THE BYSTANDER EFFECT:INDIVIDUAL ALIENATION OR HUMAN IGNORANCE?

ERICA BLANCO

The United States has become a nation of strangers, alienated and withdrawn from one another? Could this be

the reason for the bystander effect?

RESPONSES OF THE BYSTANDERS IN THE “KITTY” GENOVESE CASE:• "I DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED,”

• "I DIDN'T WANT MY HUSBAND TO GET INVOLVED.“• "I DON'T KNOW.“• "I WAS TIRED"

• "I WENT BACK TO BED."

These kids committed suicide.They were bullied.

A helpful bystander could have saved their lives.

Save a life.Don’t be a bystander!