Insider spoke with Black women who left white-collar roles to start businesses.
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- Black women are being pushed out of corporate America by microaggressions, belittling, and burnout.
- Some are starting businesses and building teams of their own.
- Their departures are likely to hurt innovation and profits in corporate America.
Sage Stewart's bosses would take attendance at meetings using her white colleagues' names — but the higher-ups often didn't bother with hers.