Agreed, provided your judgment on the two outcomes is both sound and impartial. There are plenty of examples of people 'helping' and making things worse overall. You may erroneously believe that action is helpful when the opposite is true. I would say this is the case with many virtue signalling white people who attempt to 'educate' others (ie action is better than inaction), only to be offensive, patronising and cause the reverse intended feelings in those they talk to.

In short, their choice was based on a flawed assumption that their actions were good without thinking of the long term consequences of such actions. This is the basis of performative anti-racism, based on the internal need for validation of group identity. What is required is more thought, more honest conversations about the psychology underpinning racism and less emotion across the discourse. Thanks for continuing the conversation :o)