Caroline Downey

When alarming labor statistics show hundreds of thousands of Black women exiting the workforce, media outlets often attribute the trend to systemic racism or corporate cutbacks. Caroline Downey offers a nuanced, alternative perspective, analyzing how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives may have ultimately harmed minority workers more than helping them. Unpacking the structural flaws of corporate tokenism, performance-driven diversity quotas, and bureaucratic corporate bloat, Caroline demonstrates how superficial woke policies fail to provide genuine professional security or merit-based advancement. What does the collapse of corporate DEI programs reveal about the limits of identity-driven hiring and the need to return to true meritocracy in the American workplace? Watch Caroline’s full analysis, leave your thoughts below, and subscribe to National Review!