In this study we used a virtual world to examine the effects of resource competition on dynamic social distance between Blacks and Asians, 1 and both minority groups in relation to a dominant White majority in the U.S. context. The literature indicates that Blacks and Asians experience greater social distance from one another relative to each group's social distance towards Whites (e.g., Smith, Bowman, & Hsu, 2007;Weaver, 2008). Group threat theory of intergroup relations (Blumer, 1958) offers one possible explanation for Black and Asian social distance. According to this theory, social distance results when a group with less power
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