Brain Science & Racism: Is Racism Genetically Inherited? - Pt. 3 with Miles McPherson
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2018
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Many of us classify racists as those with deep unhappiness and hatred in their hearts, but could it possibly be them some of us are more wired for racist thoughts and behavior than others? The science may surprise you. In the third episode of "Racism and the Brain," Dr. Daniel Amen, Tana Amen, and pastor Miles McPherson discuss the role brain science and genetics play in racism.
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| 0:49.6 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. All right, welcome back. |
| 0:55.0 | So we're continuing with racism in the brain, |
| 0:59.0 | and this podcast is going to be specifically about the brain and its role in racism. |
| 1:07.8 | So a long time ago I learned when I was looking at scans is that there are actually certain patterns in the brain that go with people |
| 1:20.0 | who are rigid, who are inflexible, where if things don't go their way they get upset and then as we saw |
| 1:29.8 | people who were clearly racist we like oh my, there's a pattern in the brain for this. |
| 1:35.8 | And it's actually very similar to people have OCD, |
| 1:39.6 | obsessive compulsive disorder, where they don't check walks but they get a thought in their |
| 1:46.7 | head it has to be this way and anything that's not this way, they can't stand it. |
| 1:54.8 | They get upset by it. |
| 1:57.6 | And so I saw it with people who are racist. |
| 2:00.9 | I also... |
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