Most people don't challenge diversity. They're challenging the self-importance of saying "you, the people who have nothing to do with hiring, are the reason tea

Most people don't challenge diversity. They're challenging the self-importance of saying "you, the people who have nothing to do with hiring, are the reason teams are not as diverse as I would like them to be". I have no issue with diversity, I just don't like the people who claim that "white men shouldn't talk about diversity" and that sort of crap. Not to mention that diversity shouldn't be the end goal, it should be getting the best people for the job. Given the fact that talent is essentially uniformly distributed, that should still result in diversity -- it just shouldn't be the parameter you're optimising for. You should always aim to employ people because they're good at what they do, not because you need to fulfil your diversity quota and it just so happens they're good at what they do.