[redwolfb14]

Another black man here, the facts of the matter are that DEI is needed, forget the research that has been done proving that for a moment and just look around. The world is getting smaller everyday and this idea that ONE group can satisfy the needs of the global population is just fool-hardy. The problem with DEI in the corporate setting is that corporate structures and governance simply can't solve cultural problems. What ends up happening is that you get a DEI board that's all white (that's how most DEI boards look), or that has token participants that have no cultural of corporate power to effect change. Even then, you'd still need to solve the cultural problem of racism, or discrimination as it relates to your organization all the way down to individual contributors? Who is doing all of this work? The same employees you hired to actually do the work of the organization. If DEI is going to work it has to be cultural from the start and the only way you get there is:

1. Find a utopia of people of all races and creeds living in harmony. 2. Externalizing an "OTHER" that's currently not apart of the equation. Aliens attacking Earth. 3. As a group, (black persons) outpace ALL of the other groups and subject them to the same behavior they've practiced. 4. Or lastly, treat everyone equally.

Those are the options, until then, the ruse of DEI will continue, is it helping? To date, no. Numbers are stagnant and have been for the last 30 years.