May 3, 2020, 2:49 PM

I think white-knighting gets a bad rap.

I really wish politics didn't get to me so much, but seeing another racist comment left completely unchecked in an online community I'm somewhat invested in really bothered me today. The only person who remarked negatively on it was me, a person in the demographic being targeted.

I can count on one hand the number of times that I've felt like someone who wasn't in the demographic being targeted stood up for me when I was. And those scant few incidents stick in my memory because they meant a great deal to me. It's not that I can't fight my own battles, it's just that it gets really tiring to always have to.

So, I don't care if this is considered virtue signalling, white knighting or white saviour. I'm not saying people doing this should be awarded trophies or have biopics made about them. But sometimes, be the one who tells a friend, 'Hey, knock it off.' Do it so the people in the demographic being targeted don't always have to feel like it's them against the world, or like that stuff should be considered normal, and gets a pass, because it doesn't bother anyone else.