One Strategy That White People Use to Avoid Appearing Racist

question 61

Multiple Choice

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.

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