The problem is that white people were already doing it. Not in yesteryear. Not in the 1950s. TodsyI mean, we could also just not treat race/sex as though it's a job qualification in and of itself. But that would probably be asking too much.
DEI isn't a 'job qualification'. It's deliberately contracting white people being racist.
Eg. Look as Trump pick for defense. The ONLY reason why he is there is because he's white.
If you don't do something like DEI, all that happens is that highly incompetent white men gets all the jobs. Unfortunately, that what colour blind means in America
This not an endorsement of DEI. I'd prefer that the ACTUAL problem is dealt with, instead of band aid stop gaps like DEI. But racist don't want to be called racist so this is what we got