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Perkins started with a simple yet insidious question: "When you show up at a get-together like this, do you notice there's zero Black people? And if so, do you say anything?" He insisted this was a "safe space"—unless one's response was to be "dumber" or racist—effectively framing any honest or neutral answer as morally suspect. By framing it this way, Perkins set a trap: questioning whether diversity was present was tantamount to harboring or endorsing racist motives.