Which of the following is an advantage of required college courses in intergroup relations?

a. It may bury latent racial tensions
b. It may avoid the problem of self-selection
c. It may mean that the university will hire more minority professors
d. It assures that instructors will be free from prejudice themselves


ANS: b

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