When TV host Bill O'Reilly went to dinner in Harlem with the Rev. Al Sharpton, he expressed surprise that there were no differences between a Black-owned restaurant and a European American-owned one. This story was used in the textbook to illustrate the _________________ status of European American identity development.
A) Disintegration
B) Immersion/emersion
C) Contact
D) Discontinuity

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The story illustrates the "Contact" status of European American identity development, where individuals may be oblivious to racial and cultural differences and may hold naive or uninformed views about race.

When TV Host Bill O'Reilly Went to Dinner in Harlem