'More Racist' as a result of Spite

Just as a brief side note; an anonymous survey of my race and ethnicity class today produced the statistic that 24% of my classmates had, in fact, become "more racist" as a result of the class. What's more, 40% claimed they had become "less colourblind" in terms of racial identity. That left only 36% who said they'd become "more anti-racist", among which I counted myself after being irritated by the James Watson debacle a couple of weeks ago. Although, it just goes to show, jaunty statistics and skewed, generalised trends won't positively resonate with someone's outlook, but rather, it can have the opposite, highly detrimental effect of agitating racial prejudice. This highlights the intimacy of people's prejudices. Statistics won't gain any ground on revolutionising contemporary thought, but closer-to-home experiences will.