Throughout all this, where are the DEI executives who so often claim that boards perform better and productivity rises when workplaces are diverse? Their absence is more than ironic, it is a betrayal of the data they like to quote.
The question is no longer simply whether the talent pipeline for Black and women of colour is “over,” but whether it can survive with integrity under the combined weight of political backlash, tech-driven gatekeeping and decades of stalled progress.
