In one experiment,White Americans read a newspaper article about a foreign terrorist threat against all Americans. They subsequently expressed

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Reading about a common external threat can lead to a sense of shared identity and common fate among members of an in-group, in this case, Americans. This shared identity can temporarily reduce in-group biases and prejudices, such as those against African-Americans, by emphasizing the in-group's unity against the external threat.

In One Experiment,White Americans Read a Newspaper Article About a Foreign