Deidre tried to get her group of Native American students and Caucasian students to work better together, after noticing some subtle racism in the classroom. She divided them into groups that were tasked with helping to put together new toy sets for the classroom. She deliberately mixed some of the pieces for each toy set with the other group's pieces, so the groups would need to interact more in an organic fashion. Deidre then incentivized the students by telling them that whichever group finished first would get more recess time. Her attempt at improving group contact didn't work because she forgot that _______.

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Deidre's strategy inadvertently encouraged competition between the groups rather than cooperation, which can exacerbate divisions rather than heal them.

Deidre Tried to Get Her Group of Native American Students