gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoMyth of 'superhuman strength' in Black people persists in deadly encounters with policeapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkMyth of 'superhuman strength' in Black people persists in deadly encounters with policeapnews.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareBakerBagellinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoDoctors were taught the same about black people for 50 years. And a higher tolerance for pain would mean that they need less anesthetic, not more
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoI think they were saying that redheads have a higher tolerance to anesthetics, not pain
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYes, I may have worded it a bit poorly
Doctors were taught the same about black people for 50 years. And a higher tolerance for pain would mean that they need less anesthetic, not more
I think they were saying that redheads have a higher tolerance to anesthetics, not pain
Yes, I may have worded it a bit poorly