If only we would start looking at people as individuals and not as groups we arbirarily define and lump people into, we might make some progress towards removin

If only we would start looking at people as individuals and not as groups we arbirarily define and lump people into, we might make some progress towards removing discrimination and bias in our society. I think almost anyone would agree that we should not punish/reward any person for some arbitrary trait they can't control like their gender, race, sexual preference, etc. And that we should only care about the person's character, work ethic, and ability - to not so eloquently paraphrase MLK. The fact that someone can agree with that above statement and then turn around and support policies/activism that reward or punish groups of people based on those very characteristics just mentioned is a viewpoint I honestly can't understand. I would be very interested in hearing an honest argument as to why we should have more women in tech or more men in daycare or more X in Y, instead of more people in Y who like Y and are passionate about Y and want to improve the world through Y whether they are men or women or gender fluid or whatever they want to be.