The hostilities between two racial subgroups of a riverfront community were dramatically reduced when the threat of their river flooding its banks required that they work together to save their town. This best illustrates the impact of

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The situation described suggests the use of superordinate goals, as the two racial subgroups worked together to achieve a common goal (saving their town from flooding) that was more important than their differences. This helped to reduce hostilities between the groups.

The Hostilities Between Two Racial Subgroups of a Riverfront Community