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Can a Pill Cure Racism?

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In the past, scientists have suggested a link between high blood pressure and racist thoughts or tendencies, especially in cases where the person expressing racist thoughts is typically not racist. Now research from Oxford University is showing that Propranolol, a pill that helps lower blood pressure, might directly affect negative attitudes toward race.

Study author Sylvia Terbeck wrote, "Implicit racial bias can occur even in people with a sincere belief in equality. Given the key role that such implicit attitudes appear to play in discrimination against other ethnic groups, and the widespread use of Propranolol for medical purposes, our findings are also of considerable ethical interest." Of course, this doesn't mean the pill would necessarily be used to combat racism, but rather that it might have the interesting side affect of diminishing racism in those who already take it. Do you think the Propranolol pill can alleviate racist thoughts?

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  • RS 2012/03/14 02:24:54
    No
    RS
    +4
    This is stupid and upsetting. Look racism is stupid but it is also a person's right to be a racists. This smacks of 1984...Brave New World ....Reeducation stuff. Racism is basically caused by lack of contact with people. The more people get to know each other the less they are racist. We are actually seeing it...I belive with Mit Romney. I know MANY people who are not willing to vote for a Morman. I think it is beyond stupid but I know that in 1960 many people had the same feelings about Catholics which I am. Jack Kennedy took care of that.
  • bonnie 2012/03/14 01:38:02
    No
    bonnie
    +2
    Only people can do that.....
  • bt sedlock bonnie 2012/03/14 03:03:26
    bt sedlock
    +2
    Right.
  • Guido 2012/03/14 01:35:32
    Yes
    Guido
    You just need to make it big enough to choke mean people.
  • boyd868b 2012/03/14 00:49:40
    No
    boyd868b
    +1
    not unless it cures stupid also
  • angela 2012/03/14 00:28:24
    Yes
    angela
    +2
    Y not got a pill for everything else.... what's side effects
  • Timetraveler 2012/03/14 00:23:05
    Yes
    Timetraveler
    +1
    Aslong as it's made of cyanide, seems that pill cures most everything!
  • Jarhead 2012/03/13 23:45:28
    Yes
    Jarhead
    +1
    Dammit, meant to put no
  • meatyourmaker 2012/03/13 22:48:54 (edited)
    No
    meatyourmaker
    +3
    What the heck? First off racisim isn't a type of illness and unless the pill controls your evil little mind (for those who are racist) and the worst part is that I'm 14 and I actually know what racism is. Who ever made that pill SHOULD SERIOUSLY GO BACK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FRICKEN IDEA CAME FROM -_-. I hope your satisfied with the idea of a pill that's probably the equivalent of taking drugs. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
  • mizzSHADYgirl 2012/03/13 22:47:35
    No
    mizzSHADYgirl
  • lyteweaver.starchild 2012/03/13 22:42:21
    No
    lyteweaver.starchild
    +3
    do they think people are so gullible or stupid as to go for this...here they are pushing more of there dumbing down solutions. red pill or blue pill. oh and dont forget ... we must get the legalized drug dealers (chemist shops/drug stored) in business...and dont you get any fancy ideas of trying to self medicate by using natural or safe methods...this puts a spanner in their income. I BELIEVE THE WORLD IS FINALLY WAKING UP AND SOON THESE CRIMINALS THAT PUSH THIS POISON ONTO US WITH THEIR FALSE ADVERTISING WILL BE PUT IN THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE...A FEMMA CAMP OR SOMETHING OF THERE OWN DOING WHICH WAS REALLY MEANT FOR US...
  • bamabelle13✝❤ 2012/03/13 22:07:29 (edited)
  • oneydjacks 2012/03/13 21:00:08
    Yes
    oneydjacks
    +2
    Sure..... if it's cynanide!
  • Kigan 2012/03/13 20:55:31
    No
    Kigan
    +4
    No pill to cure racism.

