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Daily Mail Readers in Revolt over Black Ancestors

[bpsdb] The news that the human beings who first arrived in Europe 40,000 years ago were most likely Black (with some Asian and African features) has been met with alarm and panic among Daily Mail readers, who believe that archeology and anthropology have been caught up in some sort of dark, EU-funded "Ministry of Truth" project to force people to accept liberal values, and ban wholesome pursuits like gay-hunts and suchlike.

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The "Racism" Game: Our Natural Tendency to Discriminate

ResearchBlogging.orgIn a recent post on the Rosenhan Experiment, I mentioned that some of the most interesting research comes from very simple ideas or premises. A few years ago, a team at the University of Virginia decided to try out a classroom game that saw university students arbitrarily labeled with a colour, green or purple. The results make for some uncomfortable reading for those of us who think we're above discriminatory behaviour.

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