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>> black. >> is it okay to be black? >> yes. yes, she's beautiful. >> reporter: before the doll test, laura thought age 5 was too young to talk about race. now she feels age 3, she's already missed opportunities with her daughter who is showing signs that worry her. >> i was like, look, eleanor, these three women are black and they're doing ballet and she's like, no, just this one. there are three. she already has preconceived notions already. just as simple as pointing it out, i think, is a good start. for sure. here it comes. >> reporter: while a tough thing to go through, she said her invol...

These three women are black and they're doing ballet and she's like, no, just this one. already at 3. she already has preconceived notions already. just as simple as pointing it out, i think, is a good start. for sure. here it comes. >> reporter: while a tough thing to go through, she said her involvement in the doll test started conversations on race with family, friends, even colleagues. >> you've got to talk about it. it will be uncomfortable for people. but that's where the real learning takes place. in the discomfort of it all. >> reporter: and she'll continue to fight all stereotypes -- ...

I think that there is more behind that, but that is so far what he has told me, and every time i ask him, it is the same answer. >> everyone in my school are white. they have different eyes. eye color. >> reporter: molly says that marcus' doll test has started broader conversations on race with 14-year-old malik, and he admitted that he went through a phase where he thought it would be easier to be white. >> at my middle school, i would be called a cracker or the n-word, and that kind of got on my nerves, too. yeah, it kind of sucked. >> reporter: molly says that while she has experienced prej...

They have different eyes. eye color. >> reporter: molly says that marcus' doll test has started broader conversations on race with 14-year-old malik, and he admitted that he went through a phase where he thought it would be easier to be white. >> at my middle school, i would be called a cracker or the n-word, and that kind of got on my nerves, too. yeah, it kind of sucked. >> reporter: molly says that while she has experienced prejudice because of her biracial kids, she can only teach them so much. >> i have never been called a name because of the color of my skin, and i am hoping that that is...

>> because that is my fair color, of white. >> that is what he told me. i think that there is more behind that, but that is so far what he has told me, and every time i ask him, it is the same answer. >> everyone in my school are white. they have different eyes. eye color. >> reporter: molly says that marcus' doll test has started broader conversations on race with 14-year-old malik, and he admitted that he went through a phase where he thought it would be easier to be white. >> at my middle school, i would be called a cracker or the n-word, and that kind of got on my nerves, too. yeah, it kin...