I was on Facebook today, and I saw an awful and unacceptable post about African Americans. The post pretty much said that they sell dr*gs to avoid working and stay in the streets which is a disgusting thing to say.

I should start off by saying that I am white. I only mention my race because I think this is a contributing factor to the rest of the story.

I commented on the post, telling the person that what they said was absolutely not true, r*cist, and disgusting. A black woman replied to my comment and told me to stay out of black peoples business. I didn’t respond because I don’t know if I was wrong for commenting to begin with.

I am not a black person, but I felt the need to stand up for black people and now I’m starting to second guess myself and ask if I’m just feeling some white savior complex and if I truly am racist in that way without ever realizing it? I’ve never thought of myself as a racist person, I’ve always loved and respected everyone as equal, but for people who are black or Asian or any other race, is that just as hurtful? I am having an existential crisis over this. I have never thought of anyone as being better or worse than anyone else but I don’t know if there’s just so much more to it that I’m getting completely wrong.

Please, black women of the Glow community, educate me. What am I supposed to do when I witness racism? Should I wait and let a member of the black community say something first? Should I stand up for them and be viewed as a “white savior” imposter? What do I do? I don’t want to hurt anyone, I want to lead a good example to teach my children how to help make the world an equal and loving place. How do I do that as a white person?