DEI Is Gone. Now What? With HR Insider Kevin Calhoun

Culture Changers with Allison Hare · Jun 18, 2026 · 42m

Kevin Calhoun spent years doing HR and DEI work from inside some of the biggest corporations in the world. He watched those programs get built. Then he watched them get dismantled — and found himself displaced in the process. In this conversation, recorded in honor of Juneteenth, Kevin introduces the concept of James Crow: Jim Crow's more dangerous, more invisible cousin. The one with a hiring algorithm instead of a shotgun.

Notable Timestamps (verify against final audio before publishing)

03:03 — Kevin reads from his article "James Crow and Visa, Everywhere You Want to Be" — the line that…