Data for 56 German children (66.02 mo. old) were similar to those of French, Italian, and Euro-American children in the standardization on the Preschool Racial Attitude Measure II and the Color Meaning Test II. Data suggested the pro-light-skinned bias observed among such young children may in part be a color bias originating in early learning.
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