modogg
Footballguy
i've made this mistake once. was leaving a bar, and this black guy has full mount on some white college looking kid just pummeling. black guy looks somewhat sober, white kid looks drunk. so i go over and start to pull the black kid back (gently), and in my buzzed state i think to myself "this dude is probably about to turn around and throw a right at my head". luckily i was wrong, the kid grumbled something, but gave me a head nod and started to leave. 2 seconds later the white kid who was just getting beat to hell starts yelling "N-word this, and N-word that" than he said something about slavery.This has been a reasonable heuristic for centuries, but I think it may be time to reprogram ourselves. The correct answer, in my estimation, is that anybody (regardless of gender) who is being overpowered and/or is unwilling to fight deserves to be rescued, and anybody (regardless of gender) who can hold their own or is instigating can look after themselves. I'm going to trust that this is the actual sentiment being conveyed by all of the fine quoted individuals.
I also think that in a situation where somebody needs to be rescued, a bad decision is to just whip out your phone and start recording the situation.
i live in Philly, so there are plenty of black guys. i just had to laugh and told the kid "good luck because next time no one will take the guy off of you"
i figured after that night, that there are plenty of times when people really to deserve it