Fter the events of 9/11, some americans began boycotting arab-american stores and lashing out at any person they perceived as middle eastern. this behavior is best explained in terms of:

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Xiomara Stafford

25 November, 06:05

Fter the events of 9/11, some americans began boycotting arab-american stores and lashing out at any person they perceived as middle eastern. this behavior is best explained in terms of:

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Taliyah Romero · Answer 1

I would give it two names:

Prejudice and stereotyping: while people don't know the actual American Arab Americans, they associated them with the perpetrators of the attacks.

The scapegoat theory: the tendency to blame others for problems they did not cause. So while the specific Arab Americans did not cause the attacks, they are being associated with them.