> DEI's goal is to prevent even this scenario from happening as its intended goal is to foster merit-only hiring.
That was 20 years ago, today merit only hiring is called evil by the same people, there is a reason people started to get really against what they do lately.
(Psst: There's no such thing as purely merit-based hiring. And DEI's mostly just about just making sure perfectly capable individuals aren't passed over or alienated because they're not white men. Because that's what's been going on for most of the past -- checks notes -- 500 years of American history. Pass it on.)
That was 20 years ago, today merit only hiring is called evil by the same people, there is a reason people started to get really against what they do lately.