That is because of the problems than have been mounting in tech because people only hired people that looked like them.
I do not understand what the problem is with DEI. (I am not in the USA, perhaps I am missing out). Making sure that no one is left behind, because they were over looked, seems like a good thing to me.
I don't know what the current MO of DEI programs is, but I hope they're expansive by also targeting ageism and other present day discriminations.
This sound a lot like the "just asking questions", esp because of the "seems like a good thing to me" bit, like you know it's a mischaracterisation of the problem.
If you really don't understand, read what people write.
If all you believe DEI is what you characterised as above, then you aren't reading any dissenting opinion.
and a lot of other people have the opposite view, only to be told their subjective opinion doesn't count.
"unconscious bias" has certainly spurred/influenced policies wrt DEI, despite its dubious academic basis.
It is useless marketing bullshit that serves only to enrich the race grifters that plague our society.
(I will say this is a bit of an extreme take, there are definitely genuine DEI people, probably some effective DEI programs, etc, but by and large, as an industry [which it is] it is completely shiesty)
To be fair I have never seen a hiring decision made on DEI grounds. its always talent/skill first. So I am not complaining about bullshit DEI hiring, I am complaining about programs where companies hire speakers for absurd fees to come give lipservice to cool black culture is and how shitty white people are. Its such an obvious scam and its painful to watch everyone get brow beaten into public self flagellation.