Thursday, March 08, 2012
Racists should be taking their pills.
When you hear racists rant about immigrants you think they should be on medication. Now research points to the same conclusion. Tests on volunteers after taking propranolol showed they were less racially biased than those who took a placebo. The researchers say racism is founded on fear and the heart drug used in the study, propranolol, helps damp down fear by blocking nerve circuits that govern the heart rate and the part of the brain linked with emotional responses.
What is this fear that the racists are concerned about? Maybe it is the fear of the unknown, immigrants cooking with herbs and spices!
"But, but, but, I am cooking, yes!"
When you hear racists rant about immigrants you think they should be on medication. Now research points to the same conclusion. Tests on volunteers after taking propranolol showed they were less racially biased than those who took a placebo. The researchers say racism is founded on fear and the heart drug used in the study, propranolol, helps damp down fear by blocking nerve circuits that govern the heart rate and the part of the brain linked with emotional responses.
What is this fear that the racists are concerned about? Maybe it is the fear of the unknown, immigrants cooking with herbs and spices!
"But, but, but, I am cooking, yes!"
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