> I am increasingly skeptical that DEI programs in colleges actually increases Diversity, Equity or Inclusion I'm starting to think there's more harm than good

> I am increasingly skeptical that DEI programs in colleges actually increases Diversity, Equity or Inclusion I'm starting to think there's more harm than good with DEI programs. It creates two categories of students (and grads) when looking at hiring: people you know are there on merit and people who maybe got a little bit of help from "the quota". I've heard it (in engineering only meetings) "you know this guy is solid, he went to X and he's Asian so you know he's there for the right reasons". And the thing is, you can't really argue with that logic. Something I have to wonder is are women and minorities... ok with this? US tax payers have voted against these practices often in the past. But elsewhere like in Canada it's now law that research grants have a racial and gender quota. Government will deny you funding if there are too many white male investigators, no matter how good the research is.