It all starts to make sense when you understand that it is really a intra-white social hierarchy contest, rooted in ethnic origins: anglo-Puritan virtue signaling, etc.
I think DEI needs to be tackled at the fundamental level. Improving minority conditions, education opportunities, etc. Top-down approach of DEI is creating more problems than solving. Progressives love to make fun of Trickle down economics, but they turn a blind eye to Trickle down DEI practices which create a toxic work environment ironically.