White People Think Black People Are Magical http://nym.ag/1xTOeXi?n_play=54666b11e4b0baf339374a75 … via @thescienceofus interesting write-up here by @jessesingal
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Replying to @chadstanton
@chadstanton@thescienceofus thanks! humanity is a weird breed1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jessesingal
@jessesingal@thescienceofus do the study authors touch on why they saw "Superhuman" as the natural frame for their findings?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chadstanton
@chadstanton Basically because they asked about stuff that involved having superpowers or enhanced "human" powers1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jessesingal
@jessesingal so a matter of framing then, either way their findings sync up with beliefs propagated in the antebellum period at 1st glance2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chadstanton
@chadstanton oh yeah. Am not an expert at all, but I think key here is to understand dehumanizing and superhumanizing are two sides 1/23 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jessesingal
@jessesingal it then becomes okay to inflict more pain because "they don't really feel like I would"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@chadstanton yes. makes sense to me at least. that's what's done to black teens all the time. "superpredators" etc.
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