Study: White People Literally Think Black People Have Magical Powers
If you’ve wondered why some white people are so fearful of black people, it might be because they think black people are literally warlocks.
What spells will black people cast on us poor persecuted white people?
As it turns out, some of that fear is not just founded on racism, but some people are just idiots.
[su_center_ad]NY Magazine reports:
A recent study in Social Psychological and Personality Science casts an interesting new light on this: White people apparently have a “superhumanization bias” when it comes to black people โ that is, they associate them with superhuman abilities.
Gawker reports:
In one study, researchers found that white people were significantly more likely to attribute a number of magic powers to black people, including “hav[ing] superhuman skin that is thick enough that it can withstand the pain of burning hot coals” and “hav[ing] supernatural strength that makes them capable of lifting up a tank.”
Whites were also found to believe black people more capable of “read[ing] a person’s mind by touching the person’s head,” but not to a statistically significant degree.
The research showed that white people are prone to associate blacks — more than whites — with superhuman words like ghost, paranormal, and spirit. ย They are more likely to think a black person has certain superhuman abilities.
The more they think blacks are superhuman, the less they view black people as having a capacity to feel pain. The study suggests that’s why black people are often under-treated for pain.
I’m more afraid of the people that participated in this study than other races.
On the other hand, you know Neil deGrasse Tyson has magical powers.[su_csky_ad]
Image: AP
Roctuna November 16th, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Wow, some white folks sure are stupid.
mea_mark November 16th, 2014 at 5:36 pm
White people are just more inclined to be afraid of things they don’t understand that might represent change. Magic is things changing without understanding why. When your world is based on materialism and things being stable and not changing, you become fearful. Black people becoming equal in America is like magic to a lot of old white people, they just don’t understand.
FrankenPC . November 16th, 2014 at 5:40 pm
What’s next? A discussion about phrenology? ๐
mea_mark November 16th, 2014 at 6:09 pm
I was thinking palmistry but …
Tommy6860 November 16th, 2014 at 6:12 pm
Which reminds me; I tried explaining to someone about brain functions when they were convinced that their thoughts happen first, then the brain makes the body function after those thought commands. When I told them that their thoughts are brain functions, I was told I didn’t know WTF I was talking about. O.o
mea_mark November 16th, 2014 at 6:24 pm
Well, some people do more thinking with their little head than anything else.
Jack E Raynbeau November 16th, 2014 at 8:43 pm
Palmistry and priapism go head to head. Results at 11.
Candide Thirtythree November 17th, 2014 at 10:06 am
hahahahaha ok, now I can’t stop laughing!!
Tommy6860 November 16th, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Are these all white closet cases living in panic rooms? Just watch the 700 Club or any of those snake oil purveyors performing faith healings, and they’ll get the same context.
And please don’t ask them about rainbows!
Suzanne McFly November 16th, 2014 at 5:55 pm
Is this from the Onion? Its not real, right? Neal deGrasse Tyson is a brilliant man, but magical powers? Hardly, if he did have magical powers he would work to make the rwnj’s understand how the Earth is being destroyed and make them educate themselves about how to fix it.
mea_mark November 16th, 2014 at 6:07 pm
Maybe Anomaly is trying to emulate the Onion.
Suzanne McFly November 17th, 2014 at 7:50 am
She is doing an outstanding job.
Tommy6860 November 16th, 2014 at 6:09 pm
White people should be pleased with the results of his presidency performing economic and social equality magic. Maybe it’s true, just think Bush and why they don’t fear that utter failure!
KB723 November 16th, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Perhaps Hollywood’s undoing???
whatthe46 November 16th, 2014 at 6:00 pm
my sister once told someone she was a distant neice of Marie Laveau. HA! they were afraid of her after that.
arc99 November 16th, 2014 at 6:01 pm
The only magic powers black folks have is the ability to do jobs that for generations, we were told, we lacked the innate ability
NFL Quarterback, President of the United States, CEO of a Fortune 500 company etc. etc. we use our magic powers to earn and excel in these and a host of other of life’s endeavors.
Some may refer to our abilities as magic powers. In my family where we are all sane, we refer to those magic powers as intelligence, education and skill.
Kim Serrahn November 16th, 2014 at 6:21 pm
Well……….. Now can someone please explain to me why I’m more afraid of my race than any other.
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 6:27 pm
Well,OBVIOUSLY,Obama had something to do with it…
Mainah November 16th, 2014 at 6:28 pm
He’s a warlock. That’s why.
