Monday, February 3, 2014

Reflective Questions on the Essay "Scapegoats"

Reflective Questions on the Essay “Scapegoats”

 Think about a time when you felt singled out and excluded or treated differently because you were perceived as different from everyone else. Write about that experience. How did that make you feel? 

1. What does the term “scapegoat” mean?

2. Where did the term “scapegoat” originate?

3. What is projection?

4. What are “inclusive social groups”?

5. What minority groups are most often used as “all-duty scapegoats”?

6. What is the point of the story of the pig and the farmer?

7. In the author’s anecdote (a short story, usually humorous, which makes a point) what realization did he make?

Diaspora: the forced dispersal of people from their ancestral homeland. Examples of peoples who have suffered diaspora: Africans, Jewish people, Native Americans, Chinese, etc. 

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