In her documentary "A Girl Like Me," teen filmmaker Kiri Davis conducts interviews with her peers to explore the impact and consequences of societal messages regarding race. We also see Dr. Kenneth Clark's famous "doll test" with young African-American children replicated. After watching freely available video at the website RACE: Are We So Different? (http://www.understandingrace.org/lived/video/index.html), respond to the following questions:
- What messages does our society give African-American children about their value and worth as human beings?
- Does the concept of "race" enhance or decrease self-worth in children?
- Can skin color and hair texture determine a person's value in the world?
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