article_snippet.sent: Some of the world’s most troubling times, which have included periods of intense racism, have occurred during economic downturns.
article_snippet.sent: And now a new study has found that people really do have a tendency to become more racist during a recession.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers found that faces seem ‘blacker’ and have stronger racial features during an economic downturn, and this in turn increases the likelihood of discrimination.
article_snippet.sent: a new study claims that conditions of ‘resource scarcity’ alter people’s perception of race.
article_snippet.sent: Their work follows a study last year, which suggested racism is on the rise in the UK, fuelled by financial strife.
article_snippet.sent: In four experiments, involving 285 non-black Americans, scientists David Amodio and Amy Krosch found people see faces different during an economic downturn. '