Danyel Branch NMTCS

Answers To Kiri Davis Test

1. Who is Kiri Davis?
Answer-Kiri Davis is a 17 year old filmmaker.

2. What is the title of Kiri Davis's film?
Answer-A girl like me.

3. What was the inspiration of Kiri's film?
Answer-By the "Famous Doll Test" that was originally conducted by Dr. Kenneth Clark in the 1930's.

4. What was the purpose of the "Famous Doll Test"?
Answer-To convince the Supreme Court to strike down segreation in the Brown vs. Board of Education.

5. How many children were asked to take the Famous Doll Test?
Answer-21.

6. How manychildren picked the white doll?
Answer-15.

7. How do you feel about viewing the segment about Kiri Davis and the test?
Answer-(My answer) I feel that the situation is sad to see young black children pick a race other than their own.

8. If you were one of the children that had to take the test what doll would you pick, and why?
Answer-(My answer) I would pick the black doll, because when I was younger that was all I had to play with because the black doll looks closer to me than the white doll.

9. Would you be interested in doing a doll test or something similar to this?
Answer-(My answer) Yes I would be interested in doing a test similar to this.

10. How old was Kiri Davis when she made her film?
Answer-16.

posted by Danyel Branch NMTCS @ 5:57 PM