she would just need to know that the people who matter know who she is and the people who matter love her, and the people who matter are not those people. >> and she is beautiful. >> yes. she is amazing. >> doing a great job so far >> reporter: in 2012 we conducted another study about children's attitudes on race including kids as early as 13. >> take that seat there. >> like jimmy. different than the subtle messages that brielle described, jimmy's experiences were far more overt. >> yeah, like this morning it was saying racist jokes. >> okay. and what were some of the jokes? >> how do you get a black person down from the tree. yeah. you cut the rope. that one. i didn't find that very funny. i didn't find none of them funny. >> reporter: this is jimmy today. he moved to los angeles after high school to pursue a career in dancing. >> i think about that time in particular from 2012 until now.