You are downvotes but you are of course correct. The worst kind of DEI statement you could write would be one that just blindly parrots progressive ideology. So

You are downvotes but you are of course correct. The worst kind of DEI statement you could write would be one that just blindly parrots progressive ideology. Sometimes we get those and they are given a very low score. To say the essay is supposed to express a political viewpoint is to admit one has never been involved in this process.