An Imam Organizes a Protest March to Draw Attention to Islamophobia

question 19

Multiple Choice

An imam organizes a protest march to draw attention to Islamophobia. Counterprotesters attend, inciting a riot that airs on the news, generating awareness of Islamophobia. What latent function of deviance does this primarily represent?

• A) providing a sense of identity
• B) scapegoating
• C) warning of the need for social change
• D) globalization of deviance

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