One strategy that White people use to avoid appearing racist is to attempt to be color-blind. When participants were asked to describe a person to a partner as part of a game in a lab setting,

White participants were _____ to use race descriptors when their partners were ____.
A) more likely; black
B) less likely; white
C) less likely: black
D) more likely; white
E) both C and D.


Answer: E

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