Multiple Choice
Where did the word "scapegoat" come from?
A) It came from medieval times when Jews were placed in ghettos and would escape from their neighborhood.
B) Ancient Hebrews had a custom during Atonement where the priest placed his hands on the goat and recited the sins of the people. Then they allowed the goat to escape.
C) The term developed in the South during slavery days when blacks would escape from a plantation yet still carry the burden of slavery with them.
D) The term developed in the 1960s as child abuse research discovered that parents labeled one child and would abuse that child, who was the scapegoat for all the family's problems.
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