Scapegoating

Inscribing the Enlightenment: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Community of Readers With Frankenstein (1818), Mary Shelley intended to titillate and terrify a readership for whom nothing could be more terrifying than science run amok (Villasenor 4). For most of her audience; God, the Church, the Devil, and the Bible held sway over neither their consciences nor their nightmares any longer. Yet the newly secularized societies of Europe had not lost their fear of the dark; they had simply…

1.) Edna Bonacich and Blalock introduce their view of what the middleman minority theory is and it is discussed in Bonacich’s article, “A Theory of Middleman Minorities.” Blalock 's defines a middleman minority as racial groups who come to a new country and are placed in the middle between producers and consumers; an overall status gap. Bonacich does not necessarily agree with Blalock. She describes these racial groups as people who do not necessarily want to settle down permanently. This means…

People are social creatures, in which we require communication with others around us (even with animals) in our daily lives. People thrive on interpersonal relationships and social interactions. Often burdened by the stressors in their lives, people need the distraction and comfort that come from interacting with others around them. Social relationships greatly influence a person’s health and well-being, and they come in various forms (e.g., family, friends, work, colleagues). My present study…

Some ethnic conflicts occur of religious ideologies, high nationalism, culturally belief, poverty and lack of choice and scapegoating the minority for the majority of the people as wells natural resources, and when rights are being violated. The genocide that happened in Rwanda was a clear idea of a state to totally eliminate a group or a minority. Then there is a cultural genocide…

In spite of the great disparity between Jewish and Islamic beliefs, both religions share a reciprocal relationship that is rooted in the universal endeavour to achieve unparalleled, intrinsic and extrinsic peace. Islam is an amalgam of the dual concepts of submission to the will of Allah; a God-centred lifestyle, or sirat al mustaqeem which is achieved by the continuity of spiritual obedience, and possessing spiritual peace; as is encapsulated in the Arabic greeting Salaam (peace). Thus the…

Charisma as Power The Holocaust was the result of Hitler’s extremist attitude and Germany’s need for a leader after the devastating loss of World War 1. Germany needed a powerful leader to instill hope in the people and maintain a strong sense of nationalism. Adolf Hitler never displayed or possessed any strong talents while growing up but he soon realized the power of speech. Hitler captivated millions of Germans by creating a vision of unified Germany that the people had not seen since the…

The Crucible, a four-act play written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is only a slightly fictional reenactment of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in Massachusetts in 1692. In gory detail, Arthur Miller’s play not only captures the truth on the terrible events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials, but his inspiration for writing it, the McCarthy Trials, reminds us how quickly history is able to repeat itself. Miller begins The Crucible, “in the spring of the year 1692.” (Miller, 1953) Reverend…

Racism is embedded into essentially every American institution and is nurtured by people who have racist predispositions. Ta-Nehisi Coates in Between the World and Me, writes “the ground we walked was trip-wired. The air we breathed was toxic. The water stunted our growth. We could not get out” (Coates, p. 28). His book, published in 2015, implies that racism, even today, is everywhere in American society. This is true in many major institutions, from education to law enforcement and religious…

Immigration Reform in the United States There are hundreds of thousands of immigrants who come to the United States from all around the world every year. The main reason for immigrants, legal and illegal, coming to the United States is that they all want a chance for a better life. Many people believe that the United States is one of the best countries for immigration because it has been known as the land of opportunity for centuries. Therefore, many illegal immigrants from Central and South…

Currently, there are so many cases of police brutality against minorities. Black men and even young black men are being killed for absolutely no reason at all. How is this possible in the land of the free? How can police officers evade arrest when they have committed a crime? Zizek (2008) asserts that in order to do something about a problem, you have to ask questions for a deeper understanding. Furthermore, the questions you ask, or do not ask, help shape and form the end result. For the…