You are at lunch with some people from work and you tell them about buying your first new home in Harbourtown.One of your co-workers says, "Are you sure you want to move there? I hear that there is a lot of crime in that area, you know, robberies, drugs, and even murder.It's a black neighbourhood, you know, that's probably why." What is this co-worker's comment an example of?
A)xenophobia
B)racial prejudice
C)racial discrimination
D)shadeism

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The co-worker's comment is an example of racial prejudice because they are associating crime with the fact that the neighbourhood is predominantly black.

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