The desire for diversity is not for its own sake. Recruiting people that 'fit the job' leads to a mono-culture. Besides being unfair, this is bad for companies

The desire for diversity is not for its own sake. Recruiting people that 'fit the job' leads to a mono-culture. Besides being unfair, this is bad for companies. It means you get collective blind-spots, collective hype-trains. Moreover, you reduce the effective hiring pool. Because, if you have a mono-culture then there is significant disruption to adding things outside the mono-culture. This reduction in the hiring pool means there is a lot of talent left on the table. This means you hit a local maximum that is not a global one. Trying to move to the global maximum means moving away from the local maximum for a while. > Moreover, you can’t complain about so-called systemic sexism or racism when your policy is to not recruit white, asian or men that could fulfill the job precisely because of their race/sex. You can however complain about systemic disadvantages conferred to women and people who aren't Caucasian and have a policy to prefer people who are women or not Caucasian. Especially if you think that these people would have a positive effect on your company.