[UncleMeat]

I'm not so cynical. Affirmative Action is generally a policy with good intentions behind it (addressing historical inequity) but is limited because institutions are not willing to take steps that address the full breadth of inequity. I do not believe that Affirmative Action was some sort of cover to get institutions out of the spotlight.

[Our_Benefactors]

This is a “no true Scotsman” argument; DEI didn’t work because we did it wrong, so we must keep increasing DEI.