Interracial roommate pairings in dormitories could promote future racial harmony among college students, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Western Ontario and Kentucky's Berea College.
The long-term survey observed interracial friendships at different stages of the college experience at Berea College to find "patterns of interaction." A white student who is randomly assigned a black roommate is significantly more likely to have more black friends later in college. On average, third-year students who were white but had been paired with black roommates said 16 percent of their friends were black, while white students with white roommates reported a figure of 5 percent, according to the study.
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