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 6:36 pm
I done seed pikshurs of him doin’ voodoo thangs! My buddys in the Tee Party done a-sent um to me!
Mainah November 16th, 2014 at 6:45 pm
It’s that Kenyan magic!
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 6:51 pm
They even BOAST ABOUT IT!!!!!
Mainah November 16th, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Sweet! My Mom use to play Ella all the time and Mahalia! OH and DAMN THEM! They told us their evil plan and no one listened!
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 7:48 pm
Love me both those voices.
Candide Thirtythree November 17th, 2014 at 10:04 am
they forwarded them to me too ๐
tiredoftea November 16th, 2014 at 6:44 pm
No, Illuminati, actually.
Cosmic_Surfer November 16th, 2014 at 7:04 pm
SHHHHHHHHH….Don’t blow my cover!
regards,
The Illuminati
Mainah November 16th, 2014 at 6:27 pm
Because a majority of the white people believe that black people are warlocks. Which means they’ll believe anything Faux News tells them.
Kim Serrahn November 16th, 2014 at 8:23 pm
That goodness I’m not part of that majority.
Cosmic_Surfer November 16th, 2014 at 7:02 pm
That’s called reality…White Americans are by sheer numbers, have been involved in more violent acts in the US than any other group…In fact, every war the US has ever been in was started by white guys
Carla Akins November 16th, 2014 at 6:26 pm
This is the kind of stupid shit that happens when people won’t venture out of their comfort zone.
tiredoftea November 16th, 2014 at 6:43 pm
Or, live in actual reality.
Candide Thirtythree November 17th, 2014 at 10:02 am
I like black people and white people and brown people and red people and yellow people and purple people and plaid people, all people except conservative people of any color.
Life would be so boring if we were all exactly alike but it would be awesome if all people were nice people.
tiredoftea November 16th, 2014 at 6:48 pm
So, I have a real black friend who makes white people move away from us all the time. That’s not magic??
Mainah November 16th, 2014 at 6:49 pm
No. It has to be an imaginary black friend or The President. ๐
tiredoftea November 16th, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Oh, OK.
Red Eye Robot November 16th, 2014 at 6:49 pm
On the other hand, White liberals think black people lack the ability to get a photo ID card
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 6:53 pm
We think that about white veterans, too.
Cosmic_Surfer November 16th, 2014 at 6:59 pm
And RW nutters…and pie
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 7:43 pm
I like pie…
Cosmic_Surfer November 16th, 2014 at 8:25 pm
But it can’t get a Voter ID card ‘cuz libruls think it lacks the ability to do so..
Personally, I think we should let pie vote for us.
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 8:29 pm
But pie always votes for the boring candidate, because Pie are Square.
pszymeczek November 17th, 2014 at 9:38 am
Pie are round.
Hirightnow November 18th, 2014 at 1:57 pm
Pie are round. Cake are square.
Jack E Raynbeau November 16th, 2014 at 8:45 pm
Hmmmmm. Pecan.
Candide Thirtythree November 17th, 2014 at 9:59 am
I just heated up the oven to bake some pecan pies, want me to throw one in for you too? ๐
Jack E Raynbeau November 17th, 2014 at 12:28 pm
Yes, thank you.
FDRliberal November 16th, 2014 at 6:59 pm
You are more likely to get struck by lightning while winning the lottery than to see an actual case of ‘voter fraud’. No one outside the Tea Cult is fooled as to your real intentions.
Red Eye Robot November 17th, 2014 at 12:52 am
http://www.nhregister.com/government-and-politics/20140926/bridgeport-state-rep-christina-ayala-arrested-on-19-voting-fraud-charges I’d like my lottery winnings X 19 please
wpadon November 16th, 2014 at 7:23 pm
Why should I have to pay to vote. Voting should be a right and I should not need to pay for that right.
Jack E Raynbeau November 16th, 2014 at 8:45 pm
This white veteran voted in Utah without photo ID. One just needs to know their rights.
arc99 November 16th, 2014 at 8:46 pm
Meanwhile, white right wingers think every person in the country lacks the ability to wait for a background check to buy a gun to curl up with at night.
whatthe46 November 16th, 2014 at 8:58 pm
racist much?
