We might finally have a solution to one of humanities worst enemies; racism. Generation of people all over the world had been victims of to explicit racism. And still to these days the problem of racism persists in virtually all society in the form of implicit reaction, good and nice people unconsciously act in biased manner against other ethnic groups. But we might finally be stepping on the cure of this fundamental human problem. Or are we? Researchers at the Oxford University claimed to have accidentally found partial answer to the cure of racism.  The beta-blocker drug called propranolol is found to reduce 'subconscious' racism. According to this research people who took propranolol scored significantly lower on a standard test used to detect subconscious racial attitudes, than those who took a placebo.

Propranolol is most often used to reduce high blood pressure by lowering the heart rate, manage the physical symptoms of anxiety, and control migraine. It is thought to work by blocking activation of the brain involved with formulating emotional responses, including fear, called the amygdalae. The researchers believe propranolol reduces racial bias because such subconscious thoughts are triggered by that autonomic nervous system.

The study comprises of 36 white student requires them to visually sort particular words like 'joy' ,'evil', 'happy' and 'glorious', as well as black and white faces, into the correct categories. The researches believe their results offer new evidence about the processes in the brain that shape implicit racial bias. Implicit racial bias can occur even in people with a sincere belief in equality. Implicit attitudes appear to play in discrimination against other ethnic groups and the widespread use of propranolol raised the some ethical question of the possibility of modulating unconscious racial attitudes.

Do you think the ultimate cure for racism can be found in small tablet?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9129029/Blood-pressure-drug-reduces-in-built-racism.html