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- But they remained potential scapegoats, available when needed.
Chpt 2.13scapegoats = people to blame
- The Rwandan genocide was a carefully planned case of scapegoating, launched by a government of the majority against a powerless minority.
Chpt 2.13 *scapegoating = blaming someone for others' errors
Definition:
someone blamed or punished for the errors of others
(editor's note: This expression comes from an ancient Jewish ritual in which the sins of the people were ritually transferred to a goat which was then driven into the desert away from the community.)