Shallow group contacts reinforce prejudice through failed information and mutual misreading.

Evidence

Despite his optimism about the potential benefits of contact, Allport warned that superficial contact between members of different groups would, in fact, reinforce stereotypes, by failing to provide new information about each group, or via a self-fulfilling prophecy whereby cautious avoidance of intimacy is mutually interpreted as distrust or dislike, confirming initial suspicion. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1795