Something goes wrong; the magician points at a group who look a little different; the crowd turns to look — and the other hand keeps working. A long-view history of the scapegoat, the human cost up close, and the data that has debunked the trick every single time.
Something goes wrong; the magician points at a group who look a little different; the crowd turns to look — and the other hand keeps working. A long-view history of the scapegoat, the human cost up close, and the data that has debunked the trick every single time.
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