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. be likely to cause them to become less prejudiced.
C. encourage the White lawyer to engage in color-blind racism.
D. involve the operation of sexism as well as racism.


B. be likely to cause them to become less prejudiced.

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What will be an ideal response?

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