It's virtue-signaling nonsense like planting a tree, declaring climate change "mission accomplished" and calling it a day. If software engineers actually cared

It's virtue-signaling nonsense like planting a tree, declaring climate change "mission accomplished" and calling it a day. If software engineers actually cared about diversity, they'd work with community leaders on the rough side of town to mentor kids who otherwise don't get all the chances they did. I seriously doubt many would do that. I hate to say it, but a lot of office tech people don't have a lot of life experience. And maybe as a consequence, they tend to act like stereotypical self-absorbed yuppies who don't engage with the world or donate emotional labor. It's easier to outlaw certain words because of incidental associations rather than help real people.