Barriers and facilitators of bystander intervention in response to racism in Colombia

Barriers and facilitators of bystander intervention in response to racism in Colombia

Blog Article

Racial discrimination is a pervasive global problem.Bystanders who observe racism can intervene to support the targets of racism, but they often fail to do so due to several context-specific barriers.There is currently little research on bystander behaviour in racism outside of read more English-speaking countries.

We used mixed methods to explore bystander responses to everyday racism in Colombia.In an online survey, participants (N = 1,157) were presented with a scenario where they observed racist behaviour as a bystander.Subsequently, they were asked to respond to a series of open and closed questions.

Quantitative findings suggested that knowledge on how to act was predicted by confidence and responsibility; responsibility was predicted by ethnicity (being non-mestizo), confidence, noticing the event, and feeling more uncomfortable; and confidence was predicted by noticing the event, feeling less uncomfortable and more responsible.In the analysis of the qualitative data, we identified six themes.These were (i) Bystander characteristics and circumstances; (ii) Bystander morality telemarkskongen flue and attitudes towards racism; (iii) Clarity of the situation; (iv) Perceived need and deservedness; (v) Presence of authorities and other people, and (vi) Consequences of action: Safety to the bystander.

We discuss these findings in relation to racism in the Colombian context.