Cosmic_Surfer November 16th, 2014 at 6:58 pm
This is the kind of stupid that gets passed down generation to generation by those taught to fear “other”. We promote it through fear-mongering and elitist stupidity in order to maintain class and keep the people balkanized…
From Plato’s Republic (360 BC) discussion of the Noble Lie ” … he [Socrates] believes the best city would have three distinct classes: rulers, soldiers, and workers. These three classes would be extensively educated and trained to perform their respective jobs. But also importantly, all three classes must keep strictly to their jobs and not aspire to interfere with or achieve the jobs of the other classes or else the city will be in disharmony. So now, below, Socrates explains that a new religious โnoble lieโ is needed to keep the three classes of people in their place, yet also to keep them loyal to each other and to the city-state.”
FDRliberal November 16th, 2014 at 7:02 pm
What makes me laugh are the Tea Baggers who will say Obama is “over his head” one minute, then accuse him of somehow magically controlling a myriad of incredible conspiracies in the next minute.
According to the Tea People Obama has successfully hidden his real place of birth, managed a secret army of rogue IRS agents, skewed job numbers, engineered the prosecution of Dinesh DSouza, and has somehow gotten thousands of international climate scientists and NASA to lie about climate change. Oh, and recently some of the Tea Folk have accused Obama of being behind the Cosby accusations.
Allan Kim Harrison November 16th, 2014 at 7:21 pm
Hey, that’s just what the left did and still does with Bush.
dave-dr-gonzo November 16th, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Actually, Allan, no.
FDRliberal November 16th, 2014 at 7:29 pm
Gee Alllan, you just broke Rule Number One of the Tea Cult: NEVER, under ANY circumstances, mention that guy who was president before Obama. I advise you to review your little book again. The rules are very clear.
Tommy6860 November 16th, 2014 at 7:33 pm
The left doesn’t fantasize the success of their president.
Jack E Raynbeau November 16th, 2014 at 8:51 pm
No, not really. Bush invaded Iraq because Cheney whispered “he tried to kill my daddy” in his ear. Bush inherited prosperity and left a junk yard. Bush had the strongest backing of any president and squandered it.
The left didn’t do that, Bush did.
Hirightnow November 16th, 2014 at 7:46 pm
All while being the most inept president in the history of any country on any planet EVAR!!!!
Jack E Raynbeau November 16th, 2014 at 8:55 pm
One only need look at the faulty comet rendezvous. Under RMoney it would have landed in full sun.
Mark November 16th, 2014 at 10:34 pm
Please elaborate. You have stated absolutely nothing. If you are going to bother posting, try to do so as an adult, with facts and useful information. I’m looking forward to seeing your enlightened response. And you might want to try spell check…..
tracey marie November 16th, 2014 at 10:48 pm
Umm mark, he was being sarcastic
Mark November 17th, 2014 at 12:34 am
Oops…My bad…
Hirightnow November 18th, 2014 at 1:59 pm
Yays!
One step closer to my Poe qualifications!!
Allan Kim Harrison November 16th, 2014 at 7:19 pm
Seriously?
Tommy6860 November 16th, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Blinded by reality?
Cosmic_Surfer November 16th, 2014 at 7:34 pm
Nope…must be that socialist pie again
Candide Thirtythree November 17th, 2014 at 9:55 am
Well you guys are known around the world as “The stupid party”, I have seen it said in newspapers from the UK, France, Germany, Russia, Australia, Turkey etc.
All red states have a lower collective IQ than blue states, worse school scores, worse college graduation rates, most high school drop outs etc.
You righties bring down the collective IQ of the whole country.
Allan Kim Harrison November 17th, 2014 at 10:13 am
Yes, and you still loose elections to us. Maybe it’s because we’re smart enough to figure out how to obtain an ID to vote.
Margie Bateman Osgood November 30th, 2014 at 5:56 pm
How do you “loose” elections? Do you know what the definition of “loose” is?
I am sure you meant “lose” since you are smart enough to obtain an ID to vote……
Bunya November 16th, 2014 at 7:53 pm
President Obama is NOT a warlock! He’s a witch doctor.
Jack E Raynbeau November 16th, 2014 at 8:58 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM
tracey marie November 16th, 2014 at 10:47 pm
who are the people who participated,my god .
Candide Thirtythree November 17th, 2014 at 9:43 am
people in republican states.
tracey marie November 17th, 2014 at 9:49 am
you make me chuckle
Candide Thirtythree November 17th, 2014 at 9:43 am
Neil deGrasse Tyson does have magical powers. He makes racists’ heads explode LOL!