Yes, we need truth tellers and people from different perspectives. It can be scary to be a truth teller. I know because I've done so in situations where I thought I was wholly and completely alone only to be told later that my input was appreciated.

I remember being at some type of work conference that addressed drugs on the communities we served, and the panel that spoke on the topic were all white women. They didn't say anything wrong but the Black perspective was lacking and I was getting angry. When I get mad like that my mouth doesn't care who or what it blowtorches. I wasn't mean about it but let it be known that the attitudes being espoused on that panel didn't represent the attitudes that were espoused towards my community when ours had drug issues and it was really rich for these same people to talk about white opioid drug users with such compassion, when ours had received none, and that I hope that situation had changed to include the entire community and not just their white neighbors.

I've had a lot of scary moments in my life but my attitude is to power/soldier my way through them to reach my goal. I think I was shaking afterward, because I absolutely hate any and all confrontation. I'm a scaredy cat who will run away if the opportunity presents itself, but I also believe that sometimes what needs to be said is far too important, so running away is not an option.

Basically, it's scary, but you power through it and say the thing that needs saying.
Because bravery isn't a lack of fear. It's feeling terrified, and doing the thing that needs doing, anyway.