I think you can't just erase cultural conditioning to value certain things by recognizing differences, especially if otherwise the culture or organization doesn

I think you can't just erase cultural conditioning to value certain things by recognizing differences, especially if otherwise the culture or organization doesn't demonstrate that it values those differences. You have to actually value it, not just say crap or make empty gestures. People can tell. For instance, "most improved" or "participation" trophies: Boomers gave these to their kids, then later wrote articles about how entitled, etc, millennials had turned out to be as a result, but the truth is that we all knew those were the consolation prizes for those of us who sucked.