Which statement about the "own-race bias" is true?

a. Cross-racial contact diminishes the bias.
b. People are more accurate identifying people of another race than of their own
race.
c. Black people are more susceptible to own-race bias than white people.
d. It only applies to witnesses of violent, not non-violent, crimes.


Answer: A

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