Scapegoating

The goal would be to introduce family members to a broader way of conceptualizing and experiencing their problems in order to achieve the following: Primary problems in family functioning are delineated, scapegoating is neutralized, guilt and blame decreased, empathy for differences increases, family myths and nonfunctional rules are challenged and where new agreements can be formed. Beach, Wamboldt, 
Kaslow
, Heyman, & Reiss
(2006) suggested that overall goals…

One of the most scandalous and deranged serial killers is staring directly into the face of death. In just minutes, he will soon be put to an excruciating death for committing inhumane crimes to innocent people. Before he is completely engulfed by the demise of his stability, he is asked the simple, existential question: “Why did you do it?” Being pushed to the brink of distress and forced to question his own insanity, he claims unsentimentally that his actions were solely based on his emotions,…

Numerous of children in America either encounter corporal punishment or child abuse in their childhood. Corporal punishment is defined as the constrained use of physical force by a caregiver to preserve the concept of discipline. Nonetheless, child abuse is delineated by harm to a child that can be in any form of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect and abandonment. However, the problem in America is that an abundant amount of people have a strenuous time of recognizing the difference…

In the wake of a terrorist attack, individuals are faced with many emotions such as grief and disgust, and many people feel vulnerable and unprotected. It is the responsibility of prominent politicians to console their communities. One such instance of the Pulse Nightclub shooting on June 12th, 2016. It was a tragic event for Americans and the LGBT community, but it offered presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, an opportune moment to discuss her plans to defeat terrorism. Her address on June…

Throughout history there are few events that have brought as much debate, controversy, and overall curiosity as the Salem Witch Trials did. Although only nine months took place between the first witch accusations and the last, the period of the Salem Witch Trials had a lasting impression on American minds. Three hundred years later and there is still a specific aspect of literature looking to fix blame for the ordeal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony witchcraft trials. In some ways, the very fact…

Svetlana Alexievich compiled Secondhand Time by amassing numerous stories about life in the Soviet Union and Russia, which were collected from former Soviet citizens of various backgrounds. The Nobel Prize winning book remarkably portrays the human condition in a way that only real stories of human life can. On the surface, Secondhand Time displays Russian life as pessimistic and death centric, however when one views the book from a deeper level they can see that Russians are driven by love,…

Such is the case with many people groups such as, quite noticeably the Jewish people. A very blatant example of this scapegoating can be seen with the interrogation of the Jews by the castellan of Chillon. Suspecting the Jews of having poisoned wells to spread the disease “in order to kill and destroy the entire Christian religion,” he has several Jews tortured and forced…

crushed, he learned he has talents in another field, politics. His hatred for the Jewish people drove him to become an all- powerful dictator and his determination ensured the position. His rise demonstrates the power of rhetoric, propaganda, and scapegoating as means by which to lead, particularly during an economic crisis. Adolf Hitler was responsible more than anyone else for the outbreak of human civilization’s most deadly war, World War II along with being responsible for bringing…

“No one should ever work.” Thus begins Bob Black’s 1985 anarchist polemic, ‘The Abolition of Work’ . “Work,” he goes on, “is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you’d care to name comes from working or from living in a world designed for work. In order to stop suffering, we have to stop working.” Black bases his indictment of work on the degraded nature of most forms of employment in the age of monopoly capitalism. While he is contemptuous of work in general , and…

Muslim-Americans are able to practice their religion without government interference. The fear of Americans who follow Islam also extends to politicians. Miah Malik argues that the Patriot Act fueled, "King and others of his ilk are pandering to bigots. . . Scapegoating Muslims can win elections" (39).” Those who support hindering the rights of Muslim-Americans, such as New York Representative, Peter Kind, who claims the Muslim-American community is completely run by fundamentalist radicals, are…