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With the stories, about one-third of the children saw pictures in which the oldest character was black, one-third saw pictures with a productive black character and one-third saw pictures with a needy black character. In each case, the other two characters were white.
Fourth graders' responses, however, showed children considered the characters' race. For example, they gave a greater share of the money to white needy characters than black needy characters, while black productive characters received greater shares than white productive characters.

While not mathematically impossible, the results do seem somewhat inconsistent. One possibility follows. Conclusion: If you're white and old, it's best to be surrounded by needy blacks and productive whites. ;)

Black Needy .3

White Old .4

White Productive .3

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White Needy .5

Black Old .2

White Productive .3

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White Needy .5

White Old .0

Black Productive .5

You know what really make me mad about this type of "article" is, that I grew up not knowing what "racism" even was in our neighborhood. We had blacks, whites, Mexicans and Indians working together to HELP each other in times of need.

If there was a farmer needing help getting hay into a barn before a storm, we all worked together to get that done before the storms hit.

On example was Indian Joe. He was one of the last Native Americans in our community. Believe me, nobody messed with Indian Joe. That Indian was about 5' 5" / 220 or 230 and had no problem lifting a 55 gallon barrel full of oil or fuel. If there was a fight, you wanted to have him on YOUR side.