Middle school teachers want to reduce racial prejudice. So they force kids to sit in mixed-race groups in the lunchroom. What is likely to happen?
A. The efforts will work. Simple contact between groups is sufficient to reduce prejudice.
B. The efforts will work. As each table develops social leaders, the influence of those leaders will lessen prejudice.
C. The efforts will not work. This will increase competition between groups that will eclipse personal merit.
D. The efforts will not work. Prejudice reduction requires shared goals and reasons to know each other personally.
Answer: D
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