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The industry’s pursuit of diversity appears to have backfired, with progress now complicated by legal challenges. Record years for women’s representation in 2024 are overshadowed by a sharp decline in the inclusion of people of color, revealing that the movement’s ambitious goals often led to tokenism or superficial diversity rather than meaningful change.
Furthermore, the industry’s obsession with intersectionality and identity-based metrics has deepened discrimination against groups like European men or older workers, who are systematically sidelined under the guise of addressing underrepresentation. This paradoxical approach erodes the very meritocracy it claims to champion, creating a toxic environment where qualifications and talent are secondary to identity categories.