dr. melanie killin to scientifically measure children's attitudes on race. they showed 6-year-old children this picture. they said, what's happening? are they friends? would their parents want them to be friends? the picture is ambiguous. what's happening is in the eye of the beholder. they showed them this picture and asked the same question. the only difference in the pictures, the race of the children was flipped. both white and after amitriptyline children were tested and in addition to the 6-year-olds, psychologists showed a similar set of pictures to 13-year-olds. at our request they asked kids open ended questions about race to try to understand how it plays into their own lives. their responses were raw. some of the experiences they described are frankly shocking. this is the reality of what kids see, hear, and think about race. listen. >> if people have the same skin, you can play together but if you don't have the same skin, you can't play together. >> so why can't you play toge

dr. drew, this report is a pretty grim accounting of the final hours of her life. you've gone through it. how serious of a report is this? >> wolf, the shocking thing about this report, and i want to assure you that i have a completely different interpretation from the preliminary report that was put out that somehow the cocaine had precipitated a cardiac event or that significant heart disease had contributed to her demise. the fact is this autopsy report showed that she had nominal heart disease, almost none, not sufficient to explain what happened to her. you also mentioned she was found face down in water. how would you have heart attack or take too much medication and slip into the water and drown and end up face down? the way that happens is seizure. i add it up and i get seizure here. she had large amounts of xanax found at her side in the bathroom. pill bottles that had been filled with large amounts that are empty. yet she had very low amounts of xanax in her blood. she had meta

killen and soledad o'brien. it's sobering to hear that as black kids age, they become as pessimistic as white kids. >> it's true. you have to think about why is that? why is it that young kids think you can be friends with different people. then they start getting messages. i think part of it is from ages 6 to 13, you get increasing number of messages. if you don't have opportunity for friendships, you don't have that opportunity to challenge the stereotypes, it starts getting more deeply entrenched. by 13, there's other issues, that start to come up. things about dating. so that's when the messages from parents and society start getting much more negative. as we move towards increasing intimacy, that's where people get more uncomfortable and more nervous about it. unfortunately it kind of backfires because that's when kids start to back away. they start to think friendships aren't possible. we really have to think about that because having a friend of a different race or ethnicity does enable you to challenge t

. >> dr. killen also says anxiety about interracial dating from black and white parents can have a profound effect on how their kids view friendships. >> parents of young children do often send messages about, we can all be friends, be friends with everybody, you know, they do send positive messages. but by adolescence, they start getting more nervous about this, they start thinking, you should be friends with people like you or like us. >> how are you? i'm soledad. >> soledad o'brien asked about some kids about the issue after this came up. >> do you think your parents would be fine if you decided to start dating a black girl and brought her home? >> honestly, my parents probably wouldn't be too happy because if i was to marry a black girl, you're connected to their family now and who knows what her family is really like? >> so they probably wouldn't be that excited about it? >> probably not. >> this girl admitted anxiety and a double standard for interracial dating in her family. >> if i wer

we teamed up with renowned child psychologist dr. melanie killen to design this study. take a look at this. dr. kiln and her team showed 13-year-old children this picture and asked them questions like what's happening here? are these children friends, would their parents want them to be friends? the picture is designed to be ambiguous. what's happening is in the eye of the beholder. then they showed them this picture and asked them what happened. with the races flipped. both white and african-american kids were tested. and the psychologist showed a similar set of pictures to 6-year-olds. at our request, they were asked open-ended questions about race to understand how it plays into their own lives. the experiences were raw and it some of the experiences they describe were shocking. this is the reality of what kids see, hear, and think about race. listen. >> if you have the same skin, you can play together. but if you don't have the same skin, you can't play together. >> so why can't you play together if you have different color skin? >> because your mom might not want y

melanie killen to scientifically measure children's attitudes on race. take a look at this. dr. killen and her team showed 6-year-old kids this picture and asked them questions like what's happening here? are these children friends? would their parents want them to be friends? the picture is designed to be ambiguous. what's happening is in the eye of the beholder. then they show them this picture and ask the same question. the only difference in the pictures, the race of the children was flipped. both white and african-american children were tested, and in addition to the 6-year-olds, the psychologist showed a similar set of pictures to 13-year-olds. at our request, they also asked kids open-ended questions about race to try to understand how it plays into their own lives. the responses were raw, some of the experiences they described were frankly shocking. this is the reality of what kids see, hear and think about race. listen. >> if you have the same skin, you can play together. but if you don't have the same skin, you can't play together. >> so why can't you play together if

melanie killen to scientifically measure children's attitudes on race. take a look at this. dr. killen and her team showed kids this picture and asked them the picture is designed to be ambiguous. what's happening is in the eye of the beholder. then they show them this picture and ask the same question. now, the only difference in the pictures, the race of the children was flipped. both white and african-american children were tested, and in addition to the 6-year-olds, the psychologist showed a similar set of pictures to 13-year-olds. at our request, they also asked kids open-ended questions about race to try to understand how it plays into their own lives. the responses were raw. some of the experiences they described were frankly shocking. this is the reality of what kids see, hear and think about race. listen. >> if you have the same skin, you can play together. but if you don't have the same skin, you can't play together. >> so why can't you play together if you have different color skin? >> because your mom might not want you to play with that friend. >> it's okay to tell