The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Describe the difference between racial stigma and racial stereotyping.
When we are talking about racial stigma, this means the way people are perceived according to their race or ethnicity. When we are talking about racial stereotyping we are talking about the way people expect to see other people of different color due to preconceived notions that are not correct.
For instance, when some people refer to black people, they think of them as people that are part of gangs, dress in peculiar and strange ways like hip hop artists, and have their own slang language.
These practices contribute to racial tension in our society because are distortions of reality, based on previous misconceptions that biases what really is. This creates separation and confrontation because distorts reality and can be offensive to people.
