Black and White

From Research Methods in Psychology (pgs. 75-6):

Plant and Butz (2006) examined non-Black college students' desire to avoid interracial interactions. They led participants to believe (falsely) that they would be interacting with a same-sex Black student following completion of a computer program measuring their degree of racial bias. Participants received false feedback indicating they were likely to respond positively or negatively during interactions with Black people. The participants then completed measures of self-efficacy and anxiety related to the upcoming interaction. Negative feedback increased participants' anxiety and their desire to avoid the interaction. Based on their findings, the authors suggested that non-Blacks' desire to avoid racial interactions can result not from intentional bias or dislike of Blacks, but rather of non-Blacks' concern about their ability to treat Blacks in a nonprejudicial manner.