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>> reporter: these are questions that we along with cnn soledad psychogists hired by cnn spent months investiting through tests, interviews with children, and their parents. but there are questions that have been asked for decades. the first study ignited controversy in the 1940s when kenneth and mamie clark pioneered studies in the effects of segregation in schools by asking african-american kids to choose between black and white dolls. the so-called doll test found black kids overwhelmingly pr...

The skin color that most adults dont like. >> reporter: these are questions that we along with cnns soledad obrien and a team of psychologists hired by cnn spent months investigating through tests, interviews with children, and their parents. but they are questions that have been asked for decades. the first study ignited controversy in the 1940s when kenneth and mamie clark pioneered studies in the effects of segregation in schools by asking african-american kids to choose between black and whi...

>> show me the child who has the skin color most adults like. >> and show me the child who has the skin color that most adults dont like. >> reporter: these are questions that we along with cnn soledad obrien and a team of psychologists hired by cnn spent months investigating through tests, interviews with children, and their parents. but there are questions that have been asked for decades. the first study ignited controversy in the 1940s when kenneth and mamie clark pioneered studies in the ef...