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Sun Apr-24-05 02:53 AM
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Experiment regarding the handcuffing of 5-year old

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To figure out for myself how important the role of race was in the handcuffing episode, I repeated the story to a dozen (White) acquaintances (who had presumably not heard anything about the incident). To half (group I), I did not mention the child's race while telling the story (used 'little girl'); to the other half (group II), I mentioned that she was black. Here are the results

group I
1 persons thought the handcuffing was ok
5 persons thought the handcuffing was unnecessary

group II
4 persons thought the handcuffing was ok
2 persons thought the handcuffing was unnecessary

I know I didn't ask nearly enough people, but I am quite disturbed, to say the least :shrug:

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