Intersecting Identities: Fantasy, Popular Culture, and Feminized "Race"-Gender

Abstract

In this chapter we explore in more depth how white discourses can work in children’s lives with a focus on the politics of young girls gender-“race” identities. From the earliest studies of “race” and young children’s identities (e.g., Clark and Clark, 1939; Horowitz, 1939) researchers have studied the differences between the racial preferences and awareness of boys and girls. For instance, in the Clark and Clark (1939) study they found that the sex of the child mattered to what was found: The most significant aspect of the results … is the fact that the choices of the boys show significant trends whereas those of the girls seems to approximate chance. This fact can be best understood if it ..