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Is too young for your kids to learn about racism . One top new York City School is starting with children as young as 8 and some parents are outraged. Can racism be stopped in the third grade . But i want to begin this broadcast tonight with new developments in that deadly biker brawl. Cnns kyung lah live for us in waco this morning. Good evening, kyung. So many bikers charged from opposing gangs and each being held on 1 million bond. How are Law Enforcement, how are they handling these guys right now . Reporter well to quote the sheriff, line em up. Thats essentially what theyre doing. This i...

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Tells us he is quote, very proud of the program and what we're doing, though he declined to answer specifics. melanie killen is a developmental psychologist who prevents program focusing on children and race. she applauds progressive approaches to education, baaut has concerns. >> we are in a culture where we have people bi-racial, multi-racial different ethnic groups and it creates a somewhat of a false dichotomy, white, black, and if you have other categories it's sort of reinforcing that a little bit. >> a living lesson on race and the pitfalls of trying to do the right thing. jason carroll...

children were tested, and in addition to the 6-year-olds, the psychologist showed a similar set of pictures to 13-year-olds. at our request, they also asked kids open-ended questions about race to try to understand how it plays into their own lives. the responses were raw. some of the experiences they described were frankly shocking. this is the reality of what kids see, hear and think about race. listen. >> if you have the same skin, you can play together. but if you don't have the same skin, you can't play together. >> so why can't you play together if you have different color skin...

killen to scientifically measure children's attitudes on race. take a look at this. dr. killen and her team showed kids this picture and asked them the picture is designed to be ambiguous. what's happening is in the eye of the beholder. then they show them this picture and ask the same question. now, the only difference in the pictures, the race of the children was flipped. both white and african-american children were tested, and in addition to the 6-year-olds, the psychologist showed a similar set of pictures to 13-year-olds. at our request, they also asked kids open-ended question...