This is true, it all feels so artificial and forced. But the sleight-of-hand trick WSJ and others are trying to pull here as part of their strategy now that th

This is true, it all feels so artificial and forced. But the sleight-of-hand trick WSJ and others are trying to pull here as part of their strategy now that they got rid of college affirmative action is that while nobody likes DEI b.s., it goes beyond not liking into actually harmed territory for anyone that's a minority at the work place. And companies do get sued a lot over this stuff. Maybe you don't see this in office environments these days but I had worked in places where the DEI people told us stories of nooses being left at someones locker, watemelons, racial epithets,etc... Elon is infamous at his companies for being "anti-woke" and getting sued and losing like 5 times over overt racism at his companies. So, while I look forward to less bullshitty ways of educating people and making everyone feel welcome and get a fair shot at promotions, much of the US still has a LOT of people who are esentially insecure jerks that are more or less racist. Only slighty related: if I hear someone say "woke" or "anti-woke" these days, by default I assume they are racists with a foot out of the closet. I didn't care much about college affirmative action but this tells me along with book banning there is some fascist conspiracy about. And in my book the only good fascist/nazi is a dead one so I hope I am wrong about this because it means the future bleak in the US, just look at the upvotes to this post. In my observation, the problem is C-level execs and lawyers whose goal is to improve reputation and avoid lawsuit or chances of winning lawsuits. These people are making DEI shitty. I have even seen people get downsized but a new role with the same responsibility get created to avoid lawsuit because the person is a minority. I have seen people of the same exact demographic get interviewed along with a token person of the exact opposite demographic to avoid a suit. I have heard manangers ask "I only want recruiters to send me <insert minority> female for this role" and then they hire the worst candidates possible. It's not HR but litigation centric culuture that's the problem.