Abstract
The racial preferences and identifications of white children in both a white monoracial and a multiracial setting were examined. A doll selection procedure originally described by Clark and Clark (1939; 1947) to study racial awareness and preferences in black children was employed with 120 kindergarten, first, and third grade children. A majority of the children showed a marked preference for white over comparable black dolls. However, more black doll selections were made in multiracial than in monoracial schools, particularly among male subjects. White doll color preference also significantly decreased at the third grade level. This finding was consistently observed in response to each racial preference question. Neither race of the interviewer nor sex of the child had a significant effect upon doll color preferences. Few errors were made in response to a series of five racial identification questions.
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