Could I, as a white man, help the woman alone on a train full of patriot front.
I don't know if I can cross post, but there's a photo of a black woman sitting alone on a train completely packed with masked men from the patriot front. Now, I happen to be a large white man who apparently can be intimidating though personality wise I'm basically a big softy. But part of that is that I almost instinctively want to help people in bad situations, and my first thought upon seeing that picture is that I'd want to sit with her as a deterrent to the rest of the train from harassing her or potentially even something worse. However, I don't want in any way to imply that she's not capable of handling herself, or taking away self agency from anyone, or anything like that. I certainly wouldn't want to give the impression that I think black people need to be escorted or could only be out with the approval of anyone else. There's a lot to think about, and a lot of experience that as a white man I'll never have or even know about. But this is all too much to say in a quick question on a train. So I guess my question to this sub is, in general, assuming I could get my nervous words out so she understood I was at least trying to make things better, and respecting her wishes if she declined, would it be OK to even offer that? Or would it be seen as an insult and so I should just keep my mouth shut and move on? I don't even know if it makes sense to ask since I'll almost never be in that situation. But at least knowing may help me make the right decision later in other situations.