Word: scapegoatism
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Absolutely, I believe they will. I think that mind-sets are changing in the Middle East. Poll after poll is showing that men see the value of greater female participation and empowerment. We still have a long way to go, but Islam should not be used as a scapegoat. The obstacles that face women today are more cultural. It's not about the religion...
...Jones is quick to shatter this glasshouse of cultural cross-pollination. When Mary becomes the scapegoat following the murder of Perdita's father and is banished to reform school in Perth, Sorry begins to articulate the deep unease of a family faced with the unfinished business of history. And it is around the grisly events that took place in the kitchen of the Keenes' cattle- station shack that the novel cinematically circles...
...when they first heard the Virginia Tech shooter was Asian, they hoped and prayed that he wasn’t Korean. This worry may seem nonsensical, but it is the only logical response to a society that too often exploits the ethnicity of evildoers in the search for a scapegoat...
...ordering soldiers in his squad to kill three unarmed Iraqi detainees and conspiring to cover up the deaths. The case is one among several that have inflamed critics of the U.S. The prosecution has also stirred anger among Girouard's hometown supporters, who say he is being made a scapegoat in the case...
...trial opened with a bang on January 23, as the elegant Theodore Wells declared that White House officials were making his client a scapegoat to protect presidential adviser Karl Rove. Washington salivated over the suggestion of a rift in the Bush Administration, but it came to naught. The defense never offered any testimony to back up the claim, and by the end of the trial, it was largely forgotten...