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http://www.latimes.com/science/scie...pain-perception-treatment-20160403-story.html
"Possibly swayed by false beliefs about biological differences between white and black people, some white medical students tend to rate the physical pain of a hypothetical African American patient as less severe than that of a white patient in the same circumstances, says a study published Monday in the journal PNAS."
I guess the "protective effects" of racial stereotyping that PROP proponents likes to tout can cut both ways.
"Possibly swayed by false beliefs about biological differences between white and black people, some white medical students tend to rate the physical pain of a hypothetical African American patient as less severe than that of a white patient in the same circumstances, says a study published Monday in the journal PNAS."
I guess the "protective effects" of racial stereotyping that PROP proponents likes to tout can cut both ways.