Reject Your Own Negative Self Stereotypes

60 Seconds of Hope with Horace McMillon · Feb 11, 2025 · 1m

Send us Fan MailReject Your Own Negative Self Stereotypes“We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves.” - Shirley Chisholm Most of us would like to think we are immune to the stereotypes that larger society heap on us and other folk. But that is probably just not true. Back in the 1930s, Kenneth and Mamie Clark devised a test where black children ages 3-7 were given four dolls. The dolls were the same except two had a dark skin and two had light skin. The Clarks asked the children questions such as which dolls were "nice" and which…