got racist thoughts?

[brainhulk]

there's a pill for that!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...sure-pill-propranolol-may-open-223450211.html

A new Oxford University research study found that Propranolol, which works to combat high blood pressure, anxiety, migraines, and a number of heart ailments, affects the same part of the central nervous system that regulates subconscious attitudes on race.

 

[surfsatwerk]

So Wayne, I hear you're putting on some kind of concert. That's good. People need to be entertained, they need the distraction. I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die? Why do they come to me to die?"

 

[jhansman]

Umm, I already have something I take to keep racist thoughts at bay; it's called information. Amazing how well it can work.

 

[Phoenix86]

Umm, I already have something I take to keep racist thoughts at bay; it's called information. Amazing how well it can work.

Interesting.

What kind of dosage are you on?
Can you get this over the counter?
Are there any negative side effects?

 

[jhansman]

Interesting.

What kind of dosage are you on?
Can you get this over the counter?
Are there any negative side effects?

Moderate to high.

Perhaps. I use the library or bookstore counter (and sometimes, the interwebs). Occasionally I actually talk to people.

Just one—the realization that what you once believed to be true has been overridden by facts.

 

[busydude]

I always have racist thoughts, because my whole race is fucking racist.

 

[destrekor]

Umm, I already have something I take to keep racist thoughts at bay; it's called information. Amazing how well it can work.

Racist jokes are too fun. Any and all races are treated equally, simply because I always poke fun at everything in this world, includes all sorts of "IQ-challenged" types as well.

<--- not racist at all. Hell, in reality, I don't believe in race. Cultural/ethnic evolutionary/adaptive history, yes, and certain stereotypes ring true simply out of fact (physiological stereotypes are, on average, true - there are always exceptions), whereas cultural/racial stereotypes only ring true when said individual lets them. Gang-banger? Got them in every color. After awhile, in any specific location, it just breeds into a self-fulfilling prophecy thanks to the baby-making and then individuals not doing anything. Again, all walks of life let this happen, you just have to open the eyes / go outside.

 

[jhansman]

It is, unfortunately, a by-product of being human, IMO. Some days the best we can do is keep it at arm's length. I used to be one of a few white teachers in a mostly Hispanic school, which proved to be a most interesting (and, oddly enough, educational) experience.

 

[Saint Nick]

jell-o-el

 

[Away]

Hmmm, I take that for migraines.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

It's less costly than my previous method for dealing with racism; moving to a nicer neighborhood.

/sarcasm

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

I may be racist, towards every race. But I am no biggot.

You have to be able to find humor in the flaws of all races, including your own.

Not acknowledging racial behaviors & stereotypes would make you blind. But if you are medically/clinically blind, then you would surely be privileged.