Can you rephrase these sentences?

Throughout American history, ridicule(ARE YOU SURE YOU DON"T MEAN "SCAPEGOATING"?) has been utilized to deride individuals and groups who are highly VULNERABLE to mockery DUE TO SOCIAL MINORITY STATUS. In history, there have been many cases in which ridicule has been employed AGAINST individuals and groups. An example of this would be Adolf Hitler'S (ELIMINATE DESCRIPTION, IT"S OBVIOUS) desire to coerce millions of Germans to fight against the Jews, gypsies, Catholics, s, and those were crippled and mentally unstable, in order to form a utopian society. (HOW IS THIS USE OF RIDICULE? DEPENDS ON IGNMENT)