The riots that occurred in some of Boston's predominantly white housing projects in the 1970s because of bussing students to integrate schools are examples of:
A) displacement
B) stereotyping
C) antiracism
D) situational ethnicity
E) multiculturalism

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Displacement refers to the redirection of emotions or reactions from the original source to another target. In the context of the Boston riots during the 1970s, the anger and frustration of some white communities about school integration and bussing were displaced onto the students and communities involved in the bussing program.

The Riots That Occurred in Some of Boston's Predominantly White