Lets say you have two equally qualified candidates. It sounds like you believe that choosing the "diverse" candidate over the majority candidate is discriminat

Lets say you have two equally qualified candidates. It sounds like you believe that choosing the "diverse" candidate over the majority candidate is discriminatory. If that is the case, why isn't choosing the majority candidate discriminatory against the "diverse" candidate? Diversity goals are not created in order to encourage hiring less capable people. They are challenging companies to work harder on finding the capable "diverse" candidates, reevaluating what it means to be qualified, and whether those qualification criteria actually indicate a capability to perform the job.