This makes no sense to me. Surely DEI reinforces those 2 clauses? Without DEI, it's just white men that will be hired and generally, it'll be friends of friend

This makes no sense to me. Surely DEI reinforces those 2 clauses? Without DEI, it's just white men that will be hired and generally, it'll be friends of friends with no regard to their competency. DEI is an attempt to level the playing field as otherwise, racist/sexist employers will continue to be racist and sexist.