Bystanders
We are the future, we have the power to decide whether we are bystanders or not. From previous tragedies we have all seen, whether behind a screen or have personally witnessed it, the consequences the Bystander Effects brings. Take the Holocaust for example, many people stood on the outside observing what happened inside those concentration camps, and yet no one did anything about it. No one stood up for the thousands of Jews being discriminated with agonizing pain night after night. Some of us don’t even realize we are becoming a bystander because we usually turn a blind eye when it comes to standing up for another. We can prevent future generations from being bystanders by learning from our mistakes and educating them that being an up stander, while it is dangerous it’s better than the alternative, becoming a bystander. An up stander can save millions of lives and prevent another catastrophe like the Holocaust to happen again by simply just taking action.
We have gone through countless of tragedies over the years; the Holocaust is a major one that impacted our lives. A UN Secretary General Kofi Annan argued, "…We …show more content…
Whenever an act of injustice is happening an up stander will see that it’s wrong and act on it. We haven’t heard many stories about some one standing up for others; we usually hear stories on bystanders. The one story that we hear that someone did stood up for another person and prevented a tragedy for happening is a sign that we can stop being bystanders. There have been a lot of projects on anti bystander like banners; this one here shows a very important message that will help future generations from becoming bystanders (See Figure 1). The word on the importance of being an up stander has been growing and because of that we can prevent future generations from becoming
We are the future, we have the power to decide whether we are bystanders or not. From previous tragedies we have all seen, whether behind a screen or have personally witnessed it, the consequences the Bystander Effects brings. Take the Holocaust for example, many people stood on the outside observing what happened inside those concentration camps, and yet no one did anything about it. No one stood up for the thousands of Jews being discriminated with agonizing pain night after night. Some of us don’t even realize we are becoming a bystander because we usually turn a blind eye when it comes to standing up for another. We can prevent future generations from being bystanders by learning from our mistakes and educating them that being an up stander, while it is dangerous it’s better than the alternative, becoming a bystander. An up stander can save millions of lives and prevent another catastrophe like the Holocaust to happen again by simply just taking action.
We have gone through countless of tragedies over the years; the Holocaust is a major one that impacted our lives. A UN Secretary General Kofi Annan argued, "…We …show more content…
Whenever an act of injustice is happening an up stander will see that it’s wrong and act on it. We haven’t heard many stories about some one standing up for others; we usually hear stories on bystanders. The one story that we hear that someone did stood up for another person and prevented a tragedy for happening is a sign that we can stop being bystanders. There have been a lot of projects on anti bystander like banners; this one here shows a very important message that will help future generations from becoming bystanders (See Figure 1). The word on the importance of being an up stander has been growing and because of that we can prevent future generations from becoming