Comment by browningstreet

I'll counter this with my experience.

I was a technology consultant to the HR department at a large tech company. They were bringing in some new technologies for recruiting and hiring. Their main objective as to make sure they could post their job openings to affinity outlets frequented by candidates across various backgrounds, places of origin, and racial communities.

It's akin to saying "I want to hire new college graduates, so I'll post a job opening to a job board targeting new college graduates".

Beyond that I was not aware of any quotas that were built into their assessment funnels. On that premise alone, I think the DEI initiative was addressing a reasonable objective.