The problem with diversity for diversity's sake is that you must be exclusive in order to pursue a policy of inclusivity. Hiring should always be focused on hiring the most qualified individual for the job. If your hiring criteria is centered around race or any other immutable characteristic then you are engaging in discrimination, and you are a bigot.  We hear a lot about equity and equality in our political and social discussions as though the two terms have the same meaning. Those two terms, especially when applied to social concerns are mutually exclusive of one another. You cannot have equity without treating some group in an unequal way, and having true equality will inevitably result in inequitable outcomes. We are currently in a societal frenzy that is centered on righting the wrongs of past discrimination, but it is being done in a way that only seems to create more division or  more discrimination. It is my hope that we will quickly move beyond the DEI mentality and back to a merit based society where we assume that all people, regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, etc, are equally capable of competing on a level playing field. We must all pursue that level playing field and call out those who seek to maintain a system from the Jim Crow era, while also understanding that the solution to leveling the playing field will never be found in tilting it heavily in the other direction.  We have to find the middle ground where we do not adopt the philosophy of "the only solution to past discrimination is present discrimination".