Early school desegregation reduces children’s susceptibility to racial bias

Evidence

Although there is mixed data in regard to whether or not minority students benefit from attending desegregated schools, it is necessary to institute desegregation practices at the young age of school children so that they will be less prone to racial bias that come from ignorance and not being exposed to other ethnicities. — Marcy Crouch, Magnet Schools and Other Means of…, 41

Categorization

• QUESTION: The author concedes the outcome data are mixed, so the claim rests more on a theory of prejudice formation than on demonstrated benefit — worth chasing whether early exposure studies support it.
• XREF: Connects to contact hypothesis literature and to intergroup-exposure work on prejudice reduction.