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Why do you want that skin color? >> it looks lighter than this kind. this looks a lot like that one. i just don't like the way brown looks because it looks really nasty for some reason, but i don't know what reason. that's all. >> you think it looks nasty? >> nope, not really, but sometimes. >> sometimes. what color do adults not like? that's what you said. why do you think adults don't like it? >> dark. >> dark. you think adults don't like dark? >> maybe some adults do, but maybe some of them don't. >> what brielle said there and in the pilot study was a wake up call for her parents to change...

>> well, not really, but sometimes. >> sometimes. and they asked what color adults don't like. do you remember what you said? which one? >> that's right. >> why do you think adults don't like that color? >> dark. >> dark. >> and adults -- you think adults don't like dark? >> well maybe some adults do, but maybe some of them don't. >> what brielle said and also in the pilot study was a wake-up call for parents to try to change the way they talk about race at home. soledad o'brien caught up with brielle's family. >> reporter: this is brielle today. her parents changed on changing her self-percep...

More grains. less you! basic.? preferred. okay. at meineke i have options, and 50% off brake pads and shoes. my money. my choice. my meineke. tonight another follow-up with kids and race. we asked a team of researchers to conduct a pilot study and tested 130 kids in the north and south united states and found substantial amounts of white bias. associating positive qualities with light skin color and negative with dark skin. they found it in white children, but it was there in african-american kids as well. look at what 5-year-old brielle said when i asked her about the results to show me whi...

>> reporter: for brielle's parents, counteracting those messages for her and her sister brianna are now a priority. >> they are the most beautiful girls in the world as far as i'm concerned and they need to know that. i need for them to know that. good job. i've tried to find ways to link that physical beauty, you know, skin tone, your pretty hair, your pretty eyes, whatever it is, to the beauty. i'm not speaking of beauty that is just because of what's inside. you're beautiful on the outside as well. >> reporter: brielle's answers got a strong reaction from family, friends and parishoners at ...