A White male lawyer mentors a young female Latina lawyer. According to the contact hypothesis, this situation would

A. be likely to increase stereotypes rather than reduce them.
B. encourage the White lawyer to engage in color-blind racism.
C. involve the operation of sexism as well as racism.
D. be likely to cause both lawyers to become less prejudiced.


Answer: D

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