Even so why do diversity weights exist at all? Should it not be based on performance or results? I understand the notion that people can be biased resulting in

Even so why do diversity weights exist at all? Should it not be based on performance or results? I understand the notion that people can be biased resulting in biased hirings, but why does that insist we must twist the bias in the opposite direction? Both sides of this fight are equally guilty of not hiring on the right principles which is how well can a person do a job.