Debating whether, as an anti-racist ally, I should rewrite a Black MC in my book to be white.

I& #39;ve done my best to research, gotten beta readers, paid a sensitivity reader, and tried to do this right.

But I don& #39;t want my book to take a "diverse" spot from a Black writer.

I didn& #39;t want to write yet another story about a white guy in charge of everything. I still don& #39;t.

And I write romance. I don& #39;t want to deny other characters in my books their own love stories. Most of those characters aren& #39;t white. Changing this book only postpones the issue.

But if a Black person& #39;s story isn& #39;t mine to tell, then it& #39;s not my story to tell. And it& #39;s my responsibility to do the work and rewrite my story so I& #39;m not stepping out of my lane.