To not intervene would be, yet again, another white person choosing to protect white feelings rather than interrupt racism—a white person who billed herself as a racial justice consultant, no less! Yet I would be taking the risk of losing the group, given the likelihood that the woman would become defensive and shut down and the room would split into those who thought I had mistreated her and those who didn’t.
This is the utilitarian question of how much to coodle learning whites as well as the question of how to create a safe space for Black and othe racial minorities. Where do you lean?
