Saying the Quiet Part Aloud: White Men Don’t Make Good for Business or Leading Society

That's because it was never supposed to be them. Look no further than our current day, and you can’t escape the headlines about the performance of businesses throughout the United States. I remember doing a Google search not long ago regarding this and wondering why there aren’t more headlines about this major, MAJOR issue. For me, it all makes sense now—why we are where we are here in 2025. It’s always been this way, and it’s merely rearing its ugly head before the fall.

I often wonder why white men claw to have these roles. No matter the industry, they are in abundance at the top of companies, yet we know they aren’t nearly as “in touch” as those in society or the diverse needs of others. White men can literally go their entire lives with no interaction with diverse groups and communities while making decisions that impact these same groups. They profit from all demographics without considering their individual needs. It’s something I can no longer unsee nor ignore. It’s EVERYWHERE. They call it business, while I call it eliminating the competition, exploitation for self-aggrandizing, and privilege.

At some point, I know much more of the world will arrive at this realization and strikingly understand just how true this is. Even within their own systems, padded with white women and men at the top, they are pros at selling deception. They claim to operate with “integrity, values, honesty, and transparency,” but a simple Google search reveals that their whiteness and maleness are what got them there. Where is the self-awareness? I don’t hear much of that coming from this group. It’s always the constant undertone of, “What am I going to get out of it?” and the suppression of marginalized communities they exploit for major profits. They then turn around to show off for “the other (white) boys” by buying frivolous things, never giving back to society in a way that supports humanity.

Don’t believe me? Try having a conversation about this with one of them, and I assure you, you’ll run up against a wall of mental gymnastics and avoidance. They present something as a “good idea,” only to take it away or upcharge it, screwing over the customer. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Take, for example, the constant price increases on essentials like food and shelter—things that should not be exploited. None of us asked to be here; we’re all just trying to survive. Can you name ONE industry that isn’t corrupt right now? One that operates with the customer at the center, where the relationship between customer and company is fair and transparent? I’ll wait.

And yet, white men feel deserving of such roles, when in actuality, they’re holding us ALL back. I was speaking with a friend recently, and it dawned on me how often white men in these roles lack self-reflection. They just assume they’re supposed to be “the leader,” believing no one else is capable. Why? Because they’re white and male? From a higher perspective, most of them are just “jerking us all around,” creating problems and then masquerading as “heroes” to fix the problems THEY created—problems they never actually solve.

They don’t compete because they assert their white maleness to “quiet the competition.” We can’t, in essence, say they’re “competing” at any level. And when I speak on the assertion of whiteness, it’s in combination with the exclusive club many of us will never breach: “The Good Old Boys.” These men support each other in stonewalling competition. Can we even say they’ve ever competed fairly? No. Because their unfairness has always been rewarded.

When you think about it, not only do white men not know consequences, neither do white women! What we can all agree on is that they’re GREAT AT TAKING CREDIT FOR THE WORKS AND CREATIONS OF OUR ANCESTORS AND THOSE OF OTHER RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS—works that have never belonged to them. They skew history and browbeat us with their “ideas of history.” They are masters of mental gymnastics, accountability avoidance, fake happiness, and the infamous “moving of the carrot.” They overpromise and never deliver, a tactic we see prominently in politics.

They pad industries with unrelatable white men and women, lining their pockets while exploiting those who work under them. This is why so many industries and businesses are falling. They make it “okay” to exploit others for financial gain. Companies are intentionally packed with insecure, mediocre white women bullies who harass and try to “control” those who report to or work under them, often with little to no consequence. Why else do most Black women cross paths and share similar stories of negative experiences in “corporate America”? Where are the laws to protect Black women, girls, and other women of color from these experiences?

I am excited about the future of humanity because I know change is coming. The system will be gutted from its core, and a balance of power will be restored. The era of white male dominance in business and leadership is ending, and I, for one, am glad to see it go.