[noitpmeder]

I feel this is almost entirely the wrong way to go about this.

"Balancing the scale", e.g. applying targeted discrimination as an attempt to offset other perceived discrimination, is how we got into this mess!!

Pick the best person for the role, regardless of race/color/creed/sex/... and advocate your peers do the same. This is the only correct answer here.

[blindmute]

It's not to offset perceived discrimination, but explicitly stated discrimination policy. When you can't change the policy, you can at least do the right thing and try to go against it. When two people are equally qualified I will advocate for the white male, because I know that the others won't. If I simply say "They are both equally qualified" then the white male will never be hired, and this is wrong.

It is unfortunate that their decisions require me to make this decision, but ethically and game theoretically it is correct. If the policy was meritorious then this would be unnecessary.