A Bad Economy Can Make People More Racist

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/06/13/3448801/race-scarcity/

by Bryce Covert Jun 13, 2014

A new study has found that economic scarcity makes people more likely to see African-Americans as “blacker” and more stereotypical. This perception, according to New York University researchers Amy Krosch and David Amodio, leads people to hold back resources from the those perceived as darker.

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