Discussing racial attacks with students and help finding information on the 'piataia grafa'

[Benjamin Rifkin]

I believe that sociologists who have studied this phenomenon have come to
the conclusion that it is not culturally specific (Americans or Russians) so
much as it is a product of anonymous big-city living.

BR

On 7/26/06 2:30 PM, "Kim Braithwaite" <kbtrans at COX.NET> wrote:

> For a notorious example of bystanders doing nothing to stop an atrocity, go
> google the Kitty Genovese case in Queens, NY, in October 1964. She was
> brutally murdered, a crime that took a whole hell of a long time, while at
> least 38 witnesses watched and listened to her screams. Among other things,
> it goes to show that any "culture" is not necessarily homogeneous in terms
> of "individual responsibility" or any other trait.
> 
> "Good is better than evil, because it's nicer" - Mammy Yokum (Al Capp)
> 
> Mr Kim Braithwaite, Translator - kbtrans at cox.net
> 
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Benjamin Rifkin
Professor of Russian and Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
1206 Anderson Hall, 1114 W. Berks St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
Voice 215-204-1816
Fax 215-204-3731
www.temple.edu/cla
www.temple.edu/fgis/rifkin

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