In a well-known study using archival data, researchers found that-in the southern United States, between 1882 and 1930-there was a statistically significant correlation between the market price of cotton and the frequency of interracial lynching incidents. This study has typically been interpreted as supporting ____.
A)the contact hypothesis
B)realistic conflict theory
C)social dominance theory
D)scapegoat theory

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The study is interpreted as supporting scapegoat theory, which suggests that economic frustration and hardship can lead to blaming and aggression towards marginalized groups, in this case, interracial lynching incidents increasing when cotton prices were low.

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