Photo 27 Jun 487 notes dailymedical: Racism is Innate: The Human Brain Makes Unconscious Decisions Based on Ethnicity Racism is hardwired into the brain and operates unconsciously because areas that detect ethnicity and control emotion are closely connected, according to scientists. Researchers explain that the same brain circuits that allow us to classify a person into an ethnic group overlap with other circuits that process emotion and make decisions, leading people to make unconscious decisions based on another’s race. Learn more

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Racism is Innate: The Human Brain Makes Unconscious Decisions Based on Ethnicity

Racism is hardwired into the brain and operates unconsciously because areas that detect ethnicity and control emotion are closely connected, according to scientists.

Researchers explain that the same brain circuits that allow us to classify a person into an ethnic group overlap with other circuits that process emotion and make decisions, leading people to make unconscious decisions based on another’s race.

Learn more

via DiscoveryNews.
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    I personally call bullshit but I’m not a neuro-scientist nor do I have access...imaging...
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    This article jumped the gun in concluding that “racism is innate.” Great, the brain lights up in certain areas of the...
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    What utter bullshit. The methods of this study are flawed, but the scientists are too invested in the popular social...
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    Some really good points. However I think a better way to word it is that having some sort of racial bias is almost...
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