Background In psychology, the issue of bystander effect has elicited a lot of research interest. Occasionally, the media report cases where an individual rescues a person from a mob or helps guide a lost visitor. These are examples of bystander intervention. However, sometimes bystanders may refuse to aid a helpless person, resulting in incapacitation or death. This represents a case of bystander effect. Social psychologists attribute bystander effect or apathy to a number of situational, personal, and social/cultural factors. Social factors include the relationship between the bystander and the victim and the size of the crowd while situational ones are variables like lack of time, inherent danger, and the passerby’s level of culpability for the situation. Personal attributes (traits), gender, and age can also influence an individual’s willingness to aid a person in need. The size of the crowd has been found to influence the aiding behavior among bystanders. In large groups, responsibility is spread over many people, which increases the bystander effect. With regard to social influence, people often observe the behavior of other group members before taking action. Studies have sought to understand the bystanders’ motives for aiding a victim or failing to help and how they handle ethical dilemmas related to helping a stranger in distress. Of particular interest is the bystanders’ differential responsiveness to out-group versus in-group members. The proposed study will examine whether members of a dominant cultural group receive more help from bystanders than ethnic/racial minority victims. The research question for this study will be; does the bystander effect have more impact on minorities than on other groups? Statement of the Problem Studies show that passersby may intervene to rescue a person in an emergency or a victim of street violence. However, various situational and social factors influence their willingness to help a distressed individual. In particular, group dynamics, gender, age, and cultural/racial prejudices shape a bystander’s helping behavior. Nevertheless, it is not clear how this phenomenon affects minorities. In particular, minorities are often victims of racial prejudice from the dominant group. Ingrained prejudices and attitudes harbored by members of a dominant group lead to discrimination against minorities who are often accorded a lower social status. Moreover, people perceive minorities as individuals predisposed to violence and often victimize them whenever they are involved in a misfortune. Given these historical factors, minorities are less likely to receive help from bystanders drawn from the majority group. Literature Review The bystander effect is a well-studied topic in the field of human psychology/behavior. Research has focused on the bystanders’ willingness and motives for helping a person in distress. Crowd size and social relation to the victim have been found to influence the witnesses’ willingness to help. Besides social variables, personality and situational factors also influence helping behavior. Social Variables in Helping Behavior Helping behavior towards people in distressful situations depends on variables such as race/ethnicity, sex, and age of the bystander and victi