of r...

Already a convicted sex offender. somehow his criminal history was never looked into. no background check on him apparently was ever done. and he wasnt alone. how is it possible? were keeping him honest tonight. also head, dr. laura apologized for saying the "n" word several times on her show, but some are calling for a boycott. we go in depth on race with new details on a pilot study we commissioned, a surprising finding of what kids, even young ones, think of race and skin color and how you as...

You will remain ♪ ♪ my stardust melody a memory of loves refrain ♪ >> larry: love you, willie. >> love you too. >> larry: willie nelson. right now it is "ac 360." thanks, larry. tonight the bp disaster, the oil is no longer flowing, but a new investigation uncovers allegations of a shocking crime, a supervisor hired to oversee beach cleanup operations is now accused of raping an employee. it turns out the supervisor was already a convicted sex offender. somehow his criminal history was n...

Child psychologist and university of chicago researcher dr. margaret beale spencer to design a pilot study for cnn and analyze the results. >> our children are always near us, you know, because were a society, and what we put out there, kids report back. and you ask the question, theyll give you the answer. >> reporter: spencers team tested more than 130 kids in eight schools with very different racial and economic demographics. half of the schools were in the north, half in the south. >> oh! ni...

Findings may be disturbing and that some people will question this projects conclusions. what stereotypical messages are being sent in a country that elected a black president? like all research projects, ours is not perfect. some kids were told ahead of time they would be told about race, some children identify one race, but came from biracial families, like this boy whose mother is white. but professor spencer tells us these are common answers in research. to be clear this is a scientifically ...

Turn on hbo, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. i dont get it. if anybody without enough melon says it is a horrible thing, but when black people say it, it is affectionate. it is very confusing. dont hang up. i want to talk to you some more. dont go away. yeah, i think you too much sensitivity -- >> so its okay to say [ bleep ]. >> it depends how it is said. >> is it okay to say that word? >> it depends how it is said. black guys talking to each other ...

As youre about to see, the responses of african-american kids in the pilot study were just as revealing. >> ready, set, go. >> reporter: our second major finding, even black children as a whole have some bias toward whiteness. but far less than white children. >> show me the smart child. and why is she the smart child? >> because she is white. >> okay. show me the dumb child. and why is she the dumb child? >> because shes black. >> show me the ugly child. and why is she the ugly child? >> becaus...

Disturbing. >> we have been doing a whole pilot study on race and the kids viewing race and the take away from the study is that it is important to discuss race and have these conversations in the home. the caller actually raised an interesting point where her husbands friends come home and ask her about what do black people think about this and what do black people think about that, and it makes her uncomfortable. is that an inappropriate thing to ask? >> i think that in whatever contextt that ...