And I'm Robert Siegel. As the Supreme Court heard arguments in Brown vs. Board of Education 50 years ago, one of the major questions was whether segregation in schools actually harmed black children.

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The reassuring female voice asks the child a question: “Can you show me the doll that looks bad?” The child, a preschool-aged black girl, quickly picks up and shows the black doll over a white one ...

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