Proximity alone does not fix bias
Describe why intergroup contact reduces bias only under the right working conditions.
The move: design contact so people meet as contributors, not as stereotypes in a crowded room. Exposure is not enough Teams often assume that if people spend more time together, misunderstanding will fade. In reality, badly designed contact can harden old assumptions. Conditions matter Contact works better when people have legitimate standing, are solving something together, and can see each other’s competence in the same frame. Those conditions create better evidence than distant assumptions do. Inclusion is a workflow problem If one function always arrives to defend, one group always gets interrupted, or one identity always represents the room, then…
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