Would white students’ views become more diverse as they came into contact with more diverse peers? Or would white students feel that their status was being threatened by their proximity to minorities and become more hostile? ADADWhen the share of minorities grew in schools by 10 percentage points during the formative elementary and middle-school years, white students at those schools were 12 percent less likely to register as Republicans later in life. They found that minority students saw no political impact from being assigned to schools with more minority students, while white students’ likelihood of becoming a registered Republican dropped 2 percentage points. Most interestingly, there was no significant change among white students from states with large black populations.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2020 15:00 UTC