The superintendent of a recently desegregated school system wants to know what she can do to promote interracial harmony. Using your knowledge of such areas as interpersonal attraction, prejudice, and intergroup conflict, explain to the superintendent what factors are likely to affect the formation and stability of interracial friendships. Required:
Suggest some policies the schools could adopt that would increase the probability that interracial friendships would form and that they would persist for a significant amount of time.