
June 24, 2026
Nataki Garrett Myers, founder and CEO of Ladder Leadership Services, Inc.,
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Black Women Leaders Are Not Burnt Out, We Are Being Extracted From
According to a 2020 Citigroup analysis, racism cost the United States economy $16 trillion over twenty years. McKinsey & Company later estimated that the entertainment industry alone leaves roughly $10 billion annually on the table by systematically undervaluing Black-led work, despite repeated evidence that it outperforms on return on investment.