    Also: No pill to cure stupid.
  • Star 2012/03/13 20:47:19 (edited)
    No
    Star
    +2
    Parents have to stop being racist its a learned behavior. Children are sweet and loving when they're growing up. They pretty much love everyone. It is us who introduce bad things to them. We as adults need to stop with the hate. That's how it continues .
  • bt sedlock Star 2012/03/14 03:13:07
    bt sedlock
    Absolutely right! No pill can cure racism.
  • Chris 2012/03/13 20:31:49
    Yes
    Chris
    +1
    If so they need to test it on southern rednecks.
  • bamabel... Chris 2012/03/13 22:09:22
    bamabelle13✝❤
    +1
    Excuse me? I really hope you are not making the assumption that people from the South are all rednecks, right?
  • Bat Out... bamabel... 2012/03/14 01:34:55
    Bat Outta Hell
    +1
    That's what I was thinking. LOL. Then again, he's none too bright if he really thinks a pill can cure racism. :)
  • bt sedlock bamabel... 2012/03/14 03:14:18
    bt sedlock
    Archie Bunker was a Northern redneck.
  • Shad Chris 2012/03/13 22:32:29
    Shad
    +1
    My mother has no problem with people of other ethnicity, and she's as redneck as it can get, boots and all. BTW, racism doesn't exist seeing as humans are ONE race.
  • meatyou... Chris 2012/03/13 22:52:10
    meatyourmaker
    +3
    Stereotypical a**hole not everybody in the south is a redneck and most of all if you were trying to be a dousche*** it worked
  • Darius 2012/03/13 20:04:45
  • FPSRules 2012/03/13 19:46:34
    No
    FPSRules
    +3
    No, but sanctioning race-baitors like the reverends(?) Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jeremiah Wright, et al would be a good first step.
  • steelcore1085 2012/03/13 19:45:58
    No
    steelcore1085
    Who the hell came up with this? If you wanted to destroy racism, you would have to kill those who are. That would be murder, though, so I wouldn't suggest you do that!
  • bt sedlock steelco... 2012/03/14 03:18:05
    bt sedlock
    I suppose if Adolf Hitler took such a pill 70 to 80 years the Holocaust would never have happened. Is that what they are saying.
  • bt sedlock bt sedlock 2012/03/14 03:19:06
    bt sedlock
    I mean is that what they are sayin"?"
  • aprlove 2012/03/13 18:18:08
    No
    aprlove
    I wish it could tho,I sure know alot of people who need it.
  • Katherine 2012/03/13 18:09:06
    No
    Katherine
    Taking a pill to cure racism is racist.......

    Think about it...
  • krispykreme335 2012/03/13 17:20:48
    No
    krispykreme335
    This is hilarious!!! Racism can't be cured with a pill. It's not a disease but a choice. People have a choice to put that burger down and a choice to put that drink down, but they decide not to. The choice to be a racist is a decision that people are comfortable with and are becoming more and more comfortable everyday.
  • *Mahogany Goddess of P.H.A.E.T 2012/03/13 17:16:27
    No
    *Mahogany Goddess of P.H.A.E.T
  • right-choice 2012/03/13 17:13:41
    No
    right-choice
    What is amazing is racist is mind set, People want to be free and left alone. So other people forcing change and takeing away peoples right on what they believe is right or wrong, good or bad, All the while they themselves is wrong, ( at one time these views was correct and right for this period of time - things changed because the mind set changed not by force )Forcing change - wrong try conviencing with good reasoning. Being born in one of the most pervert State Calf. A White guy in a white area (with one black family which we did not see color we saw a person), going to all Black school, having the first interracial marrage(60's) in are area. I did not Know Racism was til I would see the " Racist Card " played by black to get what they want because they were un able to by the right way (in most cases) -
    I don't care what color a person maybe. Never did, If I like you, I like you my choice, So get off the racist mind set and see people as people, some you'll like some you don't.
    Too much that can be said on this subject .
  • Angus 2012/03/13 17:13:24
    No
    Angus
    +6
    But I know the pill that causes it..............

    obama racism pill
  • krispyk... Angus 2012/03/13 17:23:39
    krispykreme335
    REALLY!!!!!!
  • Angus krispyk... 2012/03/13 20:56:37
  • EricVanSingleton 2012/03/13 17:09:13 (edited)
    No
    EricVanSingleton
    +1
    Even if a side effect were color-blindness, the idea of finding a cure for racism in a pill seems a hippie dream.
  • Amon 2012/03/13 16:49:57
    No
    Amon
    +1
    I agree with Harry and Flowers, anyway racism is the result of trying to make people think and act the same way, we all humans are not the same
  • mikey Amon 2012/03/13 16:53:46
    mikey
    +1
    NO RACISM IS THE RESULT OF PPL HATING SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THIER SKIN NO ONE EXPECTS ANYONE TO ACT THE SAME WAY THAT WOULD CREATE A BORING SOCIETY
  • bt sedlock mikey 2012/03/14 03:30:27
    bt sedlock
    It would be interesting to go back into time millions of years ago and encounter the first act of racism and prejudice.
  • Cat 1017 2012/03/13 15:39:24
    No
    Cat 1017
    +2
    Too bad it doesn't...but then your problem would be getting the patient with the problem to take the pill...If they think their mindset is acceptable then they won't recognize the problem, therefore they would see no need for the pill......

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