Yes, that was a weird point to make in the article because it's not as if there are many Black people in Germany. But you have to admit that having just two non-white people out of 179 (1.1%) on corporate boards is pretty odd. Germany is white, but not 98.9% white. Turks make up over 5% of the population.
Germany did colonize Africa and committed its fair share of attrocities in Namibia, but the colonies were taken away after WWII - way before the African independence movement took hold (which was immediately followed by an uptick of citizens in those former colonies migrating to colonial powers)
Germans playing the moral superiority card is humorous to me.
Germany today is giving shelter and free healthcare to refugees but apparently not CEO positions.
The US is gunning down blacks and forcefully taking children of refugees away from their parents but some immigrants became CEO of large companies which apparently makes the US more immigration-friendly and less racist than Germany.
This whole statistic is worthless without context. Like how Germany's first immigrants after WW2 were low skilled Turkish workers and only recently Germany became more attractive for high-skilled immigrants because the US effectively shut down its visa program for the majority of people.
I'm not saying Germany is perfect but just whipping out some numbers without context doesn't cut it.
Also, it's pretty bold for Americans to lecture other countries on racism while their police is gunning down people simply for the color of their skin and is separating children of refugees from their parents to put them in cages. Meanwhile Germany is providing healthcare and shelter for all refugees but apparently doesn't currently promote a few dozen high-skilled workers that very likely could've made it anywhere to be CEO.