ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of interracial/interethnic dialogue, a model of intergroup contact that highlights the salience of racial and ethnic group membership, to improve intergroup relations on college campuses. A field experiment involving 737 participants demonstrated that participants randomized to enrol in an intergroup dialogue course increased thinking about and understanding of race and racial/ethnic group membership more than the randomized control group participants who were wait-listed for the course. This effect of intergroup dialogue was found both at the end of course and a year later. Furthermore, such racial engagement was associated with greater (a) motivation to bridge intergroup differences, (b) structural understanding of racial and ethnic inequality, and (c) behavioural commitment to redress inequality 1 year later. The study highlights a colour-conscious, as opposed to colourblind, model for multicultural and social justice education and provides causal evidence for its effects.

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参与种族和种族主义以促进社会公正的群体间关系：群体间对话对美国大学校园的影响

摘要 本研究考察了跨种族/种族间对话的影响，这是一种强调种族和族裔群体成员身份显着性的群体间接触模型，以改善大学校园中的群体间关系。一项涉及 737 名参与者的现场实验表明，随机参加组间对话课程的参与者比等待参加该课程的随机对照组参与者更能提高对种族和种族/族裔群体成员资格的思考和理解。这种组间对话的效果在课程结束时和一年后都被发现。此外，这种种族参与与更大的 (a) 弥合群体间差异的动机，(b) 对种族和族裔不平等的结构性理解有关，(c) 1 年后纠正不平等的行为承诺。该研究强调了多元文化和社会正义教育的色彩意识模型，而不是色盲模型，并为其影响提供了因果证据。