Quoting Elie Wiesel

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Quoting Elie Wiesel, "Let us remember: what hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor but the silence of the bystander." When describing oneself, many may think of themselves as a leader or a brave person, but when the time comes, what do you do? Why do some people freeze when they are faced with an opportunity to intervene? Arguably, personal biases make bystander responsibility harder to uphold, and questioning how and why you react in quick response situations seems to be the key to understanding why. When exploring the idea of how a person's bias changes their behavior when they are put into the position of a bystander, the research and analysis differs depending on what bias is being looked into. Racial and gender bias