In the Summer of 2000 in Burnt Church, New Brunswick

question 189

Multiple Choice

In the summer of 2000 in Burnt Church, New Brunswick, a community entered a state of turmoil as First Nation and non-First Nation fishers (as well as the RCMP and government officials) wrestled with the issue of First Nations' right to fish according to treaty. Confrontations were hostile, even violent, and acts of vandalism from both sides were committed. One way to understand the animosity between the two sides is to apply the ideas of

• A) reverse discrimination.
• B) scapegoating.
• C) co-action effect.
• D) us-versus-them thinking.