Open access. Psychological Medicine; Cambridge Vol. 48, Iss. 12,  (Sep 2018): 1985-1992. DOI:10.1017/S0033291717003506 Ethnic minority individuals have an increased risk of developing a psychotic disorder, particularly if they live in areas of ethnic segregation, or low own group ethnic density. The neurobiological mechanisms underlying this ethnic minority associated risk are unknown. We used functional MRI to investigate neural responses to faces of different ethnicity, in individuals of black ethnicity, and a control group of white British ethnicity individuals.