I really and truly want to hire more members of underrepresented groups, but I would never take an applicant's race into account in whether or not to hire them.

I really and truly want to hire more members of underrepresented groups, but I would never take an applicant's race into account in whether or not to hire them. It sounds legally very questionable and, in any event, is unfair to applicants. We owe it to them to judge them on their merits as an employee as best we can. If we're not getting as many minority applicants as we'd like, it's on us to examine our our culture, recruiting, marketing, inclusivity, benefits, retention, etc.