You also cannot help but wonder why management did not select you for a promotion in your current job. You were just as qualified as your promoted coworker and worry that you were passed over because of your background $($either unintentionally or intentionally$).$ It does not help your company's case that there are very few members of underrepresented groups in senior leadership positions.

You are in the early stages of looking for a new job, but you believe it would be difficult to find a position better than the one you are in now. The question is: Do you ask the company specific questions about how it creates a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment? Or do you take the company's word for it$?$