The Racial Empathy Gap: Studies Show White Folks Don't Feel Our Pain

Study: Whites Think Black People Feel Less Pain
NPR, JULY 11, 2013

Racial disparities exist, but what causes them can be complicated. Harvard anthropology student Jason Silverstein says it has to do with a lack of empathy. Host Michel Michel Martin talks with Silverstein about a Slate article he wrote titled, 'I Don't Feel Your Pain.'

Skin color affects ability to empathize with pain
Health.com, May 27, 2010

"Pain empathy is basically feeling someone else's pain," says Carmen Green, M.D.,"This paper tells us that race plays a role in pain empathy."

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