The act of scapegoating
a. provides an outlet for projecting one's tension and frustrations onto other people.
b. provides a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one's personal life or in one's community.
c. symbolizes one's affiliation with a more dominant group.
d. affords a convenient grouping for people of whom one is ignorant.
Answer: b. provides a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one's personal life or in one's community.
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