On the other hand, members of a demographic that indirectly benefitted from discrimination in the past, but were themselves not direct beneficiaries can’t be punished for that. They apply to jobs just the same, compete just the same, and aspire to be successful just the same. And just because they can’t relate to the fact that the other demographic has it harder, doesn’t make them evil.
So where’s the balance? What’s the solution? And companies implemented DEI bc they were pressured to do it, and now they’re pressured in the opposite direction. Will they be sued again in a few decades for the other kind of discrimination of “we only hire the best, it just so happens that all the best are of X demographic”?