One of the great tragedies of this era has been watching what used to be known as the Golden Rule--treating others as you would want to be treated--reduced to the term "wokeness" by people who would have you believe that true objectivity is centered in white male pundits.
Ask yourself:
Could this meeting be a zoom?
Could this zoom be a phone call?
Could this phone call be an email?
Could this email be a text?
Could this text be unsent?
Could we in silence retreat to the forest?
Could we, by game trails & forgotten paths, vanish into the trees?