> In my opinion, it would be beneficial if DEI initiatives were confidential and kept "hush hush" within a company. That arguably defeats the real purpose of w

> In my opinion, it would be beneficial if DEI initiatives were confidential and kept "hush hush" within a company. That arguably defeats the real purpose of why companies go along with DEI initiatives. First of all, a big part of companies promoting DEI initiatives is to boost a company's ESG score amongst investors like Larry Fink of BlackRock that focus on it. There's billions and billions of dollars in investment money directed just because of some peoples' hard-on for ESG scores. Courting investors well enough can be the difference between a company's survival or not. Second of all, it feels a lot like DEI initiatives are meant to serve as a shield/insurance against ever being called names like racist. Companies are just using DEI to playact as being good people. If they ever get embroiled in some dumb scandal that presents a real risk to their business, they can just point to their DEI initiatives and act like they're doing everything they possibly can to be anti-racist. The DEI Industry (and yes, it's an industry) goes along with this because it's a grift that's financially beneficial to them.