At first glance, this looks like suicidal empathy. But the more we learn about Pava LaPere, it becomes clearer that white guilt is at play. She dedicated her life to disrupting traditional white structures and fixing "societal inequalities.” She was conditioned to this way of life. So, in that moment, letting a stranger in wasn’t just kindness, it was a loyalty test to her worldview. Was she going to betray her belief system by being "racist?"