IMO, a lot of DEI policies smell like win-loose power games, or simply dirty politics. They backfire in that a group made up of mostly left-leaning, similarly-t

IMO, a lot of DEI policies smell like win-loose power games, or simply dirty politics. They backfire in that a group made up of mostly left-leaning, similarly-thinking people is not diverse. The problem is that diversity isn't just based on metrics like racial, sexual orientation, gender, ect. It also comes from including people who have different biases, backgrounds, political leanings, economic status, ect. What makes this complicated is that organizations are powerful because of who they include and who they exclude. It's a good thing to say "we're not going to exclude people based on race / gender / sexual orientation;" but then to say "we're going to favor people who have left-leaning politics" basically unravels the advantages of a diverse organization.