The Scapegoating Of Vulnerable Minority Groups

Donald Trump has been scapegoating vulnerable minority groups to gain political power. This has led to an increase in racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, islamophobiaa, transphobia and other forms of racism.

REFERENCES
"Why Scapegoating Works for Trump. It helps him explain away complex problems and pull a coalition together." by Jess Bidgood for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-blame-politics.html

"As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces" by Erica L. Green for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-diversity-racism.h…

" ‘A scapegoating’: racial equality expert on how public health is weaponized against immigrants" by Victoria Namkung for The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/health-racial-inequalit…

"‘Somalis are the scapegoat’: fear rises as Trump targets Minneapolis community" by Rachel Leingang for The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/somali-minneapolis-fear…

"With ‘pirates’ comment, Trump again punches down on Somali Minnesotans. Fraud is a crime, not a culture." by Zafar Siddiqui for The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/trump-sotu-speech-ilhan-omar-anti-somali-ra…

"Haitians in Ohio city live in fear and uncertainty amid court fight over protected status" by Stephanie Sy and Mary Fecteau for PBS NewsHour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-in-ohio-city-live-in-fear-an…

"The Haitians of Springfield Are Under Attack Yet Again. First Trump claimed they ate cats. Now he aims to send them back to a violent place." by Samantha Michaels for Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/haitian-immigrants-springf…

"Trump's Assault On Transgender Rights" by The ACLU
https://www.aclu.org/trumps-assault-on-transgender-rights

"Fact Sheet for Reporters: Challenging 'Transgender for Everybody' Rhetoric at State of the Union" by GLAAD
https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-for-reporters-challenging-transgender-for-…

"Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants are an Attack on us All" by Kica Matos for Time Magazine
https://time.com/7280107/trumps-attacks-on-immigrants/