Empathy or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity
研究发现，随机分配非裔美国室友的白人学生更支持平权行动，认为多元化对教育质量至关重要，并与少数族裔有更多舒适互动，表明共情可能增强。
Mixing across racial and ethnic lines could spur understanding or inflame tensions between groups. We find that white students at a large state university randomly assigned African American roommates in their first year were more likely to endorse affirmative action and view a diverse student body as essential for a high-quality education. They were also more likely to say they have more personal contact with, and interact more comfortably with, members of minority groups. Although sample sizes are too small to provide definitive evidence, these results suggest students become more empathetic with the social groups to which their roommates belong.