What I still can’t understand is the behavior of the bystanders, none of whom thought to even vocally defend a young mother being assaulted in the street in front of her son, choosing instead to yell nonsense at her and egg on the attackers. For me, it was a sign of how far advanced the woke disease really was in America by that point,
You think that's because everyone around you assessed the situation and determined what, that a black girl being called a slur was more deserving of sympathy than an asian girl being mugged? You don't think it's far more likely, for instance, that the girl called you a racist to cover for her crime, and bystanders only took note of the yelling and not the non-obvious action of the mugging, which was over by the time the yelling started and they turned around? There's also something called the bystander effect, where people tend not to help if they see there are others around who also might help- something about not being sure whose responsibility it is and being afraid to stick their neck out. Studies show you get help in a crowd more effectively if you single out a person by pointing or using their name, make eye contact, and make a specific request like "You in the sweater, please call the police!" Really, do they not teach psychology at Columbia? Bc I learned that at a state school.
