When the economy took a turn for the worse, unemployed workers in a small town outside of Atlanta were both angry and frustrated. Unable to strike out at the real cause of their predicament, they unfairly blamed local immigrants for the fact that they did not have a job.This is an example of

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Scapegoating occurs when individuals or groups unfairly blame others for their own problems or misfortunes. In this scenario, the unemployed workers are projecting their frustrations and difficulties onto the local immigrants, despite the immigrants not being the cause of the economic downturn or the workers' unemployment.

When the Economy Took a Turn for the Worse, Unemployed