The
role of fear in our modern society is manipulated by person/peoples to achieve political
goals or to put blame on other person/groups. A modern example of scapegoating
is after 9-11 many Americans targeted people of Middle Eastern ancestry as
possible terrorists. Scapegoating is usually put on to people who are “guilty
by association” and stereotypical traits. Scapegoating at its most extreme is
genocide, which hasn’t been a problem for Americans, nor the rest of the world
to commit. Society scapegoats because of greed and ignorance. The conflict is
started when two or more parties have a triangulation of desires. As tension
increases on both sides, one person (the scapegoat) gets expelled or killed by
the group, and the cycle repeats.
Society
puts blame on others because it is only part of human nature. Scapegoating is
seen not only many times in US History, but hundreds or even thousands of times
in world history. Not only are scapegoats put on the wrong people, but usually
leave tension through groups of people years after the a “scapegoat event”.
Another arguably modern scapegoat would be treatment of blacks and other
minority races. As having my own personal experiences growing up in a very Hispanic
family, cops target darker Hispanics more often than any Caucasian. It’s common
for whites to blame the economy on Hispanics or saying racist things because
colored people are often scapegoats. Colored people are more likely to be
pulled over, searched or put in jail. The scapegoating of colored people in the
US will not end for a certainly long amount of time.
